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Instructions: Answer each item in essay format. Encoded or handwritten outputs is accepted. Submit
your output before 6:00pm today. Submission can be done either in document format or as picture
format provided that it is clear and readable. Email your output at ronnienaag@gmail.com. Thank you!

1. What are the different 5S? Give one example for each of the 5S. Why is 5S important in the
workplace?
2. Differentiate Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. What is the importance of 3Rs in crop production?
3. Why do we perform seed testing? What will you do if the seed you are about to use has a low
germination rate?
4. What is seed dormancy? How do be break seed dormancy? What is the importance of seed
dormancy in agriculture?
5. What are the characteristics of a good growing media?
6. What is soil sterilization? Why is it important in seedling production?
7. What are the factors to be considered in setting up a nursery? Explain each.
8. What are the characteristics of a good quality seedling?
9. What is hardening? Why is it important?
10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of performing asexual propagation in fruit bearing
crops? If you are to choose, would you prefer sexual or asexual propagation? Why?