Forage Exam 1

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browse

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when an animal chooses which part of the plant to eat (leaves) instead of the entire thing

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Herbage

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nonwoody plants

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mast

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fruits and nuts

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forbs

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"weeds" -broadleaves

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grass

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from proacea family

monocots

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legume

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from fabaceae family

or leguminosae

dicots

pod bearing

fix own nitrogen

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aftermath

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regrowth of a forage after it has been harvested (can also be harvested again)

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residue

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like corn stalks-

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silage

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fermented forage

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hay

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dried and baled forage

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haylage

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silage hay

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green chop

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fresh cut forage "cut and carry"

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fescue toxicity

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alkaloid chem. from a fungus in the head. makes cattle lose calf

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grassland Agriculture

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use of grasses and\or legumes to maintain a good system

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C4 photosynthesis

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C3 adaptation that utilizes malate and PEPCase to fix carbon.

more efficient and heat tolerant than C3

found in warm season grasses

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Rubisco

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Molecule that fixes carbon

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3PGA

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first product in the carbon cycle

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GAP

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first carbon product in carbon cycle

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Net CO2 fixation =

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CO2 photorespiration+CO2 respiration

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Flagleaf growth stage

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Last leaf emergence before Repro. stages

suggested timing of cutting grasses.

Still has nutritional value and yet has yield too

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Anthesis

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flowering (anthers come out)

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Jointing

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growth stage of internode elongation