Crop Science 1 Questioner (1) Flashcards
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The following are the events that led to the development of agriculture except
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Current cop production technologies are considered scientific because
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The relationship between the growth retes of individual parts of an organ or organism is knonw as
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Plant roll their leaves:
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High relative humidity can cause
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As a factor in crop production, edaphic factor refers to
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GMO stands for
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The light reaction phase of photosynthesis takes place in the
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the products of the light reaction phase of photosynthesis are
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Strawberry
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Tomato
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Bell pepper
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Grape
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Eggplant
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Cherry
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Galactose
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Paradormancy
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Endodormancy
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Ecodormancy
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Chemical dormancy
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Vernalization
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Photoperiodism
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Ciecaian rhythm
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Porphogenesis
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Chlorosis
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Inorganic chemistry
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The absence of the element makes it impossible for the plant to complete its life cycle
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b.
The dificiency is specific fot the element in question
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The element is directly involved in the nutrition of the plant
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d.
The element can be subsitituted by another element of similar size
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B
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Deterioraton phase
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b.
Abscission pahse
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c.
Senescence
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d.
Growth inhibition
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Whole plant senescence
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b.
Organ senescence
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c.
Swquential senescence
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d.
Leaf senexcence
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Abscissis acid (ABA)
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b.
Indole acetic acid (IAA)
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c.
Kinetic (Ki)
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d.
Gibberellins (GA)
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Thermotropism
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Seismopasty
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Thigmotropism
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d.
Thigmomorphogenesis
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Digravitropic
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b.
Agravitropic
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c.
Orthogravitropic
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d.
Negative tropism
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Carotenoid
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b.
Xanthophyll
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c.
Anthocyanin
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d.
Chlorophyll
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Herliotropism
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b.
Plagiogeotropism
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c.
Diagravitropism
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d.
Thermonasty
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Allometric growth
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Growth correlation
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c.
Apical dominance
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d.
Hormonal imbalance
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Change in plant type and limited ecological adaption
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b.
Narrower genetic variation and wider ecological adaptation
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c.
The disappearance of the natural habitats of wild plants
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With stage of growth and development
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b.
With kind of fertilizer applied
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c.
Depending on the flux of solar energy
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d.
With total rainfall
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Adjust its water absorption rate to maintain cell turgidity
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Maintains relatively high stomata conductance even if water deficit is progressing to a higher level
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c.
Rolls its leaves to reduce respiration
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d.
Extends its roots horizontally to explore soil moisture around the root zone
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Loss of seed dormancy
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b.
Conversion
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c.
Increased susceptibility to disease
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d.
Increased environmental adaptation
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The oxidation of H2O
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Photolysis of H2O
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The reduction of CO2
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d.
The reduction of H2O
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There was sedentary way of living
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b.
Grasslands and forest were present
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Plant and animal diversity was limited
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d.
Fertile lands were available
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To maintain adequate moisture content
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To maximize photosynthetic activity
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To maintain optimum translocation during the day
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To balance their heat load with the surrounding air
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Relatively humidity and CO2 concentration
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b.
Oxygen concentration
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c.
Temperature and CO2 concentration
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d.
Temperature and relative humidity
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Net photosynthesis
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b.
Crop growth rate
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c.
Gross photosynthesis
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d.
Unit leaf rate
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It breaks down glucose which should have been used in the synthesis of complex compounds
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b.
It leads to the loss of glucose but generates metabolic energy and organic compounds that are used in the
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c.
It generates CO2 and H2O and ATP
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d.
It generates heat energy for transpiration
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Root-shoot ratio
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b.
Shoot-root ratio
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c.
Plant biomass ratio
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d.
Harvest index
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The breeding potential of a plant
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b.
The physical appearance of a plant
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c.
The genetic make up of a plant
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d.
The chromosome content of a nucleus
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e.
The concentration of phenol in the cytoplasm
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a.
An F1 generation
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b.
An artificial hybridization
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c.
A homogenous population
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d.
Genetic variation
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e.
