TURF MANAGEMENT EXAM 1 LECTURE
1-5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
hybrid bluegrass - Answer-result from crossing Texas and Kentucky Bluegrass
primary cool-season grass used in transition zones - Answer-tall fescue
has the coarsest textured leaves of all the cool-season grasses - Answer-tall fescue
Which cool-season grass has poor cold tolerance - Answer-tall fescue
cool season bunch-type grass - Answer-Hard Fescue
cool season rhizomatous grass - Answer-Colonial bentgrass
cool season stoloniferous grass - Answer-velvet bentgrass
cool season grasses used on golf course greens, tees and fairways - Answer-kentucky
bluegrass, creeping bentgrass, colonial bentgrass, velvet bentgrass, perennial ryegrass
most tolerant bentgrass to shade and drought - Answer-velvet bentgrass
cool season grass with claw like auricles - Answer-annual ryegrass
cool season grasses quick to establish - Answer-annual ryegrass, perennial ryegrass,
which cool season grasses have good salinity tolerance - Answer-annual ryegrass,
perennial ryegrass
cool season grass that have distinctive shiny underside of their leaves. - Answer-annual
ryegrass, perennial ryegrass
difference between common and hybrid bermudagrasses - Answer-hybrid is more
compact
Warm season grass with good cold tolerance - Answer-ultradwarf bermudagrass
warm season grass with good shade tolerance - Answer-Zoysia japonica
warm season grass with good submersion tolerance - Answer-Bahiagrass
warm season grass with coarse textured leaves - Answer-zoysia japonica
, warm season grass that exhibits slow establishment - Answer-zoysia japonica, zoysia
matrella,
warm season grass that has V-shaped inflorescence - Answer-Bahiagrass
warm season grass with great salinity tolerance - Answer-seashore paspalum
warm season grass that has a low fertility requirement - Answer-centipedegrass
dioecious warm season grass - Answer-Buffalograss
define dioecious - Answer-separate male and female plants
warm season grass with good drought tolerance - Answer-Buffalograss
first step in any soil preparation - Answer-soil testing
starter fertilizer - Answer-should be low in nitrogen and high in phosphorous
what time of year is best to seed cool season grasses - Answer-late summer or early fall
what time of year is best to seed warm season grasses - Answer-spring
define mixture - Answer-a combination of more than one species
define blend - Answer-a combination of a cultivars of the same species
found on a seed label - Answer--species and variety
-Pure seed
-germination
-inert matter
-Weed seed
-lot number
-noxious weeds
what two primary factors determine seeding rate - Answer-growth habit and seed size
which spreader is best for seeding small seeded grasses - Answer-drop spreaders
how does seed size affect planting depth - Answer-the smaller the seed the shallower
the planting depth
define hydroseeding - Answer-spraying of a mixture of seed, mulch, and fertilizer on the
soil surface.
1-5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
hybrid bluegrass - Answer-result from crossing Texas and Kentucky Bluegrass
primary cool-season grass used in transition zones - Answer-tall fescue
has the coarsest textured leaves of all the cool-season grasses - Answer-tall fescue
Which cool-season grass has poor cold tolerance - Answer-tall fescue
cool season bunch-type grass - Answer-Hard Fescue
cool season rhizomatous grass - Answer-Colonial bentgrass
cool season stoloniferous grass - Answer-velvet bentgrass
cool season grasses used on golf course greens, tees and fairways - Answer-kentucky
bluegrass, creeping bentgrass, colonial bentgrass, velvet bentgrass, perennial ryegrass
most tolerant bentgrass to shade and drought - Answer-velvet bentgrass
cool season grass with claw like auricles - Answer-annual ryegrass
cool season grasses quick to establish - Answer-annual ryegrass, perennial ryegrass,
which cool season grasses have good salinity tolerance - Answer-annual ryegrass,
perennial ryegrass
cool season grass that have distinctive shiny underside of their leaves. - Answer-annual
ryegrass, perennial ryegrass
difference between common and hybrid bermudagrasses - Answer-hybrid is more
compact
Warm season grass with good cold tolerance - Answer-ultradwarf bermudagrass
warm season grass with good shade tolerance - Answer-Zoysia japonica
warm season grass with good submersion tolerance - Answer-Bahiagrass
warm season grass with coarse textured leaves - Answer-zoysia japonica
, warm season grass that exhibits slow establishment - Answer-zoysia japonica, zoysia
matrella,
warm season grass that has V-shaped inflorescence - Answer-Bahiagrass
warm season grass with great salinity tolerance - Answer-seashore paspalum
warm season grass that has a low fertility requirement - Answer-centipedegrass
dioecious warm season grass - Answer-Buffalograss
define dioecious - Answer-separate male and female plants
warm season grass with good drought tolerance - Answer-Buffalograss
first step in any soil preparation - Answer-soil testing
starter fertilizer - Answer-should be low in nitrogen and high in phosphorous
what time of year is best to seed cool season grasses - Answer-late summer or early fall
what time of year is best to seed warm season grasses - Answer-spring
define mixture - Answer-a combination of more than one species
define blend - Answer-a combination of a cultivars of the same species
found on a seed label - Answer--species and variety
-Pure seed
-germination
-inert matter
-Weed seed
-lot number
-noxious weeds
what two primary factors determine seeding rate - Answer-growth habit and seed size
which spreader is best for seeding small seeded grasses - Answer-drop spreaders
how does seed size affect planting depth - Answer-the smaller the seed the shallower
the planting depth
define hydroseeding - Answer-spraying of a mixture of seed, mulch, and fertilizer on the
soil surface.
