Growth of African Nightshade

MASENO UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PLANT SCIENCES

COURSE: HORTICULTURE WITH IT

TITLE: EFFECT OF USING STALE SEEDBED ON GROWTH, YIELD AND WEED DENSITY ON AFRICAN NIGHTSHADE.

NAME: MOGAKA ANNE NYAKARA

ADM NO: AF/00009/2012

SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR GEORGE ODHIAMBO

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER1.        1

1.1 INTRODUCTION        1

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT        3

1.3 OBJECTIVES        4

1.3.1 General Objective        4

1.3.2 Specific Objective        4

1.4 HYPOTHESIS        4

1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY        4

CHAPTER TWO        5

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW        5

2.1COMMON NAMES        5

2.2 BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION        5

 2.2.1 Taxonomy        5

2.5 ECOLOGY        6

2.6 AGRONOMY        6

2.6.1 Propagation        6

 2.6.2 Seedbed Preparation        6

2.6.3 Planting        6

2.6.4 Nutritional Requirement        7

2.7 MANAGEMENT        7

2.7.1 Weeding        7

2.7.3 Watering        8

2.7.4 Pests And Diseases        8

2.8 HARVESTING        8

2.9 YIELDS        9

2.10 NUTRITIONAL VALUE        9

2.11 USES        10

2.12 PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS        10

2.13 WEED COMPETITION        10

3.0 CHAPTER THREE        11

MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY        11

3.1 LOCATION OF THE STUDY        11

3.2 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN        11

3.2.1 Treatments        11