Unit 1: INTRODUCTION

Question 1

used to describe the tender edible shoot, leaves, fruits and root of
plants and spices that are consumed whole or in part, raw or cooked as a supplement to starchy foods
and meat.

Answer 1

Vegetable

Question 2

are rich sources of vitamins A, B, and C which helps to lower susceptibility to
infection

Answer 2

Vegetable

Question 3

Carrots, sweet corn, amaranthus and celosia provide

Answer 3

Vitamin A

Question 4

Bitter leaf, water leaf,
solanum and celosia provide

Answer 4

Vitamin B

Question 5

Tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, cabbage and amaranthus provide

Answer 5

Vitamin C

Question 6

Diversity of these plants can
be found in the country but only (blank) of which are grown commercially

Answer 6

48

Question 7

Philippine vegetable is classified according to morphological criteria
such as

Answer 7

Leaves
Fruits
Stems
Stem Tubers
Seeds
Storage Roots
Bulbs

Question 8

the most commonly grown vegetable in the Philippines

Answer 8

Eggpant

Question 9

Eggplant

Answer 9

19,986 hectares

Question 10

Tomato

Answer 10

16,093 hectares

Question 11

Onion

Answer 11

9,584 ha.

Question 12

Garlic

Answer 12

7,837 ha.

Question 13

Squash

Answer 13

5,194 ha

Question 14

Cabbage

Answer 14

7,665 ha

Question 15

is involved in
vegetable research and seed production

Answer 15

Bureau of Plant Industry

Question 16

Philippines is an archipelago which consist
of

Answer 16

7,102 islands

Question 17

Total population

Answer 17

80 million

Question 18

Two pronounced seasons, dry from November to April; wet during the rest of the
year.

Answer 18

Type I

Question 19

No dry season with a very pronounced maximum rainfall from November to January.

Answer 19

Type II

Question 20

No very pronounced maximum rain period

Answer 20

Type III

Question 21

Rainfall more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.

There is no dry season and no very pronounced rainy.

Answer 21

Type IV

Question 22

Philippines are usually affected by this typhoon at the average of

Answer 22

21

Question 23

Problems of Vegetable Production

Answer 23

a. Biological
b. Agronomic
c. Climatic
d. Economic
e. Sociological
f. Environmental

Question 24

R

Answer 24

F