A changing environment
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Vegetative propagation
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b.
Clonal propagation
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c.
Self-pollination of a pureline
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d.
Sexual reproduction
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Hybridization
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b.
Introduction
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c.
Pedigree selection
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d.
Pureline selection
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e.
Mass selection
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Heterosis
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Homozygosity
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c.
Llelism
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d.
Increased productivity
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e.
Sterility
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More of selection than hybridization
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b.
More hybridization than selection
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c.
Equal selection and hybridization
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d.
None of the above
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Genotype
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b.
Environment
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c.
Genotype x environment
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d.
All of the above
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e.
None of the above
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a.
Philippine Seed Board
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b.
National Seed Industry Council
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c.
Department of Agriculture
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d.
International Rice Research Institute
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When the radicle has emerge
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b.
When the plumule has emerged
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c.
When both the radical and plumule have emerged
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d.
None of the above
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Whole seed is stained
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b.
Radicle portion is not stained but the rest of the seed is
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c.
Plumule portion is not stained but the rest of the seed is
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d.
Half the seed is stained
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Recalcitrant
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b.
Orthodox
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c.
Intermediate
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d.
None of the above
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Favorable temperature
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b.
20% oxygen concentration
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c.
Light
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d.
Proper amount of water
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e.
Both a and c
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f.
None of the above
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Dry and cool condition
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b.
Dry and hot condition
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c.
Moist and cool condition
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d.
Moist and hot condition
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Soaking in boiling water for several minutes
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b.
Soaking in tap water for 24 hours
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c.
Rubbing the embryo part on sand paper
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d.
Both a and b
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e.
Both a and c
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f.
None of the above
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Lime
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Rolled filter paper
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b.
Petri dish line with filter paper
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c.
Ragdoll method
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d.
Sand
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Breeder seed
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Registered seed
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c.
Foundation seed
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d.
Good seed
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High germination
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b.
High physical purity
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c.
High moisture content
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d.
High vigor
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Cytoplasm
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b.
Mitchondria
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c.
Chromosomes
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d.
Chloroplast
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Fertilization
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Pollination
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c.
Inoculation
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d.
Emasculation
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Plowing
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b.
Chmical spray
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c.
Slush and burn
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d.
Biological
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Greenhouse cropping
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b.
Multiple cropping
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c.
Plantation
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d.
Rural landscaping
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a.
Rice and tobacco
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b.
Tomato and tobacco
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c.
Corn and cotton
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d.
Corn and rice
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a.
Rice and corn
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b.
Tomato and tobacco
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c.
Corn and cotton
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d.
Corn and rice
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a.
Rice and grain corn
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b.
Rice and tobacco
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c.
Green corn and tomato
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d.
Tobacco and tomato
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a.
Rice and grain corn
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b.
Green corn and cotton
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c.
Tobacco and tomato
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d.
Tomato and green corn
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Banana
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Good market of the products
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b.
Irrigation of the crop is not a problem
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c.
The temperature is low because of high elevation
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d.
Indigenous people are good terrace builders
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a.
Terracing the mountain slopes
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b.
Construction of Ambuklao and Binga dams for irrigation
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c.
Construction of the Cordillera highway to Bontoc and Banaue
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d.
Spray liquid fertilizer before planting vegetables
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a.
Foliar spray of commercially prepared liquid fertilizer
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b.
Using chicken manure hauled from the lowland
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c.
NPK coming from rain after a long dry season
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d.
Biofertilizer like application of Tricogramma
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a.
Banana
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The people who originated from Ilocos are good farmers
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b.
Fertile soil and adequate rainfall or irrigation
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c.
Market is very good
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d.
The crop varieties are superior
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a.
Tobacco and rice
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b.
Rice and corn
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c.
Pasture grass and corn
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d.
Fruits and rice
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a.
Potassium permanganate
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b.
Potassium nitrate
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c.
Ethylene either from plant part or chemicals
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d.
Calcium carbonate
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Pruning
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Rats
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Burn the rice straw first
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b.
