Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC Agricultural Science outline · Section G: Crop Protection
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a. Meaning of pests
Objective
Candidates should be able to define pests
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b. Classification of pests: insect-pests; non-insect pests
Objective
Candidates should be able to classify pests
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c. Classification of insect-pests based on mouth parts with examples: biting and chewing; piercing and sucking; boring
Objective
Candidates should be able to classify insect-pests by mouth parts and give examples
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d. Important insect-pests of major crops (field and storage pests; life cycle, economic importance, nature of damage, preventive and control measures): (i) cereals – stem borer, army worm, ear worm etc; (ii) legumes – pod borer, aphids, sucking bugs and leaf beetle; (iii) beverages – cocoa mirids (capsids); (iv) tubers – yam beetle, cassava mealybugs, green spidermites, variegated grasshopper; (v) fibre – cotton stainer, bollworms; (vi) fruits and vegetables – thrips, grasshopper, leaf roller, leaf beetle, scale insect; (vii) stored produce – grain weevils, bean beetle
Objective
Candidates should be able to describe the life cycle, nature of damage, economic importance, and preventive and control measures of the insect-pests
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e. Non-insect pests e.g. birds, rodents etc.
Objective
Candidates should be able to describe the nature of damage, economic importance, and preventive and control measures of non-insect pests
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f. Side effects of preventive and control methods: chemical – pollution, poisoning; biological – disruption of the ecosystem etc; cultural – harmful effects of burning etc.
Objective
Candidates should be able to state the side effects of pest preventive and control methods
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g. General effects/economic importance of pests
Objective
Candidates should be able to state the general effects and economic importance of pests
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