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A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to oregon agriculture herbicide exam. It covers various aspects of herbicide application, including weed identification, herbicide types, application methods, and environmental factors affecting herbicide efficacy. Valuable for students and professionals in the field of agriculture, particularly those involved in weed management and pesticide application.
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tillering stage - Correct Answer-formation of erect shoots from crown of grass jointing stage - Correct Answer-first node of the stem appears above the soil surface summer annuals - Correct Answer-sprout from seed in spring, die before winter winter annuals - Correct Answer-sprout form seed in fall, die before summer biennial - Correct Answer-grow for two years, develop roots and rosette in first year, send out seed second rosette - Correct Answer-a cluster of leaves growing around the base of a plant spike stage - Correct Answer-leaves still within the coleoptile or tightly rolled to form a spike Flag stage - Correct Answer-early stage of onion. Bent tip of seed leaf Creeping perennials - Correct Answer-produce seed and rhizomes or stolons. Bulbous perennials - Correct Answer-reproduce by seed, bulbests or bulbs simple perennials - Correct Answer-tap root, produce seed broadleaves - Correct Answer-broad leaves, coarse root system. grasses - Correct Answer-narrow leaves, upright parallel veins Sedges - Correct Answer-triangular stems dodder - Correct Answer-parasitic plant when to apply herbicide for perennials, annuals, bi annuals - Correct Answer-ALL WEEDS SUSPTABLE AT SEEDLING STAGE perennials: early to late bud stage Biannials: rossete stage Annuals: seedling stage
Field Bindweed - Correct Answer- Canada Thistle - Correct Answer- Field Horsetail - Correct Answer- green foxtail - Correct Answer- Barnyardgrass - Correct Answer- Downy brome - Correct Answer- wild oat - Correct Answer- quack grass - Correct Answer- Yellow Nutsedge - Correct Answer- lambsquaters - Correct Answer- pig weed - Correct Answer- hoary cress - Correct Answer- wild carrot - Correct Answer- hairy nightshade - Correct Answer- jointed goatgrass - Correct Answer- Russian Knapweed - Correct Answer- mayweed chamomile - Correct Answer- coast fiddleneck - Correct Answer- Russian thistle - Correct Answer- Bull thistle - Correct Answer- adjuvant - Correct Answer-a substance added to a pesticide to make it do a better job adjuvant vs surfactant - Correct Answer-surfactant is a adjuvant 3 classes of surfactant - Correct Answer-anionic- negative charge cationic- positive charge
growth regulators - Correct Answer-used for Broadleaves, and certain non-grass monocots includes Banvel, stinger Tordon - Correct Answer-long lived in soil and highly toxic to many plants phenoxys - Correct Answer-moderately toxic to animals paraquat - Correct Answer-Most toxic herbicide inactive in soil FAS inhibitors - Correct Answer-control grasses Three FAS inhibitors - Correct Answer-Hoelon, Poast, Horizon How does glyphosate move in the plant vs soil? - Correct Answer-moves in sugar inactive in soil Triazines, ureas, uracils - Correct Answer-inhibit photosynthesis short lived, inactive in soil thiocarbamates - Correct Answer-prevent rapid evaporation from soil surface 3 ways herbicide doesn't reach the plant - Correct Answer-Volatilization spray drift canopy effect relative humidity and herbicide uptake - Correct Answer-high humidity increases time required for the droplet to evaporate, making the pathway for herbicide easier Two systems of translocation within a plant - Correct Answer-sugar stream, water stream four sinks - Correct Answer-buds, new leaves, root tips, storage organs three herbicides that translocate with sugar flow, water, either - Correct Answer-2 4 D, MCPA, 2 4 DB five soil factors that affect microbe action on herbicides - Correct Answer-temp, moisture, aeration, organic matter, pH. Temp & moisture most important adaptive vs incidental microbe action - Correct Answer-adaptive- adapted to breaking the herbicide down
incidental- degrade herbicide but derive no benefit and do not build up soil enrichment - Correct Answer-microbe populations capable pf breaking down herbicide lag phase - Correct Answer-population to become adapted and to build up prior to the rapid decline of herbicide concentration pH and Glean hydrolysis - Correct Answer-Glean is hydrolyzed more quickly at low pH levels than at high pH Adsorption - Correct Answer-The process of binding or sticking to a surface. soil factors that influence adsorption - Correct Answer-texture, clay type, organic matter content, and moisture soil moisture is most important for herbicide success photodecomposition - Correct Answer-chemical breakdown caused by exposure to light steel spray tanks - Correct Answer-cheap, easily obtained, strong, susceptible to rust and corrosion spray tank materials - Correct Answer-stainless steal, plastic reinforced w fiberglass, alluminum alloys agitation recommendations for soluble materials - Correct Answer-none needed after mixture agitation recommendations for wettable powders - Correct Answer-mechanical agitation agitation recommendations for emulsions - Correct Answer- 50 mesh - Correct Answer-for wettable powders 100 mesh - Correct Answer-for soluble materials Positive Displacement Pumps - Correct Answer-Gear pump, roller pump, piston pump, diaphragm pump non-positive displacement pump - Correct Answer-A type of fluid pump that moves fluid with each rotation of the impeller blades. The amount of fluid that passes through the pump with each rotation varies. Drop nozzles - Correct Answer-suspended below boom to apply under crop canopy