Why should a seed-producing farmer spray an insecticide on his crops only when the bees are not around?

A. the bees would sting him and he therefore avoids them

B. the farmer does not want to waste his chemicals

C. bees are important for pollination of his crops

D. bees produce honey for him in his farm

E. bees are harmless insects

The average seed rate for maize is 25 kg per hectare. Allowing for a seed wastage of 5 per cent.How many kilogram of seeds would be required in planting 10 hectares of farmland?

A. 237.5

B. 238.0

C. 250.0

D. 255.0

E. 262.5

Thrips cause serious mechanical damages to crops by their

A. feeding activities on flowers, leaves and fruits

B. laying eggs on plants

C. sucking of the sap of crops

D. burrowing activities causing damping off in crops

E. activities as vectors of bacterial diseases

The expression of a gene in the phenotype irrespective of whether the cell is homozygous or heterozygous is known as

A. recessive

B. partial dominance

C. test-cross

D. segregation

E. dominance

Vegetables propagation can be carried out through the following processes except

A. seedling

B. cutting

C. layering

D. grafting

E. budding

Contact insecticides are used to control

A. pod borers of legumes

B. stem borers of cereal

C. leaf beetles of legumes

D. peel worm of legumes

E. bollworms of cotton

The part of the ruminant stomach from which digestive juices secreted is the

A. rumen

B. reticulum

C. omasum

D. paunch

E. abomasum

At which of the following ages are gilts normally mated?

A. 8 - 12 months

B. 14 - 15 months

C. 15 - 20 months

D. 21 - 24 months

E. over 25 months

Which of the following breeds of cattle is regarded as the best dairy breed in Nigeria?

A. red bororo

B. keteku

C. sokoto gudali

D. muturu

E. white fulani

The symptoms of vitamin deficiency diseases in livestock includes the following

A. scurvy

B. loss of appetite

C. poor blood clotting

D. improved fertility

E. rickets