Assure adequate drainage
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c.
Flood the soil for irrigation
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d.
Spray liquid fertilizer before planting vegetables
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Minimize the effect of typhoon
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b.
Minimize wind erosion of soil
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c.
Minimize infestation of locust
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d.
Use overhead irrigation instead of flooding
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Practice of integrated pest management
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b.
Imposing high tax to agricultural chemicals
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c.
Requiring the planting hybrid rice
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d.
Use overhead irrigation instead of flooding
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a.
Less fertilizer will be used due to high cost
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b.
Globalization make the Myanmar rice cheaper than Philippine rice
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c.
Irrigation system efficiency will be lower
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d.
Milling recovery of rice is lower
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a.
Catch crop for mango
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b.
Intercrop for lowland rice
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c.
Monocrop
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d.
Landscape for the local tourism
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a.
Converting them into feed for animals
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b.
Diversity product lines like buko juice/pie and baby/green corn
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c.
Mechanize the production system
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d.
Modernize irrigation/nutrition management like using hydroponics
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a.
Beans and corn don’t dry easily
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b.
Coffee beans and pepper corns absorbs unwanted odor
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c.
The marketing price is steady
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d.
Generally harvesting is laborious
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a.
Ornamental crop production
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b.
Export crop production
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c.
plantation agriculture
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d.
fiber crop production
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a.
Proper selection of resistance varieties
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b.
Proper election of appropriate plants to the particular environments
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c.
Preference of high class clients
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d.
Adequate advertising
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a.
Harvesting sweet corn in the afternoon
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b.
Packaging mango in sacks for easier handling
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c.
Ripening bananas for export to command higher price
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d.
Storage of bananas and mangos in cold storage to reduce respiration
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a.
Pruning of plants to reduce disease
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b.
Timing to the flower induction
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c.
Irrigation of the crop one day before harvesting
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d.
Harvesting the crop at appropriate maturity for the product
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a.
Bicol soils are fertile because of many volcanoes
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b.
Land tenure in Bicol are reformed from the former hacienda system
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c.
Typhoon brings with it good amount of rainfall
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d.
Bicol is far from metropolis that have high demand for food crops
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a.
Protect the market of planting materials against competition
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b.
Prevent spread of pest and diseases
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c.
Provide opportunity for taxation
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d.
Encourage regional specialization of crops
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a.
Division of corms coming from existing farms
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b.
Tissue culture
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c.
Using desuckering tools
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d.
Grafting abaca with resistant varieties
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a.
Catanduanes
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b.
Albay
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c.
Sorsogon
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d.
Camarines Sur
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a.
Pastoral ranching
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b.
Agroforestry
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c.
Integrated sugar-alcohol industry
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d.
Container agriculture
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a.
fruit cocktail
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b.
Fruit cake
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c.
Dried fruit
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d.
Bruit flavored ice cream
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a.
The consumer products are not food
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b.
There are more biodiversity in the Philippines
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c.
American and European ca not compete with us
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d.
They are suitable for mechanization
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a.
Distance in feet between rows and hills multiplied by the no. of rows
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b.
10,000 divided by the product of the distance between rows in meters multiplied by distance between
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c.
Product of the width multiplied by length in meters divided by numbers of rows
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d.
10,000 divided by 25
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a.
Suckers
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b.
Division
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c.
Root cuttings
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d.
Runners
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a.
sugarcane with livestock
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b.
fishery and sugarcane
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c.
intercropping with rice
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d.
relay cropping with coconut
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a.
Bio-N (Azospirillum) plus chicken manure
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b.
Mulching with plastic sheet
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c.
Foliar spray of micronutrient
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d.
Applying burn leaves for its ash
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a.
Spraying the fruits with Malathion
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b.
Bagging the fruits individually with paper bag
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c.
Smudging by burning dried leaves before flowering
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d.
Pruning
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Bohol and Cebu soils are calcareous, and therefore the soil is towards the alkaline reaction. The soil
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a.
Application of NPK or complete fertilizer
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b.
