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Agriculture for Secondary Schools
Hybrid variety seeds Inoculation
seeds produced by crossbreeding the process of adding beneficial
two genetically distinct inbred parent bacteria, such as nitrogen-fixing
lines to achieve higher yields, better bacteria, to seeds, especially pulse
resistance to pests and diseases, and crops; these bacteria help the plant
improved adaptability to different absorb nitrogen from the air, thus
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environmental conditions reducing the need for artificial
Fertilisers
Hybrids
new types of plants or animals created Insecticide
by crossing two different parents to a chemical used to kill harmful
get better results like more yield or insects in crops
faster growth
Integrated weed/pest management
Identification a way of controlling weeds/pests
ways to mark animals so each one can that combines different methods,
be known and tracked; it helps with for example, using natural predators,
health care, breeding and records crop rotation and safe chemicals, to
protect crops while reducing harm to
Inbreeding the environment
mating closely related animals
which, can lead to weak or unhealthy Intercropping
offspring; it also means using the growing pigeon peas together
same crop seeds for many seasons, with other crops, such as maize or
which can reduce strength and yield groundnuts, in the same field
Incalf heifer Irrigation
a pregnant heifer the process of providing water to
crops through artificial methods,
Indeterminate variety such as sprinklers, drip systems or
a plant growth habit where the plant furrows, especially when there is
continues growing, flowering, and insufficient rainfall
producing pods over an extended
period, allowing for multiple harvests Lactometer
a tool used to measure the density
Infestation the invasion by larger of milk
and complex organisms than germs,
especially ectoparasites and endo- Land preparation
parasites clearing, ploughing, and levelling
the land to get it ready for planting
Inflorescences
arrangement of a cluster of flowers Larvae
on a floral axis the immature, worm-like stage of
insects that hatch from eggs and
eventually develop into adult insects
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