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Agr0121:Annual Crops Question Paper

Agr0121:Annual Crops

Course:Diploma In Agriculture

Institution: Meru University Of Science And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2014

QUESTION ONE – (30 MARKS)
(a) Explain the advantages of planting Hybrid seeds over the local seeds. (4 Marks) (b) Explain five factors that make maize an important crop in Kenya. (5 Marks) (c) Describe how you would control witch weed (striga hermonthica) in cereal production. (5 Marks) (d) Why is millet and sorghum considered as orphan crops? (5 Marks) (e) Explain the symptoms and control of the following: (i) Blast (Piricularia oryzea) in Rice (ii) Stem rust (Puccinia graminis) in wheat. (6 Marks) (f) Explain why sorghum is a good rationing crop. (5 Marks)
QUESTION TWO – (15 MARKS)
(a) Explain the significance of early seed bed preparation in relation to weed control. (7 Marks) (b) Explain how you would correct copper deficient soil for wheat production. (6 Marks) (c) Give two varieties of wheat that are drought tolerant, resistant to lodging and high yielding. (2 Marks)
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QUESTION THREE – (15 MARKS)
(a) Highlight the differences between the finger millet, pearl millet and proso millet. (6 Marks) (b) Explain how you would use a natural pest enermies in controlling a given pest insect. (4 Marks) (c) Explain the significance of early planting in rainfall marginal areas. (5 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR – (15 MARKS)
(a) Explain the advantages of ridging in potato production. (5 Marks) (b) Why are the vines cutting in sweet potatoes preferred to roots propagation as a planting materials. (5 Marks) (c) Explain the horticultural maturity in beans. (5 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE – (15 MARKS)
(a) Describe two diseases and two pest commonly associated with beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) and show their symptoms and control. (12 Marks) (b) Explain why Nitrogen fertilizers are not a requirement in root crops. (3 Marks)

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