Part 2 forage crop

What are three ways to identify forage crops?

Roots, flower, leaf blades

What is the key to identifying a forage grass?

Wait until the plant develops a seed head. Look at how the plant grows and its plant structures.

What is crucial when growing forage crops?

plainting them in the ground with the right conditions for growth

What part of a plant should not be destroyed for regrowth?

the crown

What promotes grazing tolerance in grasses?

Tillering, or producing new shoots from the base of the plant.

what is a tiller

A new shoot that grows from the base of a grass plant.

What is a grass inflorescence?

the flowering structure of a grass that contains its flowers and eventually produces seed

what is equivalent to the production of a fruit in forage crop

seed production

What are the two major grass growth groups discussed in forage crops

festucoid and panicoid

what is festucoid

Cool-season grasses, which commonly have roots growing by the seed

what is a panicoid

Warm season grasses, which commonly have roots growing near the surface.

What is biological fixation?

the process in which microorganisms convert nitrogen from the air into form plants can use

what group is a grasses in

poaceae

what group is a legumes in

fabaceae

What is a rangeland?

Land with natural vegetation, such as grasses, shrubs, and other plants, used for grazing livestock.

What are forage crop pests

Organisms that damage forage crops, including insects, weeds, nematodes, and certain animals.

Herbicides

controls weeds

insecticide

controls insects

fungicides

control fungi

rodenticides

control rodents

What is a microclimate?

the climate of a small specific area that may differ from the surrounding environmet