Growth of African Nightshade
MASENO UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITYDEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PLANT SCIENCESCOURSE: HORTICULTURE WITH IT TITLE: EFFECT OF USING STALE SEEDBED ON GROWTH, YIELD AND WEED DENSITY ON AFRICAN NIGHTSHADE.NAME: MOGAKA ANNE NYAKARAADM NO: AF/00009/2012SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR GEORGE ODHIAMBOSIGNATURE…………………………..DATE…………………………………..Table of ContentsCHAPTER1. 11.1 INTRODUCTION 11.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 31.3 OBJECTIVES 41.3.1 General Objective 41.3.2 Specific Objective 41.4 HYPOTHESIS 41.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY 4CHAPTER TWO 52.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 52.1COMMON NAMES 52.2 BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION 5 2.2.1 Taxonomy 52.5 ECOLOGY 62.6 AGRONOMY 62.6.1 Propagation 6
2.6.2 Seedbed Preparation 62.6.3 Planting 62.6.4 Nutritional Requirement 72.7 MANAGEMENT 72.7.1 Weeding 72.7.3 Watering 82.7.4 Pests And Diseases 82.8 HARVESTING 82.9 YIELDS 92.10 NUTRITIONAL VALUE 92.11 USES 102.12 PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS 102.13 WEED COMPETITION 103.0 CHAPTER THREE 11MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY 113.1 LOCATION OF THE STUDY 113.2 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN 113.2.1 Treatments 11