Turf Test Review #3 Deck 3

Front 1

Which is NOT a warm season weed?

1. rescuegrass
2. sandbur
3. goosegrass
4. crabgrass

Back 1

1. rescuegrass

Front 2

Which pest turns into a Junebug?

1. mites
2. billbugs
3. grubs
4. ground pearls

Back 2

3. grubs

Front 3

All turfgrasses are susceptible to fairy rings. T/F?

Back 3

True

Front 4

When a plant/grass has bacterial wilt, the leaves appear?

1. curled and necrotic
2. brown and straight
3. covered in orange flecks
4. mottled between leaf veins

Back 4

1. curled and necrotic

Front 5

The disease triangle does NOT include:

1. Host
2. Diagnosis
3. Pathogen
4. Environment

Back 5

2. Diagnosis

Front 6

S.A.D. kills turfgrass. T/F?

Back 6

False

Front 7

Which of the following make up the vast majority of pathogens in turf:

1. Bacteria
2. Viruses
3. Fungi
4. Nematodes

Back 7

3. Fungi

Front 8

With Take All Patch you can except grass to recover. T/F?

Back 8

False

Front 9

The first commercially available transgenic turfgrass escaped into the environment within 4 years. T/F?

Back 9

True

Front 10

There are currently ___________ of transgenic turfgrass patent applications.

1. 1-10
2. 10-100
3. 100-1000
4. 1000+

Back 10

4. 1000+

Front 11

Which of the following is/are an example of a Turfgrass Disruptive Innovation?

1. Roundup Ready Bentgrass
2. S.A.D. Resistant St. Augustinegrass
3. Both A & B
4. None of the above

Back 11

1. Roundup Ready Bentgrass

Front 12

Lateral thought involves 'thinking out of the box'. T/F?

Back 12

True

Front 13

Disruptive technologies produce incremental gains. T/F?

Back 13

False

Front 14

Sustaining innovations are typically achieved by marketplace incumbents. T/F?

Back 14

True

Front 15

GMOs' are Genetically Mortified Organisms. T/F?

Back 15

False

Front 16

Transgenic plants have gene(s) from different species. T/F?

Back 16

True

Front 17

Transgenic GMOs are developed using traditional plant breeding/improvement/hybridization methods. T/F?

Back 17

False

Front 18

What is the symptom referred to when new green leaves emerge in the center of an area of brownpatch?

a. frog eye
b. dollar spot
c. thatch
d. fairy ring

Back 18

a. frog eye

Front 19

Deep Tine Aerification penetrates up to:

A. 1-2 inches
B. 2-6 inches
C. 8-16 inches
D. 18-22 inches

Back 19

C. 8-16 inches

Front 20

Only a small group of grasses are susceptible to nematodes. T/F?

Back 20

False

Front 21

Contact fungicides are more prone to resistance development than systemic fungicides. T/F?

Back 21

False