A small plot of land where intensive cultivation is practiced to produce vegetables is generally referred to as

A. an orchad

B. a plantation

C. a nursery

D. a garden

E. a pasture

Which of the following plants is not classified as forage grass?

A. giant star

B. guinea grass

C. elepant grass

D. gamba grass

E. stylo

The plant-a-tree-campaign of the Federal Government of Nigeria is a way of encouraging forest

A. regulation

B. exploration

C. exploitation

D. integration

E. regeneration

Which of the following is not a method of controlling pests?

A. quarantine

B. crop rotation

C. fumigation

D. trapping

E. mulching

The most effective method of controlling or preventing viral diseases in plants is by

A. planting resistant varieties

B. spraying crops regularly

C. burning affected crops

D. practising crop rotation

E. treating seeds with chemicals

Reduction of ten seedlings of pawpaw to two per stand is referred to as

A. pruning

B. thinning

C. uprooting

D. weeding

E. spacing

Which of the following describes the steps in making hay?

A. cut-sun-bale

B. dry-silage-silo

C. soilage-ferment-cut

D. cut-graze-paddock

E. bale-dry-silage

A situation where only specified trees in a forest reserve are cut down is known as

A. selection

B. afforestation

C. reforestation

D. selective exploitation

E. deforestation

The causative organism of maize rust is

A. a fungus

B. a virus

C. a bacterium

D. an insect

E. a nematode

The reproductive cells of crops are called

A. gametes

B. genes

C. chromosomes

D. anthers

E. zygotes