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Ahs2207 Annual And Perennial Crops Question Paper

Ahs2207 Annual And Perennial Crops

Course:Bachelor Of Horticulture

Institution: Meru University Of Science And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2013

QUESTION ONE – 30 MARKS
(a) Explain the importance of botanical classification of crops. (4Marks) (b) By giving an example, explain the crop classification according to plant crop life span. (9Marks) (c) Highlight the Economic importance of weeds and show their differences to crops. (7Marks) (d) Describe the ecological effects of shade in tea production. (4Marks) (e) Explain the benefits of mulching in crop production. (6Marks)
QUESTION TWO – 20 MARKS
(a) Explain the factors that influence flowering in Coffee. (10Marks) (b) Explain the situation that you would best recommend for relay cropping, rationing and catch cropping system of crop production. (10Marks)
QUESTION THREE – 20MARKS
(a) Explain the ecological and environmental requirements of the following crops: (i) Maize (zea mays) (ii) Rice (oryza sativa) (iii) Dry beans (phaseolus vulgaris)
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(iv) Tobacco (nilotiana tabacum) (16Marks) (b) Explain the significance of early land preparation to crop pests. (4Marks)
QUESTION FOUR – 20 MARKS
(a) Explain the differences in processing of black and green tea. (10Marks) (b) Explain the objectives of formative pruning in tea. (5Marks) (c) Highlight the advantages of pegging in tea bushes establishment. (5Marks)
QUESTION FIVE - 20 MARKS
(a) Explain the significance of Nursery beds to crop production. (6Marks) (b) What are the salient features of mixed cropping system? (4Marks) (c) Despite advances in agricultural research in Kenya, crop yields are far below their potential. What are the major causes of these depressed yields? (10Marks)

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