TAMU SCSC 302 Questions With Complete Solutions

Turf correct answer: Upper stratum of soil bound by grass and plant roots into a thick mat; a type of plant cover maintained in such a way so as to produce a sod cover for aesthetic and/or utilitarian purposes Turfgrass correct answer: Plants that form a ground cover and persists under regular mowing and traffic Sod correct answer: When the upper few inched of a turf are cut from the ground Estimated value for this year in Texas correct answer: $7 billion Annually spent on turf grass correct answer: $45 billion 60% of the turf grass industry correct answer: home lawns $2.5 billion 10% of the turf grass industry correct answer: commercial businesses $442 million 7% of the turf grass industry correct answer: Golf courses $292 million 40% of turf grass maintenance expenditures correct answer: Supplies and equipment $1.65 billion 17% of turf grass maintenance expenditures correct answer: Lawn services $702 million other 17% of turf grass maintenance expenditures correct answer: Water $686 million 12% of turf grass maintenance expenditures correct answer: Labor $501 million 7% of turf grass maintenance expenditures correct answer: Fertilizer $275 million 6% of turf grass maintenance expenditures correct answer: Chemicals $231 million 58% of turf acres correct answer: Single family households 19% of turf acres correct answer: counties 5% of turf acres correct answer: cemetaries other 5% of turf acres correct answer: others 4% of turf acres correct answer: airports 3% of turf acres correct answer: golf courses 78% of turf labor expenditures correct answer: mowing 10% of turf labor expenditures correct answer: Irrigation 5% of turf labor expenditures correct answer: materials application other 5% of turf labor expenditures correct answer: other 2% of turf labor expenditures correct answer: turf renovation/aeration 83% of mowing labor expenditures correct answer: Golf courses