We study the origins of plants for many reasons. Check all those listed that are legitimate reasons to study plant origins.
Breeding to create better, more resilient plants, Conservation of germ plasm, Learn about historical use of plants by humans, Understand site-specific cultural requirements of plants
Who proposed the theory of eight centers of origin of most economic plants?
Nikolai Vavilov
Frederick Law Olmstead helped establish the American Society of Landscape Architects. T or F?
True
Who was the guy who is known for being one of the first people (that we know of) to catalog plants for medicinal purposes?
Theophrastus
The presumed center of origin for corn is
Central America
The theory of the 8 centers of origin suggest that most of the economic crops come from regions evenly distributed throughout the world T/F
False
Georgia is high (now #1) in total value in which of the following fruit crops?
Blueberries
The presumed center of origin of tomatoes is Italy. T/F
False
Someone who studies the care of urban trees is called an
Arborist
The Columbian Exchange refers to
The global movement of crops through explorations and subsequent slave trade as a result from Christopher Columbus's explorations
The Law of Limits as proposed by Justus von Liebig describes
How plants take up mineral elements, or more specifically, how the growth of plants is limited by nutrients in short supply in the soil
Theombroma cacao is originally from
South America
Pineapples are originally from
South America
Gregor Mendel is the Father of Plant Genetics T/F.
True
Who is considered the father of plant taxonomy?
Carl Linneaus
The peach (prunus persica) is originally from
China
The three crops being grown by native americans when the pilgrims arrive that are native to Central America were
Corn, squash, beans
Which of the following apply to Andrew Jackson Downing?
Was an advocate for good landscape design and proper landscape maintenance, Popularized landscape design among more middle class, Died tragically in a steam boat accident
The study and cultivation of broccoli would fall under
Olericulture
The species portion of the botanical name , Coffea Arabica "Upall Knight" is
arabica