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1. Four ways that water, nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty
weeds compete
with the desir-
able plants:
2. Name six pests insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
to landscape (be-
sides weeds)
3. Pests that are rodents that make burrows, mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves
vertebrates:
4. Four main Weeds, invertebrates, vertebrates, plant pathogens
groups of land-
scape pests:
5. Weeds are classi- undesirable plants
fied as:
6. Invertebrate insects, spiders, mites, nematodes, snails, slugs
pests are:
7. Vertebrate pests rodents, other mammals, birds
are:
8. Plant pathogens bacteria, viruses, fungi, other microorganisms
are:
9. Ways that weeds many seeds (dormant for up to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes,
reproduce: (2) tubers),
10. Two main classifi- dicots & monocots
cations of weeds:
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11. Definition of Di- Broadleaves, produces two seedling leaves (cotyledons)
cot:
12. Parasitic Dicots: Mistletoe and dodder
(2)
13. Invertebrates animals without backbones
are:
14. Arthropods: "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and
their relatives)
15. Biotic Disease Pathogens that are spread form one host to another.
Factors:
16. Three landscape bacteria, fungi, & viruses
biotic pathogens:
17. Fungi character- Can live off both living and dead plant tissue
istics:
18. Fungi vegetative Mycelium
body is called:
19. Major form of Spores
fungal reproduc-
tion:
20. Symptoms of Powdery mildew, downy mildew, root & stem rot, sooty mold, slime molds
Fungi disease: (6)
21. How are fungi Wind, rain, irrigation water, propagation (grafting and pollenization, seeds, insects,
spread? (8-9) people, equipment, cultural practices
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