Crop Production 2: Plantation Crops Questions

Biological Science - BS

Semester: First Semester

Level: 300

Year: 2016

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA

Peace - work – Fatherland Box 39 Bambili, CAMEROON

School/Faculty: Science Department: Lecturers:

Course Code: CRPS 3101 Course Title: Plantation Crops (TEST)

Date: Hall: Time:

Instructions: Answer All Questions. Copy out sentences in your answer booklet as necessary and

underline appropriately the correct answers

1. Outline the general importance of plantation crops (5 marks)

2. The oil palm, ________ belongs to the family _________ and originates from ______ (3 marks)

3. Explain the phenomenon of unisex inflorescence in oil and implication for propagation (3 marks)

4. Describe with the help of diagrams, the differences between the main cultivars of oil palm

(3 marks)

5. The scientific name of coconut palm is _________________________ (1 mark)

6. Plantain Banana __________ belongs to the family _________ and originates from _______

(3 marks)

7. The preferred propagation materials widely used in plantain/bananas are __________ (1 mark)

8. Name any two cultivars of plantain and banana respectively ______________________(2 marks)

9. The inflorescence of plantain banana is said to be ________ to describe its direction of growth

while the fruits are ________________ (2 marks)

10. The mango, ___________ of the family ______________ originates from _____________ (3 marks)

11. Differentiate the cultivated varieties of Ananas comosus (4 marks)

Good Luck (Dr. Balgah)

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