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And all of these people knew about the scorpion. An adult might be very ill from the sting, but a baby could easily die from the poison. First, they knew, would come swelling and fever and tightened throat, and then cramps in the stomach, and then Coyotito might die if enough of the poison had gone in. But the stinging... |
The people in the door pushed against those behind to let her through. Kino followed her. They went out of the gate to the rutted path and the neighbours followed them. The thing had become a neighbourhood affair. They made a quick soft-footed procession into the center of the town, first Juana and Kino, and behind the... |
They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetites, his sins. They knew his clumsy abortions and the little brown pennies he gave sparingly for alms. They had seen his corpses go into the church. And, since early Mass was over and business was slow, they followed the procession, these endless searchers af... |
"The little one - the firstborn - has been poisoned by the scorpion," Kino said. ". He requires the skill of the healer. "The gate closed a little, and the servant refused to speak in the old language. ". A little moment," he said. ". I go to inform myself," and he closed the gate and slid the bolt home. The glaring su... |
I am a doctor, not a veterinary. ""Yes, Patron," said the servant. "Has he any money?". The doctor demanded. ". No, they never have any money. I, I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing - and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!"At the gate the servant opened the door a trifle and looked out at the w... |
They were high and graceful canoes with curving bow and stern and a braced section midships where a mast could be stepped to carry a small lateen sail. The beach was yellow sand, but at the water's edge a rubble of shell and algae took its place. Fiddler crabs bubbled and sputtered in their holes in the sand, and in th... |
And the people of the Gulf expected all places were that way, and it was not strange to them. A copper haze hung over the water, and the hot morning sun beat on it and made it vibrate blindingly. The brush houses of the fishing people were back from the beach on the right-hand side of the town, and the canoes were draw... |
But the remedy lacked his authority because it was simple and didn't cost anything. The stomach cramps had not come to Coyotito. Perhaps Juana had sucked out the poison in time, but she had not sucked out her worry over her first-born. She had not prayed directly for the recovery of the baby - she had prayed that they ... |
For centuries men had dived down and torn the oysters from the beds and ripped them open, looking for the coated grains of sand. Swarms of fish lived near the bed to live near the oysters thrown back by the searching men and to nibble at the shining inner shells. But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one wa... |
And as he filled his basket the song was in Kino, and the beat of the song was his pounding heart as it ate the oxygen from his held breath, and the melody of the song was the gray-green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone. But in the song there was a secret littl... |
He kicked his foot free from the rock loop, and his body rose to thesurface and his black hair gleamed in the sunlight. He reached over the side of the canoe and laid the oyster in the bottom. Then Juana steadied the boat while he climbed in. His eyes wereshining with excitement, but in decency he pulled up his rock, a... |
It was the greatest pearl in the world. Juana caught her breath and moaned a little. And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich and warm and lovely, glowing and gloating and triumphant. In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms. He picked the pearl from the dying f... |
The news swept on past the brush houses, and it washed in a foaming wave into the town of stone and plaster. It came to the priest walking in his garden, and it put a thoughtful look in his eyes and a memory of certain repairs necessary to the church. He wondered what the pearl would be worth. And he wondered whether h... |
And when the buying was over, these buyers sat alone and their fingers played restlessly with the pearls, and they wished they owned the pearls. For there were not many buyers really - there was only one, and he kept these agents in separate offices to give a semblance of competition. The news came to these men, and th... |
And the brush house was crowded with neighbors. Kino held the great pearl in his hand, and it was warm and alive in his hand. And the music of the pearl had merged with the music of the family so that one beautified the other. The neighbors looked at the pearl in Kino's hand and they wondered how such luck could come t... |
And Kino saw Kino in the pearl, Kino holding a Winchester carbine. It was the wildest day-dreaming and very pleasant. His lips moved hesitantly over this - "A rifle," he said. ". Perhaps a rifle. "It was the rifle that broke down the barriers. This was an impossibility, and if he could think of having a rifle whole hor... |
