FACTORS AFFECTING CROP

PRODUCTION

1. The physiological response of plant

in the variations of light and darkness:

a. phototropism c. photoperiodism

b. photolysis d. photosynthesis
2. Which light does the chlorophyll absorb?

a. red light c. violet light

b. blue light d. green light

3. Rice plants grown during the rainy season
produce more empty spikelets because of:

a. low light intensity due to low light

condition
b. excessive water due to heavy rains
c. pest and disease infestation during the
rainy season
d. high relative humidity
4. To induce poinsettia to flower an opaque
muslin is used to modify:

a. light quality
b. temperature
c. light duration
d. light intensity
5. At lower temperature anthurium will:

a. develop longer spadix

b. produce greener leaves
c. have bigger and better color of spathes
d. produce more flowers
6. What will happen if a short-day plant is
grown during periods of long daylength?

a. prolonged vegetative growth and

suppressed flowering
b. discoloration of leaves and stunted
growth
c. slower leaf growth
d. short life span
7. Potato is a short-day plant, what would be
the effect of long daylength on them?
a. stunted growth
b. yellowish leaves
c. profuse root growth
d. retarded or inhibited tuberization
8. Why does the color of leaves appear
green?
a. because the chlorophyll reflects
light
b. because the chlorophyll absorbs green
light
c. because the chlorophyll transmits
green light
d. because of the blending of the blue
and yellow lights
9. Generally, there are more stomata on the
lower surface than on the upper surface of
leaves.
A greater number of stomata on the
upper surface would result in?
a. reduced photosynthetic rate
b. reduced translocation rate
c. increased transpiration rate
d. closing of stomata in both surface.
10. Which condition causes rapid loss of
water from the plant?

a. low humidity of air

b. gentle wind movement
c. low temperature
d. deficient water uptake
11. To prolong the seeds’ viability, the
storage should have:
a. high temperature and high relative
humidity
b. low temperature and high relative
humidity
c. high temperature and low relative
humidity
d. low temperature and low relative
humidity
12. The following are requirements of the
seed germination process except:

a. moisture
b. oxygen
c. optimum temperature
d. carbon dioxide
13. The seedlings that grow with thin,
elongated stem and small yellowish leaves
resulting from low light interception is a
phenomenon called:
a. phototropism
b. photoperiodism
c. etiolation
d. defoliation
14. Plants may wilt if:
a. water absorption is faster than
photosynthesis
b. transpiration is faster than water
absorption
c. water absorption is faster than the
rate of transpiration
d. photosynthesis is faster than the rate
of transpiration
15. The level of light at which net
photosynthesis is zero is called:

a. light compensation point

b. light insufficiency
c. light saturation point
d. light intensity
16. Low light intensity during the day coupled
with high temperature at night will result
in:

a. high net photosynthesis

b. higher yield
c. low net photosynthesis
d. increased growth rate
17. The critical daylength of plant A is 11
hours and B is 12 hours. Plant A initiates
flowering when the duration of light is 11
hours or less and 2 hours or less for plant
B. Which plant is a short-day plant?

a. Plant A
b. Pant B
c. both Pant A and B
d. none of Plant A & B
18. When a plant has a high light-saturation
point, it has a :

a. low light requirement

b. high light requirement
c. requires darkness
d. short light duration requirement
19. The following crops are shade-tolerant
except:

a. pineapple
b. coffee
c. ginger
d. corn
20. The photosynthetically active radiation
(PAR) is between:

a. 200-500 nm
b. 400-700 nm
c. 700-1000 nm
d. 500-800 nm
21. Plants grown in full sunlight have high
photosynthetic activity because:

a. they develop several palisade layers

with more chlorophyll levels
b. their stomata are always open
c. Transpiration rate is fast
d. rate of respiration is fast
22. When a plant manifested wilting during
the day but regains turgidity at night, it
indicates that there is:

a. soil nutrient deficient

b. high light intensity
c. soil moisture deficiency
d. low relative humidity
23. Which of the following does not result
from high relative humidity?
a. lesser fungal and bacterial diseases
b. lower transpiration rate
c. high evapotranspiration rate
d. good growth of abaca and other crops
requiring high moisture.
24. The formation of pneumatophores
in some trees growing in marshes
so as not to deprive the roots
with oxygen is a type of :
a. morphological adaptation
b. biochemical adaptation
c. physiological adaptation
d. climatic adaptation
25. If new leaves that emerge from a plant do
not unfold and apical roots do not
develop, which nutrient element must be
deficient?

a. nitrogen
b. magnesium
c. zinc
d. calcium
26. If the leaves from the lower part of the
canopy turn yellowish and the plant are
shorter than normal, which nutrient
element must be lacking?
a. nitrogen
b. potassium
c. phosphorus
d. calcium
27. If there is phosphorus deficiency, which
of the following symptoms can be
observed in the affected plant?

a. light green to yellow leaves

b. old leaves are yellowish
c. margins of young leaves are yellowish
d. leaves and stem turn purple
28. Leguminous plants are rich in nitrogen
because of their symbiosis with nitrogen-
fixing organisms. Which of the following
is that organism?

a. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

b. nitrosomonas
c. rhizobia
d. fusarium
29. Which organism colonize roots of many
vascular plants and help in absorbing
phosphorus from the soil?
a. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
b. nitrosomonas
c. rhizobia
d. fusarium
30. What is the meaning of GMO:

a. Genetic Mutation of Organism

b. Genetically Modified Organism
c. Gross Metamorphosis of Organisms
d. Genetically Manipulated Organisms
31. From which organism was the DNA
extracted and introduced to corn to
produce an insecticide within the corn
cell?

a. nematodes
b. Xanthomonas campestris
c. Bacillus thuringiensis
d. Rhizoctonia solani
32. Would proper soil fertilization make a
variety of a certain crop which by
genetic reason is low yielding, yield
comparably well as the high yielding
varieties?

a. yes c. oftentimes
b. no d. sometimes
33. Would a genetically high yielding variety
of a crop express its maximum yield
under unfavorable environmental
condition?

a. yes c. oftentimes
b. no d. sometimes
34. The frequency of rainfall is one important
climatic factor to be considered in
selecting a crop to be grown in a certain
place. The Corona System of
classification identified four types of
climate, which one describes Type I
climate?
a. No dry season, pronounced maximum rain
period from November to January
b. rainfall is more or less evenly distributed
c. pronounced dry and wet season
d. season is not very pronounced
35. Which of the following is the most
abundant atmospheric gas in an
unpolluted air?

a. nitrogen
b. oxygen
c. argon
d. neon
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