A turf disease is most likely to become lethal to plants when ... - pathogen mycelium attack and
parasitize crown tissue
Any particular turfgrass cultivar is either immune or susceptible to stripe smut; there is not particular
resistance to the causal pathogen/ - True
A golf course superintendent discovered the apparent mutation that was subsequently marketed as
Merion Kentucky Bluegrass. - True
A well maintained lawn ________ property value. - increases
According to the Rules of Golf, which of the following are considered to be hazards. - rivers; sand-
filled bunkers; delineated drianage ditches; ponds
NOT: out-of-bounds
Amendments of fresh manure depress the ready availability of plant nutrients. - True
An average quality lawn captures ______ times the carbon output of a typical gasoline-powered mower -
4
Arrange the following in terms of typically lowest to highest mowing heights. - 1. putting green
2. fairway
3. intermediate rough
4. primary rough
5. deep rough
Buffer areas of well-maintained lawns, especially if irrigated, can provide good protection from which of
the following?
, - wildfires
-rising floodwaters
- wind damage
- lightning strikes - wildfires
By the late 1980s, which company controlled 30% of the lawn-care treatment market? -
Chemlawn
"The element of respondeat superior requires that ... - the employer have actual or constructive
knowledge of the hostile or offensive work environment before the employer will be liable for the hostile
work environment
Cultivation typically results in which of the following?
- reduced soil compaction
- less thatch
- increased water infiltration
- decreased root growth - less thatch; increased water infiltration; reduced soil compaction
Currently, the disease of primary concern on Kentucky bluegrass lawns is necrotic ring spot. - True
Deep and infrequent watering generally favors deeper rooting of turfgrasses. - False
Dethatching is done much more now than in the past. - False
During the early spring in Michigan, which of the following is (or are) true about a noticeable grass that
has greened up earlier than the rest of the turf? - -It is not crabgrass because crabgrass is a
summer annual and germinates from seed in the spring. Last year's crabgrass died off last fall.
- The grass may well be "rough type" (forage) tall fescue that has invaded the turfed area and tall fescue
typically greens up earlier than other cool-season turf species.