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If the recommended spacing for a tree crop is 2.5cm by 4.0m.determine the number of seedlings required to plant a 2 hectare farmland.
A 1,000
B 2,000
C 10,000
D 20,000
Crop rotation decreases the incidence of pests by
A breaking life cycles of pests
B attracting pest predators
C sterilizing the soil
D maintaining soil fertility
The process of grafting in crop production involves
A the fusion of gametes of two crops
B indicating rooting from stems
C the trandfer of a bud from one crop to another
D the joining of two parts from related crops
Which of the following crops has a fibrous root system?
A cotton
B coffee
C cowpea
D sugarcane
Pineapple is widely propagated using
A seeds
B suckers
C slips
D cuttings
The forest management system which involves the planting of both food crops and forest trees on the same piece of land at the same time is known as
A selective exploitation
B taungya
C regeneration
D afforestation
The main objectives of establishing forest in the arid regions is to
A check desert enroachment
B provide firewood for cooking
C provide bush meat
D improve the beauty of the environment
Which of the following insects transmits swollen shoot disease of cocoa?
A stem borer
B mealybug
C whitefly
D scale insect
Yellow colouration of the lower leave of a growing maize plant may be due to deficiency in
A potassium
B phosphorus
C zinc
D nitrogen
A regulatory control of diseases in crop production is
A rouging
B quarantine
C crop rotation
D soil tillage
In crop production, ginger is propagated by
A seed
B bulb
C rhizome
D corm
Tomatoes are staked in order to
A accelerate their growth
B induce flowering
C accelerate fruit ripening
D prevent rotting of fruits
Corms,rhizomes and tubers are examples of
A underground stems
B underground roots
C modified leaves
D earial stems
The correct sequence for the use of coupled implements for land preparation is
A plough,horrow and ridger
B harrow,ridger and plough
C plough,ridger and harrow
D harrow,plough and ridger
The use of animal traction is limited in the forest zones of West Africa because of the
A topography of the forest land
B presence of tsetseflies
C high amount of rainfall
D culture of the people
Limitations of farm mechanization in West Africa do not include
A land fragmentation
B high capital investment
C availability of spare parts
D high level technical know-how
The instrument which enables a surveyor to find the direction of a base line is
A abney level
B ranging pole
C plumb bob
D magnetic compass
Which of the following statement is a disadvantage of human power? it
A controls other sources of farm power
B brings about least damage
C is easily available and controlled
D has low output
The following are advantages of sub-surface irrigation except that
A it is suitable for soils with low water holding capacity
B it can be used only for specific types of crops
C the rate of evaporation is greatly reduced
D it reduces the incidence of pests
The following fertilizers can be used to neutralize soil acidity except
A wood ash
B ammonium nitrate
C limestone
D calcium phosphosilicate
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