And he had never said so many words together in his life. And suddenly he was afraid of his talking. His hand closed down over the pearl and cut the light away from it. Kino was afraid as a man is afraid who says, "I will," without knowing. Now the neighbours knew they had witnessed a great marvel. They knew that time ... |
Kino and Juan Tom s, his brother, stood up. The priest came in - a graying, ageing man with an old skin and a young sharp eye. Children, he considered these people, and he treated them like children. "Kino," he said softly, "thou art named after a great man - and a great Father of the Church.". He made it sound like a ... |
Kino has said so.". She looked at the neighbours for confirmation, and they nodded their heads solemnly. The priest said, "It is pleasant to see that your first thoughts are good thoughts. God bless you, my children.". He turned and left quietly, and the people let him through. But Kino's hand had closed tightly on the... |
Thus Kino's future was real, but having set it up, other forces were set up to destroy it, and this he knew, so that he had to prepare to meet the attack. And this Kino knew also - that the gods do not love men's plans, and the gods do not love success unless it comes by accident. He knew that the gods take their reven... |
Oh, I know the sting of the scorpion, my friend, and I can cure it. "Kino felt the rage and hatred melting toward fear. He did not know, and perhaps this doctor did. And he could not take the chance of putting his certain ignorance against this man's possible knowledge. He was trapped as his people were always trapped,... |
He filled the capsule with the powder and closed it, and then around the first capsule he fitted a second capsule and closed it. Then he worked very deftly. He took the baby and pinched its lower lip until it opened its mouth. His fat fingers placed the capsule far back on the baby's tongue, back of the point where he ... |
The neighbours showed one another with their thumbs how big the pearl was, and they made little caressing gestures to show how lovely it was. From now on they would watch Kino and Juana very closely to see whether riches turned their heads, as riches turn all people's heads. Everyone knew why the doctor had come. He wa... |
The spasm of the stomach muscles began, and the baby was very sick. Kino knelt beside his wife. ". So the doctor knew," he said, but he said it for himself as well as for his wife, for his mind was hard and suspicious and he was remembering the white powder. Juana rocked from side to side and moaned out the little Song... |
The baby spluttered and screeched under the treatment, and Juana watched him with haunted eyes. The doctor spoke a little as he worked. ". It is lucky that I know about the poison of the scorpion, otherwise-" and he shrugged to show what could have happened. But Kino was suspicious, and he could not take his eyes from ... |
"Tomorrow I will sell it and then I will pay you. "The doctor shrugged, and his wet eyes never left Kino's eyes. He knew the pearl would be buried in the house, and he thought Kino might look toward the place where it was buried. ". It would be a shame to have it stolen before you could sell it," the doctor said, and h... |
After he had probed the night with his senses he went to the place by the side post where the pearl was buried, and he dug it up and brought it to his sleeping mat, and under his sleeping mat he dug another little hole in the dirt floor and buried his pearl and covered it up again. And Juana, sitting by the fire hole, ... |
Then Kino might have thought he had imagined the sound. But Juana's hand came creeping over to him in warning, and then the sound came again! The whisper of a foot on dry earth and the scratch of fingers in the soil. And now a wild fear surged in Kino's breast, and on the fear came rage, as it always did. Kino's hand c... |
Let us bury it and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil. Kino, my husband, it will destroy us.". And in the firelight her lips and her eyes were alive with her fear. But Kino's face was set, and his mind and his will were set. ". This is our one chance," he said. ". Our son must go t... |
He could see the little image of the consecrated candle reflected in the soft surface of the pearl, and he heard again in his ears the lovely music of the undersea, the tone of the diffused green light of the sea bottom. Juana, glancing secretly at him, saw him smile. And because they were in some way one thing and one... |
And once it had been so. But this was a wasteful method, for often, in the excitement of bidding for a fine pearl, too great a price had been paid to the fishermen. This was extravagant and not to be countenanced. Now there was only one pearl buyer with many hands, and the men who sat in their offices and waited for Ki... |
And one man said that he would give it as a present to the Holy Father in Rome. Another said that he would buy Masses for the souls of his family for a thousand years. Another thought he might take the money and distribute it among the poor of La Paz; and a fourth thought of all the good things one could do with the mo... |
For tomorrow, or even this afternoon, he would have new clothes. The neighbours, watching Kino's door through the crevices in their brush houses, were dressed and ready too. There was no self-consciousness about their joining Kino and Juana to go pearl selling. It was expected, it was an historic moment, they would be ... |
