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Louisiana Horticulture License ReviewExam with Complete Solutions
___ are low-growing plants that do well along the edges of beds. - ANSWER-Alyssum
___ attack the young, growing foliage and buds, feeding on plant juices. - ANSWER-
Aphids
____ and drainage are key elements in growing roses. - ANSWER-Sunlight
____ appears on roses in early spring and late summer when nights are relatively cool.
- ANSWER-Powdery Mildew
____ applies only to persons and property not connected with a project. - ANSWER-
Contractor's Liability Insurance
____ are generally the fastest way to manage pests. - ANSWER-Pesticides
____ are probable the most common insect found on roses in Louisiana. - ANSWER-
Aphids
____ are spread by blowing rain, insects, humans and inside seeds. - ANSWER-
Bacteria
____ are the costs that are generally the most difficult to calculate and require
experience with actual landscape installation in order to be estimated properly -
ANSWER-Direct job expenses
____ causes infected plants to become stunted. All infected plants must then be
discarded. - ANSWER-Crown Gall
____ control is the rotation of crops and using tilling to control pests. - ANSWER-
Cultural
____ covers the contractor if faulty construction causes damage after the project is
turned over to the owner. - ANSWER-Competed Operation Insurance
____ infested with thrips will not open properly. - ANSWER-Buds
____ is a policy where the insurance company assumes owner's risk and covers
employees only. - ANSWER-Workman's Compensation Insurance
____ is most important after planting trees and shrubs. - ANSWER-Maintenance
,____ plants provide a sizeable portion of garden sales. - ANSWER-Bedding
_____ and _____ are the two most critical requirements for successful seed
germination. - ANSWER-Water and temperature
_____ are hardy plants that tolerate cold temperatures. - ANSWER-Snapdragons
_____ can be applied either in the planting hole or on the soil surface after planting or
transplanting trees or shrubs. - ANSWER-Fertilizer
_____ control involves the use of naturally occurring enemies of pests. - ANSWER-
Biological
_____ control uses traps screens, barriers and electricity to prevent the spread of pests
or reduce infestations. - ANSWER-Mechanical
_____ is applied to injury, death, and property damage from operations performed for
the contractor by independent subs. - ANSWER-Contractor's Protective Liability
Insurance
_____ is one of the main attributes of insects and disease problems that is not
associated with healthy plants. - ANSWER-Stress
______ is a fungal disorder than can be identified by the appearance of rough, circular,
bright orange spots on the underside of leaves and on stems. - ANSWER-Leaf Rust
______ is the most common form of general contract in which the owner aggress to pay
a set amount to the contractor for executing the services specified in the contract. -
ANSWER-Fixed-Price Contract
_______ is a form of pest control where plant varieties are developed which are
immune to certain pests. - ANSWER-Host resistance
_______ is NOT a recommended ground covers for LOUISIANA. - ANSWER-Dianthus
__________ are tender plants and best for warmer conditions. - ANSWER-Cosmos
__________ is NOT a recommended ground cover for the SOUTH. - ANSWER-Daylily
__________ is the most frequently used material to raise soul pH when establishing
turfgrasses. - ANSWER-Limestone
___________ could equally describe a loam soil or an adobe soil as very hard to work
with. - ANSWER-Black soil
, ___________ names refer to large groups rather than individual species. - ANSWER-
Common
____________ tissue is very important from the health standpoint of trees? - ANSWER-
Trunk
_____________ are generally evergreen, low growing, and spreading ornamental
plants. - ANSWER-Ground covers
_____________ are used to remove branches that cannot be reached from the ground.
- ANSWER-Pole pruner
_____________ or _____________ fertilizers are easier to use, less expensive, and are
more efficient because they react faster and become available to plants more quickly. -
ANSWER-chemical or inorganic
_______________ are for clipping small-leafed plants to maintain a formal appearance.
- ANSWER-Hedge shears
_______________ are used for branches larger than 1 1/2 inches in diameter. -
ANSWER-Pruning saw
_______________ favorably affects soil structure by increasing the water holding
capacity of sandy soils and the workability of the clay and other heavy soils. -
ANSWER-Organic matter
_______________ is the biggest propagation problem. - ANSWER-Watering
________________ of trees and shrubs during times of dry weather is imperative,
especially during the first several years. - ANSWER-Irrigation
_________________ herbicides can kill existing weeds and extreme care must be used
with these materials when plants are in the immediate area. - ANSWER-Post-
emergence
________________, a common disease in ornamental plants which causes the
damping off of young vegetable plants is spread by mycelia fragments. - ANSWER-
Rhizoctonia
_______________names of insects end with -idea. an example is Aphidae (aphids). -
ANSWER-Family
__________, __________, and ______are a few recommended ground covers for
Louisiana. - ANSWER-Daylilies
Sedums
Indigos
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