MEANING OF CROP PEST
A pest can be described as any organism capable of causing damage to crop plant….
A pest can be described as any organism capable of causing damage to crop plant….
A plant disease may be defined as a departure or deviation of the plant from…
The processes of crop improvement include: Introduction. Selection. Breeding or Hybridization. a) Introduction: This…
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was a monk in an Augustinian monastery in Brunn, Austria. He is…
In order to understand the Mendelian Laws and its usefulness in plant breeding, it is…
Animal improvement refers to the ways of developing and breeding only those animals that show…
Forest can be defined as a large area of land covered with trees and bushes,…
MEANING OF FARM ACCOUNTS Farm accounts are statements of money paid out or received for…
In a market, there are buyers and sellers. The buyers bring their money to the…
Supply may be defined as the quantity of goods which a producer is willing and…
In order to know how a market economy works and how resources are allocated in…
Goat is a hollow horned small ruminant also belonging to the family Bovidae of the…
Cattle belongs to the group of animals known as Bovidae. They are ruminants, having hollow…
Rearing Poultry: Rearing is the sum total of all the processes involved in bringing birds…
Incubation is the process of providing fertilised eggs with optimum conditions of temperature, relative humidity…
MEANING OF LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT Livestock management is the rearing of animals and birds in a…
Pigs are non-ruminant animals and they belong to the family called sudae. There are two…
Rabbits are monogastric or non-ruminant animals. They are medium-sized hopping mammals with long legs, long…
The structure and functions of the skin, kidney and liver are discussed below in detail….
The nervous system includes all the organs and tissues which enable animals to respond to…
Respiratory system includes all the organs and tissues associated with the exchange of gases between…
Circulatory system involves all the organs and tissues which are concerned with the movement of…
Anatomy refers to the form and structure of the body while physiology refers to the…
The food given to farm animals is generally known as livestock feed or simply, feed….
Organic agriculture simply means the use of ruminants and decay of plants and animal by-products…
Nutrient cycles refer to the circulation of certain nutrients like nitrogen, carbon and water in…
Different methods are used by farmers to maintain the fertility of the soil or replace…
The factors which influence the availability of nutrients in the soil include the following: a)…
Plants require nutrients or elements obtained from the soil for good growth and healthy development….
Wheat, the most important crop of the world, is harvested some where every month of…
A parasite is an organism living in or on another organism called the host. The…
MEANING OF HEALTH AND DISEASE Health is defined as a state of alertness, freedom from…