But because of the seriousness of the occasion, only one man walked with Kino, and that was his brother, Juan Tom s.Juan Tom s cautioned his brother. ". You must be careful to see they do not cheat you," he said. And: "Very careful," Kino agreed. "We do not know what prices are paid in other places," said Juan Tom s. "... |
And some are in the ramparts and some far deep in the darkness of the walls. But each one must remain faithful to his post and must not go running about, else the castle is in danger from the assaults of Hell. ""I have heard him make that sermon," said Juan Tom s. "He makes it every year. "The brothers, as they walked ... |
And word of the loveliness of Kino's pearl had come to them. The pearl buyers' offices were clustered together in one narrow street, and they were barred at the windows, and wooden slats cut out the light so that only a soft gloom entered the offices. A stout slow man sat in an office waiting. His face was fatherly and... |
And Juan Tom s stood beside him and snorted a little at the understatement. The neighbours peered around the doorway, and a line of little boysclambered on the window bars and looked through. Several little boys, on their hands and knees, watched the scene around Kino's legs. "You have a pearl," the dealer said. ". Som... |
I am sorry. You thought it was a thing of value, and it is only a curiosity. "Now Kino's face was perplexed and worried. ". It is the Pearl of theWorld," he cried. ". No one has ever seen such a pearl. ""On the contrary," said the dealer, "it is large and clumsy. As a curiosity it has interest; some museum might perhap... |
And on the black velvet the great pearl glistened, so that the dealer could not keep his eyes from it. The crowd in the doorway wavered and broke and let the three pearl dealers through. The crowd was silent now, fearing to miss a word, to fail to see a gesture or an expression. Kino was silent and watchful. He felt a ... |
He wrapped it in the deerskin and thrust it inside his shirt. The man behind the desk said, "I'm a fool, I know, but my first offer stands. I still offer one thousand. What are you doing?". He asked, as Kino thrust the pearl out of sight. "I am cheated," Kino cried fiercely. ". My pearl is not for sale here. I will go,... |
He had buried his pearl under a stone of the fire hole in his house, and he stared at the woven tules of his sleeping-mat until the crossed design danced in his head. He had lost one world and had not gained another. And Kino was afraid. Never in his life had he been far from home. He was afraid of strangers and of str... |
"Some deep outrage is here. My son must have a chance. That is what they are striking at. My friends will protect me. ""Only so long as they are not in danger or discomfort from it," said Juan Tom s. He arose, saying: "Go with God. "And Kino said: "Go with God," and did not even look up, for the words had a strange chi... |
His right hand went into his shirt and felt his knife; his eyes were wide; he stood up and walked to the doorway. Juana willed to stop him; she raised her hand to stop him, and her mouth opened with terror. For a long moment Kino looked out into the darkness and then he stepped outside. Juana heard the little rush, the... |
Kino, it is evil, it is evil!"And as she spoke the light came back in Kino's eyes so that they glowed fiercely and his muscles hardened and his will hardened. "No," he said. ". I will fight this thing. I will win over it. We will have our chance.". His fist pounded the sleeping-mat. ". No one shall take our good fortun... |
He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently as she had gone, and he could hear her quick footsteps going toward the shore. Quietly he tracked her, and his brain was red with anger. She burst clear out of the brush line and stumbled over the little boulders toward the water, and then she heard him coming and s... |
It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thi... |
All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. There was nothing to do but to save themselves. Her pain was gone now, her slowness. Quickly she dragged the ... |
The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a wounded boat does not heal. There was sorrow in Kino's rage, but this last thing had tightened him beyond breaking. He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to ... |
The baby moaned with fright, and Juana's eyes were wide and terrified. Kino could see the house was gone, and he did not question Juana. He knew, but she said: "It was torn up and the floor dug - even the baby's box turned out, and as I looked they put the fire to the outside. "The fierce light of the burning house lig... |
As she rummaged in a box by the wall, Kino's voice said quietly: "Apolonia, do not cry out. We are not hurt. ""How do you come here?". She demanded. "Do not question," he said. ". Go now to Juan Tom s and bring him here and tell no one else. This is important to us, Apolonia. "She paused, her hands helpless in front of... |
I will go tonight and then you will be safe. ""I will protect you," said Juan Tom s, and he called: "Apolonia, close up the door. Do not even whisper that Kino is here. "They sat silently all day in the darkness of the house, and they could hear the neighbours speaking of them. Through the walls of the house they could... |