Application of ammonium sulfate
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c.
Application of liquid urea injected into the soil
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d.
Application of lime
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Irrigation for sugarcane and corn could be by furrow or overhead method. The most appropriate
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a.
Overhead irrigation
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b.
Flooding
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c.
Drip irrigation
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d.
Furrow irrigation
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Perennial export crops are grown as
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a.
Plantation monocrop farming
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b.
Agroforestry crops
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c.
Integrated agro-industrial farming
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d.
Hacienda farming
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Corn growing in Mindanao could be mechanized at the level of “
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a.
Mechanical land preparation, planting, harvesting and postproduction handling
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b.
Crop improvement by GMO’s corn
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c.
Multiple cropping with vegetables for home consumption and local market
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d.
Crop protection using biological control
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In large farms, the selection of planting materials for rubber, citrus, durian, rambutan, pummelo, and
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a.
Seedlings
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If you are a pioneer in Mindanao, site selection and choice of appropriate crop require your knowledge
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a.
Soil and rainfall pattern only
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b.
Soil, climatic and biological indicators of the crop
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c.
Soil and climatic characteristics, biological and economic characteristics of the crop, and culture of the
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d.
Soil, rainfall, population of community and technology of the crop
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In the agroforestry system for Mindanao, some good practices are:
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a.
Sloping agriculture for rubber plantation
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b.
Industrial tree farming purely for paper industries
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c.
Cattle raising under coconuts with appropriate legume trees and pasture management
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d.
Papaya and pineapple
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Mangosten and marang are exotic fruits grown in Mindanao. They are generally propagated by seeds.
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a.
Seeds of mangosteen and marang are orthodox seeds
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b.
Seed of mangosteena are apomictic
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c.
Seeds of mangosteen and marang are recalcitrant seeds
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d.
Seeds would germinate only in the dark
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The practice of plowing and fertilization fo coconut increase the yield of coconut. But the yield increase
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a.
Practice intercropping with crops that respond to fertilization within a year
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b.
Plow only but don’t fertilize anymore because fertilizer are expensive
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c.
Market “buko” instead of copra as coconut products
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d.
Provide irrigation by furrow or flooding
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Surface irrigation of lowland rice by flooding and corn by furrow irrigation, utilize too much water. Pump
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a.
When feasibility indicate an increase in production and profit
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b.
When stage of a crop like milking stage coincide with adequate rainfall
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c.
When rice and corn are planted as intercrops during rainy season
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d.
When high value cops could be grown also in the farm by hydroponics
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Lansones season in Camaiguin and Visayas do not coincide with the seson in Southern Tagalog Region.
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a.
Pruning
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b.
Irrigation after a long dry months
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c.
Chemical spray
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d.
Smoking
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Grape culture requires support of trellis like other vine crops. it is induced to flower by
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a.
Irrigation
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b.
Chemical spraying of calcium carbide
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c.
Smudging
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d.
Pruning
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Because crop production/farming is a regular activity of rural people and without it they will never have
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a.
Business
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Agriculture is affected by number of consumers. Philippine population today (2002) is about:
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a.
50 million
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Trade liberalization could lead to declining demand for locally grown products as manifested by
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a.
Increasing tendency to buy imported fruit products
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b.
Greater desire of balikbayan to buy traditional native products
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c.
Greater utilization of modern technologies
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d.
Television advertising and computer marketing
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The increasing interest in the use of organic foods and traditional medicine is due top the public
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a.
Natural products are harmful and than those produce with synthetic inputs
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b.
Natural products are cheaper in the market
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c.
Foods produced using chemical (synthetic fertilizers and pesticides) always have harmful residues
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d.
Foods produced without pesticide and synthetic fertilizer are safer
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The rapid industrialization cause the increase in value of agricultural lands near population center,
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a.
Large scale reduction of our forested lands
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b.
Massive land conversion of farm lands
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c.
Massive movement of work forces to other countries
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d.
Excessive garbage problem
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The three major crops of the Philippines in terms of land area cultivated are:
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a.
