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Crop 340: General Crop Production Question Paper

Crop 340: General Crop Production

Course:Agriculture

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 3''RD ''TRIMESTER 2011 EXAMINATIONS
FACULTY : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT : AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UNIT CODE : CROP 340
UNIT TITLE : GENERAL CROP PRODUCTION
TIME : 2 HOURS

Instructions:
Read the Questions CAREFULLY
Answer ALL questions in SECTION A (Compulsory) and any other Questions in SECTION B
SECTION A- 30 MARKS.
Question One.
Name any ten (10) industrial uses of maize.
(5mks)
Name and explain the major species of wheat.
(5mks)
Question Two
Aquelea bird consumes 50gm of rice grains per day. If they were in a group of 1450 birds, how many tons would they consume in a normal season of 3.5 months? (5mks)
With reference to tobacco, what is topping, why is it done and how?
(5mks)
Question Three.
What is soymeal and its uses?
(5mks)
Discuss the characteristics of a cotton plant.
(5mks)
SECTION B – 40 MARKS
Question Four.
Discuss cassava production under the following:-
Position and age of cuttings
(5mks)
Length and orientation of cuttings
(5mks)
Question Five.
What is the importance of poly-bag coffee seedling? (6mks)
Name four (4) objective of coffee pruning.
(4mks)
Question Six.
Discuss tea vegetative propagation nursery under the following:
Erecting nursery shade (materials)
(4mks)
Construction of the shade.
(6mks)
Question Seven.
Though passion fruit can be readily grown from seeds, it is recommended that it should be propagated vegetatively by grafting. Give reasons to support this concern. (10mks)
Question Eight.
Discuss mango pruning under the following:-
Formative pruning.
(4mks)
Flowering control
(6mks)
Question Nine.
Give the uses of macadamia nuts
(4mks)
The life cycle of the sugarcane is based on "plant crop" and "Ratoon crop". Comment briefly on these two aspects.
(6mks)

Crop 340: General Crop Production Question Paper

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