"I have heard that there are cities in the north. ""Avoid the shore," said Juan Tom s. "They are making a party to search the shore. The men in the city will look for you. Do you still have the pearl?""I have it," said Kino. ". And I will keep it. I might have given it as a gift, but now it is my misfortune and my life... |
Kino threaded his way around the edge of the city and turned north, north by the stars, and found the rutted sandy road that led through the brushy country towards Loreto, where the miraculous Virgin has her station. Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks... |
The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush, and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads. And once some large animal lumbered away, crackling the undergrowth as it went. And Kino gripped the handle of the big working knife and took a sense of protection from it. The music of the pearl was triumphant in Kino's hea... |
"Do not touch it, for if you do and then touch your eyes, it will blind you. And beware of the tree that bleeds. See, that one over there. For if you break it the red blood will flow from it, and it is evil luck.". And she nodded and smiled a little at him, for she knew these things. "Will they follow us?". She asked. ... |
In the heat of the dayKino relaxed and covered his eyes with his hat and wrapped his blanket about his face to keep the flies off, and he slept. But Juana did not sleep. She sat quiet as a stone and her face was quiet. Her mouth was still swollen where Kino had struck her, and big flies buzzed around the cut on her chi... |
Here, one would pause and look at the earth, while the other joined him. They were the trackers, they could follow the trail of a big horn sheep in the stone mountains. They were as sensitive as hounds. Here, he and Juana might have stepped out of the wheel rut, and these people from the inland, these hunters, could fo... |
She took him up quickly and put him under her shawl and gave him her breast and he was silent. When the trackers came near, Kino could see only their legs and only the legs of the horse from under the fallen branch. He saw the dark horny feet of the men and their ragged white clothes, and he heard the creak of leather ... |
"Do you think they would take you back alive to say they had stolen it?"His hand strayed limply to the place where the pearl was hidden under his clothes. ". They will find it," he said weakly. "Come," she said. ". Come!"And when he did not respond, "Do you think they would let me live? Do you think they would let the ... |
The singing heat lay over this desert country, and ahead the stone mountains looked cool and welcoming. And Kino fled. He knew what would happen. A little way along the road the trackers would become aware that they had missed the path, and they would come back, searching and judging, and in a little while they would f... |
It is the only safe way. "She looked full into his eyes for a moment. ". No," she said. ". We go with you. ""I can go faster alone," he said harshly. ". You will put the little one in more danger if you go with me. ""No," said Juana. "You must. It is the wise thing and it is my wish," he said. "No," said Juana. He look... |
It was fed by shade-preserved snow in the summer, and now and then it died completely and bare rocks and dry algae were on its bottom. But nearly always it gushed out, cold and clean and lovely. In the times when the quick rains fell, itmight become a freshet and send its column of white water crashing down the mountai... |
The little pools were places of life because of the water, and places of killing becauseof the water, too. The lowest step, where the stream collected before it tumbled down a hundred feet and disappeared into the rubbly desert, was a little platform of stone and sand. Only a pencil of water fell into the pool, but it ... |
"We must go west," he said, and his eyes searched thestone shoulder behind the cleft. And thirty feet up on the gray shoulder he saw a series of little erosion caves. He slipped off his sandals and clambered up to them, gripping the bare stone with his toes, and he looked into the shallow caves. They were only a few fe... |
And all three were on foot now, for a horse could not climb the last steep slope. From above they were thin figures in the evening. The two trackers scurried about on the little beach, and they saw Kino's progress up the cliff before they drank. The man with the rifle sat down and rested himself, and the trackers squat... |
And when they are gone away, go to Loreto. "Her hand shook a little, holding his wrist. "There is no choice," he said. ". It is the only way. They will find us in the morning. "Her voice trembled a little. ". Go with God," she said. He peered closely at her and he could see her large eyes. His hand fumbled out and foun... |
His spread fingers gripped the mountain, and his bare toes found support through contact, and even his chest lay against the stone so that he would not slip. For any sound, a rolling pebble or a sigh, a little slip of flesh on rock, would rouse the watchers below. Any sound that was not germane to the night would make ... |
