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KERICHO HIGH
FORM THREE HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
TERM TWO 2024
1. Name three aspects of light that influence crop growth.
2. State four symptoms of Nitrogen deficiency in crops 3. Give one reason why finger millet is rarely attacked by pest in the store. 4. State three aspects of climate that influence soil formation. 5. State four advantages of communal land tenure system. 6. State four factors influencing solifluction and mass wasting. 7. State three forms of soil water. 8. State four disadvantages of non-capped Multiple Stem System of pruning Coffee. 9. Identify three limitations of traditional storage structures. 10. Name the fungus that causes anthracnose in beans. 11. Name four factors affecting efficiency of pesticides. 12. State four precautions to be observed when harvesting pyrethrum. 13. Name four examples of insect pests with biting and chewing mouth parts. 14. Identify four types of layering as a method of vegetative propagation. 15. State four factors that determine spacing of a crop. 16. State four dis-advantages of vegetative materials used for propagation. 17. State four reasons for carrying out primary cultivation. 18. The figure below represents a portion of vegetative propagation material. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
a) Identify the planting material above. (1 Mark)
b) State four reasons that determine the rooting of the material shown above. (2 Marks) c) Name two examples of crops that can be propagated using the method above. (2 Marks) 19. The figure below represents management practice in the field. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow. a) Identify the practice and name the crop to which the practice is done. b) Give four reasons for the practice above. c) Name the most serious pest of part K and state one control measure. 20. The diagram below represents a form of soil erosion. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
a) Identify the form of erosion
b) Explain briefly how the type of erosion shown above occurs. c) Outline four stages involved in formation of a gully. 21. a) Herbicides work in a variety of ways to kill weeds. Explain five such ways. b) Outline five disadvantages of tillage as a method of weed control. c) Discuss ten harmful effects of crop pests. 23. Discuss the production of cabbages under the following sub-headings. a) Nursery bed establishment and management. b) Transplanting. c) Field management practices. d) Harvesting and marketing. 24. a) Explain five policies that the Government institute to regulate the amount of imported agricultural goals. b) Explain how various biological agents’ influence weathering process. c) State and explain seven biotic factors that affect agricultural production.