MEANING OF CROP PEST
A pest can be described as any organism capable of causing damage to crop plant. Types of Crop Pest Important pests of crop plants are grouped into the following classes: insects birds; rodents; monkeys; man; nematodes. Insect pests…
PROCESSES OF CROP IMPROVEMENT
The processes of crop improvement include: Introduction. Selection. Breeding or Hybridization. a) Introduction: This involves the importation of introduction or some varieties of crops with desirable characteristics into areas where they have not existed before. In other words, it…
METHODS OF REPLENISHING LOST NUTRIENTS
Different methods are used by farmers to maintain the fertility of the soil or replace lost nutrients. These methods include: Crop rotation. Organic manuring. Bush fallowing. Cover cropping. Liming. Inorganic manuring or Fertilizers. a) Crop Rotation Crop rotation is…
WHEAT (Triticum spp)
Wheat, the most important crop of the world, is harvested some where every month of the year. More hectares of land worldwide are devoted to wheat than any other crop and the world’s total production exceeds that of any other…
MEANING OF WEEDS
Weed is any plant that grows in a place where it is not expected to grow or a plant which grows out of place. Weed can also be defined as a plant that grows where it is not desired in…
GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogea)
Groundnut is a dual-purpose crop. It can be cultivated as an oil crop as well as a protein or a pulse or leguminous crop. Although it is a leguminous crop, it is mainly grown for its oil. The seed called…
CROP IMPROVEMENT
Crop improvement is defined as the science that deals with the development of new crop varieties with superior quality and quantity. In other words, crop improvement refers to the ways of developing and breeding of crop varieties which are better…
PROPAGATION OF CROPS
Meaning of propagation Propagation is the process of raising young plants from seeds or by vegetative parts. Methods of crop propagation There are two main methods of crop propagation. Viz: Sexual propagation Asexual propagation Sexual or seed propagation…
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