The moon would rise in a few moments now, and he must attack before it rose. He could see the outline of the watcher, but the sleeping men were below his vision. It was the watcher Kino must find - must find quickly and without hesitation. Silently he drew the amulet string over his shoulder and loosened the loop from ... |
He grasped the rifle even as he wrenched free his knife. His strength and his movement and his speed were a machine. He whirled and struck the head of the seated man like a melon. The third man scrabbled away like a crab, slipped into the pool, and then he began to climb frantically, to climb up the cliff where the wat... |
Kino had a rifle across his arm and Juana carried her shawl like a sack over her shoulder. And in it was a small limp heavy bundle. The shawl was crusted with dried blood, and the bundle swayed a little as she walked. Her face was hard and lined and leathery with fatigue and with the tightness with which she fought fat... |
And then Kino laid the rifle down, and he dug among his clothes, and then he held the great pearl in his hand. He looked into its surface and it was gray and ulcerous. Evil faces peered from it into his eyes, and he saw the light of burning. And in the surface of the pearl he saw the frantic eyes of the man in the pool... |
1 AGRICULTURE FORM II NOTES 9.0.0 Soil Fertility II Inorganic Fertilizers 12 Lessons 10.0.0 Crop Production II Planting 16 Lessons 11.0.0 Crop Production III Nursery Practices 16 Lessons 12.0.0 Crop Production IV Field Practices 14 Lessons 13.0.0 Crop Production V Vegetables 16 Lessons 14.0.0 Livestock Health I Introdu... |
Corrects the soil acidity. Deficiency symptoms Young leaves remain closed. There are light green bands along the margins of the leaves. Leaves in the terminal bud become hooked in appearance there is a die-back at the tip and along the margins. Loss of Calcium Crop removal Leaching Soil erosion Magnesium Mg2 Sources: C... |
Iron Synthesis of proteins. Takes part in oxidation-reduction reactions. Deficiency symptoms - leaf chlorosis For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 6 Molybdenum Nitrogen transformation in plants. Metabolization of nitrates to amino acids and proteins Deficiency symptoms -leaf curl and s... |
Examples: Sulphate of Ammonia NH4 2 SO4 Physical appearance: white crystals, Has acidic effect, Contains 20 N. For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 7 Ammonium Sulphate Nitrate NH4 2 SO4 NH4 NO3 Colour: granules which appear yellow orange, less acidic, contains 26 N. Calcium Ammonium Ni... |
Mixture gives improved storage properties and better handling. Disadvantages of compound fertilizers application Expensive. Wasteful. Mixing may not be thorough. Incompatibility of the individual fertilizers. Methods of fertilizer application Broadcasting - random scattering of the fertilizers on the ground. Placement ... |
How much sulphate of ammonia 20 would be required per hectare? How much double super-phosphate 40 P2O5would be required per hectare? How much muriate of potash 50 K2O would be required per hectare? Answer Solution Sulphate of ammonia SA which gives 60kg ha N 60 For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: T... |
They are not bulky therefore storage is easy. They are easy to handle during planting making operation easy. When planting seeds, it is easy to use machines like seed planters and drillers. It is easy to apply manures and fertilizers together with seeds during planting. Fertilizers and manures application can be easily... |
I Bulbils. These are tiny sisal plants produced in the inflorescence almost at the end of the plant growth cycle. They resemble the mother plant except that they are smaller in size. They are produced by the branches of the sisal pole. When manure they mature they develop rudimentary roots and fall off to the ground ju... |
There are mainly two types of tubers, the stem and root tubers. Root tubers develop from the thickening of the adventitious roots. Root tubers are not commonly used for propagation since they produce weak stems. A good example of a root tuber is the sweet potato. On the other hand stem tubers have some auxiliary buds w... |
O The stem cuttings used to propagate sugar-cane are known as setts . Setts are stem cuttings which have 3-5 nodes are usually 30-45 cm long. Factors affecting rooting of cuttings. Temperature: for the cuttings to produce roots warm temperatures are required around the root zone while cool temperatures are important fo... |
Selection of planting materials When selecting materials for planting the following factors must be considered: Suitability to the ecological conditions the selected planting materials should be well adapted to the soil conditions, temperatures and amount of rainfall in the area. There are many varieties of maize, for ... |
It should be broken before the seed is planted. Methods of breaking seed dormancy. The following methods are used to break seed dormancy: I Mechanical method: This is a method which aims at scratching the seed coat to make it permeable to water. Scarification is done by rubbing small sized seeds against hard surface su... |
The chemicals protect the seedlings from soil-borne diseases and pests. Certified seeds which are sold by seed merchants in Kenya have been dressed with these chemicals. Farmers can also buy the chemicals and dress their own seeds. C Seed inoculation In areas where soils are deficient in nitrogen, legumes such as beans... |
