F. Crop Science Flashcards
A group of plants within a species that are distinguished by the same or similar characteristics.
A. Clone
B. Genes
C. Variety
D. Species
C. Variety
The physical appearance of a plant with respect to a particular character.
A. Ideotype
B. Phenotype
C. Genotype
D. Prototype
B. Phenotype
An internal condition of a seed or bud that prevents its prompt germinating or sprouting under normal growth conditions:
A. Dormancy
C. Germination
B. Diffusion
D. Dominan
A. Dormancy
The process of moisture loss of plants through the leaves:
A. Germination
C. Oxidation
B. Transpiration
D. Flowering
B. Transpiration
Next to rice and corn, the top 5 crops of the Philippines include:
A. Coconut, banana, abaca
C. Coconut, wheat, sugarcane
B. Coconut, sugarcane, banana
D. Coconut, coffee, cassava
B. Coconut, sugarcane, banana
Which of these crops can be classified as an agronomic and horticultural crop based on their uses under Philippine condition?
A. Rice
C. Sorghum
B. Okra
D. Mungbean
D. Mungbean
The technique of moving genes from one organism to another or putting them back in different combinations to produce an improved organism is known as:
A. Recombinant DNA
C. Biotechnology
B. Genetic engineering
D. Cloning
B. Genetic engineering
Plant propagation can be accomplished through several techniques. It is the implantation of a meristem
from another plant to a plantlet or sterile plant in vitro.
A. Grafting
C. Microlayering
B. Budding
D. Micrografting
D. Micrografting
It is the process of preparing the soil for planting, thereby providing good physical, chemical and biological conditions that would permit optimum plant growth.
A. Primary tillage
C. Land preparation
B. Secondary tillage
D. Conventional tillage
C. Land preparation
The chlorophyll is commonly found in:
A. Vascular bundies
C. Mesophyll cells
B. Stomata
D. Mitochondria
C. Mesophyll cells
Light absorption by the leaf is lowest in:
A. Red
C. Yellow
B. Blue
D. Green
D. Green
Crossing over of genes on a chromosome occurs as a result of
A. Sexual reproduction
C. Clonal propagation
B. Vegetative propagation
D. Self-pollination of a pure line
A. Sexual reproduction
The main path of (movement) inorganic substances in plants is:
A. Roots
C. Phloem
B. Xylem
D. Leaves
C. Phloem
Plants that grow on live trees or dead trunks but not depend on them for water and nutrients.
A. Epiphytes
C. Terrestrial
B. Xerophytes
D. Bryophytes
A. Epiphytes
The growth response of plants to the direction of light is called:
A. Geotropism
C. Thigmatropism
B. Phototropism
D. Epinastry
B. Phototropism
This is a group of cells, tissues or plants derived from a single mother cell, tissue of plant through asexual means and is expected to be genetically identical.
A. Clone
C. Meristem
B. Bud
D. Scion
A. Clone
A type of dormancy wherein the new embryo stops growing while still attached to the parent plant thus, preventing the seed from germinating viviparously even after the ripe seed is shed off or harvested.
A. Innate dormancy
C. Enforced dormancy
B. Induced dormancy
D. Forced dormancy
A. Innate dormancy
A class of seeds intended for farmers’ use after several tests and selection since they do not segregate anymore.
A. Registered seeds
C. Breeder seeds
B. Certified seeds
D. Foundation seeds
B. Certified seeds
It is a class of seeds whose genetic identity and purity of the variety are maintained. This type of seed is the source of all certified seed classes, either directly or through registered seed, it is issued with red tag.
A. Registered seeds
C. Breeder seeds
B. Certified seeds
D. Foundation seeds
D. Foundation seeds
Seeds are classified according to their purity. In rice seeds, a white tag is attached to the bag of this class of seed.
A. Registered seeds
C. Breeder seeds
B. Certified seeds
D. Foundation seeds
C. Breeder seeds
A flower that bears both reproductive structures, the pistil and stamen, is called
A. Complete
C. Determinate
B. Perfect
D. Essential flower
B. Perfect
The most common type of cell and tissue in the plant body is
A. Aerenchyma
C. Collenchyma
B. Sclerenchyma
D. Parenchyma
D. Parenchyma
Photocybernetic effect refers to the effect of sunlight on
A. Plant response to daylength
C. Response to gravity
B. Plant development
D. Photosynthesis
B. Plant development
The effective wavelength for photoperiodism is
A. Red and blue
C. Ultra violet rays
B. Far red and red
D. Gamma rays
B. Far red and red
Sciophytes are also known as
A. Sun loving plants
C. Day neutral plants
B. Shade loving plants
D. Water loving plants
B. Shade loving plants
Most economically important crops are:
A. Xerophytes
C. Mesophytes
B. Hydrophytes
D. Halophytes
C. Mesophytes
A desiccant commonly used in seed storage to prevent further moisture absorption by seeds
A. Silica gel
C. Freon
B. Carnauba wax
D. Liquid nitrogen
A. Silica gel
The leafy shoots originating from axillary buds borne at the base of the pineapple fruit are called
A. Suckers
C. Runners
B. Slips
D. Crown
B. Slips
Seed germination is affected by light quality as mediated by a phytochrome system. That kind of light that acts as an enzyme which initiates germination is:
A. Red light
C. Ultra violet light
B. Far red light
D. Infra-red light
A. Red light
. It is the result of the union of male and female gametes which results in the formation of seeds and the creation of individuals with new genotype. This usually results in the increased vigor or growth of a hybrid progeny in relation to the average of the parent is known as:
A. Variety
C. Offspring
B. Pedigree
D. Heterosis
D. Heterosis
The stage in the life cycle of a seed when development is complete and the biological component necessary for all the physiological processes are active or ready to be achieved.
A. Seed germination
C. Physiological maturity
B. Seed emergence
D. Biological yield
C. Physiological maturity
The structure in plants located either at the upper, lower or both epidermis of the leaves responsible for exchange of gases is known as:
A. Root hair
C. Crystal
B. Stomata
D. Trichom
B. Stomata
Provided with tap root system in which the main root is capable of penetrating down the soil surface to seek water level and this explains why these plants are rather long lived, they are:
A. Ferns
C. Dicots
B. Monocots
D. Mosses
C. Dicots
The young plant that develops inside the seed.
A. Seed coat
C. Endosperm
B. Embryo
D. Perisperm
B. Embryo
The process of converting water and carbon dioxide into sugar using chlorophyll and light energy accompanied by the production of oxygen by green plants:
A. Respiration
C. Transpiration
B. Oxidation
D. Photosynthesis
D. Photosynthesis
It is defined as the spatial and temporal combination of crops in a given area and the management used to produce them.
A. Cropping system
C. Multiple cropping
B. Cropping pattern
D. Strip cropping
B. Cropping pattern
It is the growing of two crops in rapid sequence of succession planting one after the harvest of the former.
A. Relay cropping
C. Intercropping
B. Ratoon croping
D. Sequential cropping
D. Sequential cropping
A type of plant propagation wherein formation of adventitious roots or buds occurs before separation of the propagule from the parent plant.
A. Grafting
C. Cloning
B. Layering
D. Inarching
B. Layering
A system of spacing and arrangement in planting of perennial crops wherein seedlings are sown using square arrangement with an additional plant in the center.
A. Square arrangement
C. Triangular
B. Quincunx
D. Terrace system
B. Quincunx