CRITICAL LEVELS OF SOIL NUTRIENTS LIMITING CROP PRODUCTION
Fig 1: PLANT NUTRIENTS Soil can be thought of as the reservoir of most of the essential elements for plant growth. The soil supplies 13 elements out of the 16…
LETTUCE FARMING
Fig 1: LETTUCE Lettuce ( Lactuca species) is a plant with an ancient history. It's origin appears to have been in Asia Minor. The name lettuce is possibly derived from…
CARROT ( Daucus carota)
Fig 1: CARROTS Carrot is domesticated form of the wild carrot and it is native to Europe and Asia. It is a root vegetable, belongs to the family Apiaceae, formerly…
FOOD SECURITY
Fig 1: FOOD SECURITY In the past, food shortage where either inappropriate or non-existent in Africa and other continent in the world. This was so due to low population of…
DRAINAGE
Fig 1: WATERLOGGED FARM LAND A lot of farmers are faced with the challenges of how to manage the water on their field. Water on field can be from rain…
PLANT ANALYSIS
Fig 1: PLANT ANALYSIS Plants absorb nutrients through their root hairs. These nutrients include macro or major nutrients and micro / minor / trace nutrients. The macro nutrients include ;nitrogen,…
SOIL TESTING
Fig 1: SOIL TESTING AND EQUIPMENTS Many activities of man result in soil pollution. Some of the substances released that causes the pollution are from waste from mechanical workshops, oil…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES
Fig 1: WILDLIFE Wild animals have always live in harmony with the rural communities of the world. Certain species of animals and plants are sometimes regarded as secret ( not…
SEED PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND STORAGE
Fig 1: SEEDS Seed refers to the fertilized, matured ovule that contains an embryonic plant, stored material and a protective coat or coats. A seed is a mature ovule that…
GOLDEN MELON (Cucumis Melo)
Fig 1: GOLDEN MELON FRUIT Golden melon belong to the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. Other fruits in these family include: Cabasa melon, Canary melon, Golden king…