Question

Explain the meaning of the following practices in crop production.

1. Chitting
2. Seed dressing 
3. Seed inoculation
4. Earthing up 
5. roguelling

Answer 1

1. Chitting
   • It is induction of sprouting in potato seed tubers (sets)
2. Seed dressing
   • dusting seed with appropriate chemical to prevent pest and disease attack.
3. Seed inoculation
   • practice of introducing the right strain of nitrogen fixing bacteria(rizobrum on the surface of legume seeds prior to planting
4. Earthing up
   • Placing a heap of soil around the base of the crop.
5. Rogueing
   • Removal through uprooting and destruction of plants that are diseased, infested heavy with pests or have undesirable characteristics.