HORT 3010 EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Fresh vegetables - ANSWER ≈2.6 million acres
≈62,500 farms (average 42 acres)
Processed vegetables - ANSWER ≈2 million acres
≈11,500 farms (average 174 acres)
Botany - ANSWER Genetics
Taxonomy
Ecology
Paleobotany( study of fossil plants)
Physiology
Agriculture - ANSWER Agronomy(science and technology of producing and using plants
for food, fuel)
Horticulture
Olericulture(science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non- woody
(herbaceous) plants for food)
Floriculture(flower farming)
Pomology( branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruit)
Ornamentals(plants that are grown for decorative purposes)
Botanical classification - ANSWER Plant Kingdom
Phylum or Division: Spermatophyta (plants bear seed)
Class: Angiospermae (seeds enclosed)
Subclass or Order: Dicotyledoneae (two colyledons)
Family: Solanaceae (nightshade family)
Genus - Lycopersicon
Species - esculentum
Cultivar or variety - 'Better Boy'
,Edible part classification - ANSWER Root crops
Beets, carrots, radish, sweetpotato
Stem
Asparagus, potatoes (tuber)
Leaf
Brussel sprouts (buds), celery (petioles), lettuce
Immature flower
Broccoli, cauliflower
Immature fruit
Cucumber, okra, eggplant, summer squash, sweet corn
Mature fruit
Cantaloupe, peppers, tomatoes, watermelons, winter squash
Temperature requirement classification - ANSWER Cool season
Half-hardy - damaged by frost
Carrots, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, potatoes
Hardy - no frost damage, some freeze tolerance
Asparagus, collards, onions, spinach
Warm season
Tender - cold nights, no frost
Southernpeas, sweet corn, tomatoes
Very tender - damaged by cold temperatures
Cucumber, eggplants, cantaloupes, okra, sweetpotatoes
Life cycle classification - ANSWER Annuals
Southernpeas, cucumbers, okra, sweet corn
Biennials
Carrots, celery, onions
Many grown as annuals
, Perennials
Asparagus, rhubarb, artichoke
Beginning of agriculture 10,000 BCE - ANSWER Neolithic age
Mesopotamia - origins - ANSWER Tigris river
Eupharates river
Meso-America - origins
China - origins
Theories of agricultural development: Zoë tribe - ANSWER Perhaps clues to adoption of
agricultural practices
Semi-nomadic
Hunter/gathers
Grow cassava or manioc(woody shrub)
Processed into flour
Bitter form is poisonous
Cyanogenic glucosides
Founder crops 9,500 BCE - ANSWER Emmer wheat, Einkorn wheat, barley, peas, lentils,
bitter vetch, chickpeas, & flax
Cattle herding 8,000 BCE - ANSWER Chicken domestication 5,500 BCE(Thailand)
Horse domestication 4,000 BCE(Ukraine)
Tea discovered 2,737 BCE - ANSWER Emperor Shennong
Squash 8,000 BCE - ANSWER found in Oaxaca, Mexico
New World agriculture 5,000 - 3500 BCE
New World crops - ANSWER Corn - domesticated 3,000 BCE
Squash - earliest agricultural find
Potato
Tomato
Pepper
Several types of beans
Fresh vegetables - ANSWER ≈2.6 million acres
≈62,500 farms (average 42 acres)
Processed vegetables - ANSWER ≈2 million acres
≈11,500 farms (average 174 acres)
Botany - ANSWER Genetics
Taxonomy
Ecology
Paleobotany( study of fossil plants)
Physiology
Agriculture - ANSWER Agronomy(science and technology of producing and using plants
for food, fuel)
Horticulture
Olericulture(science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non- woody
(herbaceous) plants for food)
Floriculture(flower farming)
Pomology( branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruit)
Ornamentals(plants that are grown for decorative purposes)
Botanical classification - ANSWER Plant Kingdom
Phylum or Division: Spermatophyta (plants bear seed)
Class: Angiospermae (seeds enclosed)
Subclass or Order: Dicotyledoneae (two colyledons)
Family: Solanaceae (nightshade family)
Genus - Lycopersicon
Species - esculentum
Cultivar or variety - 'Better Boy'
,Edible part classification - ANSWER Root crops
Beets, carrots, radish, sweetpotato
Stem
Asparagus, potatoes (tuber)
Leaf
Brussel sprouts (buds), celery (petioles), lettuce
Immature flower
Broccoli, cauliflower
Immature fruit
Cucumber, okra, eggplant, summer squash, sweet corn
Mature fruit
Cantaloupe, peppers, tomatoes, watermelons, winter squash
Temperature requirement classification - ANSWER Cool season
Half-hardy - damaged by frost
Carrots, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, potatoes
Hardy - no frost damage, some freeze tolerance
Asparagus, collards, onions, spinach
Warm season
Tender - cold nights, no frost
Southernpeas, sweet corn, tomatoes
Very tender - damaged by cold temperatures
Cucumber, eggplants, cantaloupes, okra, sweetpotatoes
Life cycle classification - ANSWER Annuals
Southernpeas, cucumbers, okra, sweet corn
Biennials
Carrots, celery, onions
Many grown as annuals
, Perennials
Asparagus, rhubarb, artichoke
Beginning of agriculture 10,000 BCE - ANSWER Neolithic age
Mesopotamia - origins - ANSWER Tigris river
Eupharates river
Meso-America - origins
China - origins
Theories of agricultural development: Zoë tribe - ANSWER Perhaps clues to adoption of
agricultural practices
Semi-nomadic
Hunter/gathers
Grow cassava or manioc(woody shrub)
Processed into flour
Bitter form is poisonous
Cyanogenic glucosides
Founder crops 9,500 BCE - ANSWER Emmer wheat, Einkorn wheat, barley, peas, lentils,
bitter vetch, chickpeas, & flax
Cattle herding 8,000 BCE - ANSWER Chicken domestication 5,500 BCE(Thailand)
Horse domestication 4,000 BCE(Ukraine)
Tea discovered 2,737 BCE - ANSWER Emperor Shennong
Squash 8,000 BCE - ANSWER found in Oaxaca, Mexico
New World agriculture 5,000 - 3500 BCE
New World crops - ANSWER Corn - domesticated 3,000 BCE
Squash - earliest agricultural find
Potato
Tomato
Pepper
Several types of beans
