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 3RDTRIMESTER 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 question in Section A and any two questions in Section B
SECTION A – 30 MARKS
Question One
Define the following
An annual crop
(2 marks)
Cereal crop
(2 marks)
Tiller
(2 marks)
Soya bean meal
(2 marks)
Topping
(2 marks)
Name and explain the three classes of rice
(5 Marks)
What are the objectives of formative pruning of tea?
(5 Marks)
Question Two
What are the differences between purple and yellow passion fruits with particular reference to use and disease tolerance? (10 marks)
SECTION B – 40 MARKS)
Question three
Name the biological characteristics which make pyrethrum an effective natural insecticide
(10 marks)
Discuss in detail the procedure used in single stem pruning of coffee
(10 marks)
Question Four
After graduation, Ministry of Agriculture has sent you to a tea farmer’s field day to demonstrate how to fill tea cutting sleeves and staking them. Give a step-by-step procedure to achieve this activity. (20 marks)
Question Five
(i) What are the uses of the various cashew products?
(5 marks)
(ii) Explain briefly the stages involved in cashew processing (5 marks)
What are the characteristics of the best grades of copra?
(10 marks)
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