History Flashcards
_______________ includes producing, processing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants such as turfgrass, flowers, shrubs, and trees.
HORTICULTURE
_____ is another word for resume, which should be included in a portfolio.
VITA
_______ Revolution, a process whereby many countries became self-sufficient in food production in the 1960’s by using improved plant varieties.
Green
One of the most significant technologies to increase efficiency of farm production was the generation and distribution of _________ to rural farm areas
ELECTRICITY
Careers in production agriculture account for ____% of all jobs in Agriscience.
20%
- Genetically engineered tomatoes were created to resist rotting. Scientists turned off the gene that causes the tomato to soften and rot. This was called the _____________________
FLAVR SAVR TOMATO
McCormick’s Reaper had a threshing device added, and this new machine was called a __________.
COMBINE
_________________ refers to combining two or more different control methods to control insects, diseases, rodents, and other pests
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
________ is the industry that grows, manages, and harvests trees for lumber, poles, posts, panels, pulpwood, and many other commodities
FORESTRY
_________ is farming and ranching. It involves the growing and marketing of field crops and livestock.
PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE
Less than ____% of the work force in the US is necessary to operate the nation’s farms.
2%
In 1972 _____ was banned in the US because of damaging effects on the environment
DTT
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the __________ which separated cotton seeds from fiber, paving the way for the textile industry
COTTON GIN
__________________ is the science and art involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of flowers, turf, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and ornamental plants
HORTICULTURE
The use of _______ spurred inventions that revolutionized agriculture in the US, British Isles, and Northern Europe
IRON
