WAEC Agricultural Science · Section 4

Crop improvement

Section D: Crop Production

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Official WAEC Agricultural Science outline · Section D: Crop Production

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a. Aims of crop improvement

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Candidates should be able to define crop improvement and state its aims

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b. Methods/processes of crop improvement e.g. introduction, selection, breeding

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Candidates should be able to describe methods of crop improvement

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c. Mendel's laws of inheritance

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Candidates should be able to define genetic terms (characters or traits, chromosomes, genes) and state Mendel's 1st and 2nd laws

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d. Advantages and disadvantages of crop improvement

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Candidates should be able to state the advantages and disadvantages of crop improvement

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