BIOL 1005: FORAGES
31 Cards in this Set
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What is forage?
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The edible parts of plants that can provide feed for animals or that can be harvested for feeding.
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Browse
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Buds, leaves, twigs of woody species
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Herbage
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Leaves, stems, roots, and seeds of non woody species
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Mast
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Nuts and seeds of woody species
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Plants and plant parts that are consumed by....
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Domestic livestock or game animals
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Grasses are present on the earth greater than....
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any comparable group of plants
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Grasses are adapted to varied climates:
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Humid tropics
Cold-Arctic
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Most civilizations have developed in ......
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grassland regions
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Human history has been influenced by .....
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grassland (poacea)
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Forages is
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both grasses and legumes
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2 groups grasses are divided into
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warm season and cool season
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warm season and cool season
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Bermuda, carpet, Dalli, Bahia, Johnson, Ryegrass
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Cool season grasses:
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Kentucky bluegrass, smooth brome, timothy, orchard, tall fescue, redtop, reed canary
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There are nearly ____ genera and some _____ species of legumes.
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600; 12,000
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____ species are here in the US
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4000
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Legumes have a ______ range of adaption that grasses
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narrower
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Most common legume
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alfalfa
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alfalfa
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Alfalfa, red clover, alisike clover, crimson clover, birds foot trefoil, lespedeza, sweet clovers, crown vetch, lupine
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Grasses:
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Monocotyledon(monocots)
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Legumes are:
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Dicotyledon (dicots)
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Plant breeding is based on
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
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DNA is a major component of ______
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chromosomes
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DNA regulates
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genetic information
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4 different nucleotides DNA is made up off
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Adenine (A)
Guanine (G)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
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The ____ ___ account for the differences among the four nucleotides and form what we call a ______ _____.
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Nitrogenous bases; genetic code
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A genetic code is the appearance of any of the _____ nucleotides for ____ amino acid.
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three; one
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Genetic codes are read in _____ combinations.
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triplet
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CGA codes for:
TGC codes for:
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Alanine; threonine
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Gregor Mendel studied
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Science and mathematics at the University of Viena
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Each physical object is made up of particles called....
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atoms and molecules
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When did Mendel formulate two fundamental laws of heredity?
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1860s
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BIOL 1005: FORAGES