Crop 340: General Crop Production Question Paper
Crop 340: General Crop Production
Course:Agriculture And Natural Resources
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 1''ST ''TRIMESTER 2013 (DAY) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT : AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UNIT CODE : CROP 340
UNIT TITLE : GENERAL CROP PRODUCTION
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions in Section A and two questions in Section B.
SECTION A
Question One
Discuss the different industrial uses of maize grains.
(5 Marks)
What are the effects of heavy rains on wheat after the grains have reached the cheese-like stage.
(5 marks)
Discuss the ecological requirements of sorghum.
(5 marks)
Question Two
Discuss how you would prepare the following;
A nursery for rice propagation.
(5 Marks)
Land preparation for flooded rice.
(5 marks)
Discuss the symptoms and control of Anthracnose (colletotrichum lindemuthianum).
(5 Marks)
SECTION B
Question Three
Discuss field maintenance of tobacco under the following sub-headings
Fertilizer application
Priming
Topping
De-suckering
(20 Marks)
Question Four
Discuss maize under the following sub-heading; (20 marks)
Ecological requirements
Seed bed preparation
Planting.
Pests and diseases control
Question Five
Discuss the major diseases in tea and their control in Kenya. (20 Marks)
Question Six
Discuss wheat under the following sub-headings; (20 marks)
Origin and description
Major cultivated species
Rainfall and water requirements
Land preparation
Fertilization
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