Time of planting The timing of planting or sowing is influenced by the type of crop to be planted and the environmental conditions of the area. Factors to consider in timing planting. The rainfall pattern moisture condition of the soil. Type of crop to be planted. Soil type. Market demand. Prevalence of pests and disea... |
Disadvantages of row planting. It does not provide an ample foliage cover. Thus the soil is liable to being eroded by wind and water. It is more expensive than broadcasting because of consuming a lot of labour and time. It requires some skill in measuring the distances between and within the rows. Seeds can also be pla... |
For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 20 The space between the rows should allow free passage of the machinery which can be used in the field. For example, the spacing between rows of coffee is supposed to allow movement of tractor drawn implements. Soil fertility A fertile soil can sup... |
When two or more seeds are planted per hole, higher seed rate is required than when only one seed is planted per hole. The purpose of the crop. A crop to be used for silage making is spaced more closely than one meant for grain production. This would require use of more seeds. Maize to be used for silage making, for ex... |
A seedbed is a piece of land which could be small or large and prepared to receive planting materials. A nursery bed on the other hand is a small plot of land specially prepared for raising seedlings or planting materials before transplanting. It is usually 1m wide and any convenient length depending on the quantity of... |
Types of Nurseries Categories of nurseries: Vegetable Nursery: They are used for raising the seedlings of vegetable crops. Tomatoes, cabbages, kale, onions, brinjals and peppers. Vegetable Propagation Nurseries: They are used for inducing root production in cuttings before they are transplanted, The cuttings can be pla... |
Side grafting: In this case the diameter of the rootstock is bigger than that of the scion. Other types of grafting include ; Approach grafting, Notch grafting Bark grafting. Budding: It is the practice of uniting a vegetative bud to a seedling of another plant. The scion has only one bud and some bark with or without ... |
Importance of Tissue Culture in Crop Propagation It is used to recover and establish pathogen-free plants especially in the control of viral diseases. It is used in mass production of plantlets or propagules. It is fast and requires less space than the cultural methods of using cutting which requires a bigger space. Tr... |
Liability to soil erosion. Crops attacked by the same pests and diseases should not follow one another in the programme. Availability of capital and market for example beans or peas in legumes. For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 26 Mulching This is the placement of materials such as ... |
Gaps occur as a result of failure of seeds to germinate or dying of seedlings. For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 27 It should be done early enough for the seedlings to catch up with the other plants Rogueing This is the removal and destruction of a diseased part of a plant or the wh... |
Disease causing organisms are known as pathogens. For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 28 They include fungi, viruses and bacteria. Diseases caused by fungi are referred to as fungal diseases while those caused by viruses and bacteria are referred to as viral and bacterial respectively... |
Crop Production V: Vegetables Introduction A vegetable is any crop that is grown and eaten fresh. Vegetables are important both for nutritional and commercial reasons. They are categorized on the basis of the part used as food. Such parts include; Leaves, Stems, Roots, Fruits, Flowers, Pods Bulbs. Vegetables are groupe... |
Transplanting Seedlings are ready for transplanting when they are 10-15cmhigh after about one month. Holes are made at a spacing of 60cm x 90cm. Apply 20gm of DSP in the planting hole. Transplant with a ball of soil around the roots. Apply mulch around each seedling. Transplanting is normally in the evening or on a clo... |
Temperature: require cool condition. Rainfall: 750-2000mm per annum. Should be well distributed throughout the growing period. Soils: Deep, For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 32 Fertile Well drained. Varieties Early maturing: Brunswick, Sugar loaf, Early jersey, Copenhagen market, Ch... |
Cutworms Damage: Attacks the stem at the ground level causing he plant to fall. Control: Spray recommended insecticides. Disease Control Black Rot Cause: Bacteria Symptoms: Leaves turn yellow and rotting of the stem giving an offensive odour, Control: Closed season, crop rotation, use certified seeds and spray appropri... |
It should be mixed well with the soils before placing the seeds. Field Practice Thinning -- it is done 2 weeks after germination. Weed control- the field should be kept weed free. Earthing up should be done while weeding to encourage root expansion .. Topdressing: after weeding 60kg of nitrogen per hectare should be ap... |
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