Abaca, rice and coconut
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b.
Rice, corn and coconut
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c.
Corn, abaca and banana
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d.
Banana, sugarcane and coffee
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The leading agriculture export crop of the country is
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a.
Banana
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Self-sufficiency (annual) in rice in the Philippines
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a.
Had never been attained
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b.
Had been achieved before
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c.
Is impossible because of high population
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d.
Is possible because IRRI is in the Philippines
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Corn production in the Philippines is:
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a.
Mainly used for animal feed manufacturing
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b.
Mostly consumed as people’s staple food
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c.
Only supplied by our Mindanao farmers
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d.
Consumed only in Cebu and Bohol
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Forest denudation results into this possibility
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a.
Decreased agricultural production area
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b.
Severe erosion of topsoil leading to less fertile uplands
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c.
Movement of urban settlers to rural communities
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d.
Reduction of post in agriculture
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High population growth rate could possibly mean
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a.
Less work/labor forces for agricultural production
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b.
More people in urban area and greater demand for agricultural produce
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c.
Bad prospects for agriculture because of lower prices of farm products
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d.
Prosperity
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Greater population with low productivity could lead to:
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a.
General poverty among the people
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b.
Higher taxes
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c.
Migration of work forces to rural areas
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d.
Professional agriculturist
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e.
None of the above
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Urbanization and industrialization always result to:
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a.
Decrease in agricultural production area
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b.
Migration of rural population to urban areas
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c.
Increase in labor availability for farming
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d.
Liberalization of trading
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Coconut industry should not be a dying industry. It should be maintained and improved, because:
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a.
It earns substantial dollar returns as an export crop
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b.
It give less income to the coconut farmers
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d.
It is a colonial crop
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Genetically Modified Organisms could lead to the following problem
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a.
Reduced production in the crop concerned
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b.
Monopoly in the supply and distribution of seeds
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c.
Reduced damage due to the target pests
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d.
Indigenous practices will dominate the seed industry
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Site characterization and selection of crop production in the Philippines require knowledge 0f
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a.
Geographical characteristics of the area
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b.
Botanical characteristics of major tropical crops
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c.
Indicators of land, climate, crops, ecology, culture and market dynamics
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d.
Geography, soil, and climate characteristics only
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The comprehensive land reform program coverage is cropland of
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a.
Rice and corn only
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b.
Sugarcane and coconut
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c.
Lowland
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d.
All agricultural lands regardless of crops
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Modern crop agriculture would require:
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a.
Indigenous knowledge
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b.
Knowledge from research only
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c.
Knowledge synthesize from their information
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d.
Knowledge of all kinds and from all sources
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The factors affecting food and fiber production in the Philippines and elsewhere are population
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a.
Manage population to slower growth rate
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b.
Invest in infrastructure that will control environment factors
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c.
Increase land under crop cultivation
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d.
Transform production technology into practices that will increase farm productivity
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Land clearing is
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a.
Before
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After selecting the site for good practice of crop production, land preparation should be
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a.
Clearing second-growth forest with slash and burn on steep slopes
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b.
Clearing flat or rolling cogonal lands and plowing
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c.
Chemical control of brush on flat lands and using dibble and hoe for cultivation
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d.
Plowing currently cultivated sugarland and staking and holing for establishment of pasture crops
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Soil erosion control is important in Philippine agriculture because
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a.
We have to conserve water in terraces
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b.
Growing upland crops like corn and vegetables require fertile soils
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c.
There is too much rainfall during some months and large cultivated areas are not flat
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d.
People are increasing too much and more people have to eat
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In modern Philippine agriculture the selection for planting materials for both annuals and perennial is
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a.
Demand of foreign markets
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b.
Yield and quality of processed products
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c.
Adaptability of the planting materials
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d.
Recommendation of seed dealers
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Seeds or seedling is better planting material than asexual or vegetative method when:
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a.
There is benefit of hybrid vigor
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b.
Crops could be direct seeded
