Unit 2: Production Technology of Tropical Fruits - Practice Quiz

1 What is the botanical name of mango?

2 Which propagation method is commonly used for commercial multiplication of mango?

3 What type of inflorescence is found in mango?

4 What does alternate bearing in mango mean?

5 Mango is classified as which type of fruit based on its ripening behavior?

6 The apparent stem of a banana plant is known as a:

7 Which type of sucker is preferred for conventional planting of banana?

8 Most commercially cultivated bananas develop fruits through:

9 Which nutrient is especially important for fruit development and quality in banana?

10 What is the main purpose of covering a developing banana bunch?

11 What is the botanical name of papaya?

12 Which method is most commonly used to propagate papaya?

13 Papain is obtained mainly from which part of the papaya plant?

14 Which soil condition should be avoided when growing papaya?

15 Male, female, and hermaphrodite are terms used to describe what in papaya?

16 What is the botanical name of sweet orange?

17 Which propagation method is commonly used for commercial citrus plants?

18 The fruit type found in citrus is called a:

19 Citrus fruits are well known as a dietary source of which vitamin?

20 Citrus canker is caused by which type of pathogen?

21 A mango grower plans a high-density orchard at a spacing of m. Approximately how many trees can be planted in one hectare, excluding roads and buildings?

22 The interior of a high-density mango canopy receives little sunlight and produces few fruits. Which practice is most appropriate immediately after harvest?

23 A mature mango orchard shows strong alternate bearing despite receiving adequate nutrients. Which treatment is most suitable for promoting more regular flowering?

24 Young mango plants repeatedly develop collar rot after heavy rainfall in a poorly drained field. Which orchard modification would best address the underlying problem?

25 A mango orchard experiences severe fruit drop during the pea-to-marble stage following a prolonged dry period. What is the most appropriate immediate response?

26 Banana is planted at a spacing of m. Approximately how many plants can be accommodated per hectare?

27 A farmer must choose between sword suckers and water suckers for establishing a banana field. Why are sword suckers generally preferred?

28 A tall banana cultivar has produced heavy bunches, and strong winds are expected. Which operation would most directly reduce lodging losses?

29 Tissue-cultured banana plantlets are ready to leave the laboratory but have delicate leaves and roots. What should be done before field planting?

30 Banana plants show progressive yellowing, wilting and brown discoloration of vascular tissue in the pseudostem. Which preventive strategy is most appropriate?

31 A dioecious papaya orchard has reached flowering, and the grower wants adequate pollination without retaining excessive non-fruiting plants. What should be done?

32 Papaya plants in a low-lying field decline rapidly after several days of standing water. Which corrective measure is most important for future plantings?

33 A grower wants to extract papain without destroying the developing papaya fruits. Which method is appropriate?

34 Papaya plants develop mosaic patterns, distorted leaves and ring-shaped markings on fruits. Which integrated response is most appropriate?

35 Papaya fruits must be transported to a distant market where they will be stored briefly before sale. At which stage should they preferably be harvested?

36 A citrus tree shows bark cracking and gum exudation near the soil line in a poorly drained orchard. Which preventive practice is most appropriate?

37 A citrus nursery is being established in a region where tristeza virus is common. Which combination gives the best foundation for disease management?

38 Citrus trees show blotchy leaf mottling, small lopsided fruits and uneven fruit coloration. What is the most suitable management approach?

39 A citrus orchard has dense internal growth, poor spray penetration and low fruit colour. Which canopy operation is most appropriate?

40 A citrus grower wants to regulate flowering into a selected bahar. Which orchard condition is generally created before restoring irrigation and nutrition?

41 A mature mango orchard shows vigorous vegetative growth, dense dark-green canopies, and almost no flowering after repeated nitrogen applications. Which intervention most directly addresses the likely physiological cause of poor flowering?

42 In a high-density mango orchard, lower branches become shaded and fruit size declines despite adequate irrigation and nutrition. Which management strategy is most appropriate for restoring productive light distribution?

43 A mango cultivar produces abundant flowers, but fruit set remains poor during a period of cool, cloudy weather. Which explanation best integrates the likely reproductive constraints?

44 A grower wants to reduce alternate bearing in a mango cultivar with a strong tendency to produce a heavy crop one year and a light crop the next. Which integrated approach is most defensible?

45 Mango fruits develop internal flesh browning and uneven ripening even though external skin color appears acceptable at harvest. Which production decision would best reduce the risk of this quality problem?

46 A banana plantation has vigorous pseudostems but produces small bunches and weak ratoon crops. Soil testing shows adequate macronutrients, while the field remains poorly drained after irrigation. Which diagnosis is most plausible?

47 In a commercial banana block, bunches are exposed to rubbing leaves, bird damage, and uneven surface blemishes. Which intervention most directly improves both protection and marketable fruit quality?

48 A farmer retains five suckers around each mother plant to ensure a continuous harvest, but the plantation develops uneven bunch emergence and declining bunch weight. What is the most likely cause?

49 A banana grower removes the male bud soon after the last hand opens. Under which condition is this practice most likely to be agronomically justified?

50 A plantation experiences severe leaf-area loss from Sigatoka before bunch filling. Which management principle is most important for protecting yield?

51 A papaya field planted from seed develops many nonproductive male plants, reducing effective plant density. Which production decision most directly prevents this problem in a commercial orchard?

52 Papaya plants in a low-lying field show yellowing, root decay, and sudden wilting after repeated rainfall. Which corrective measure is most appropriate?

53 A mature mango orchard shows severe alternate bearing: trees carrying a heavy crop this year produce little vegetative growth and almost no crop the following year. Which intervention most directly addresses the physiological basis of this problem?

54 A grower raises rootstocks from seeds of a polyembryonic mango cultivar. Most seedlings are uniform, but a few differ markedly in vigor and leaf morphology. What is the most likely explanation?

55 Paclobutrazol applied as a soil drench can promote flowering in vigorous mango trees principally because it:

56 In an 'Alphonso' mango block with a history of spongy tissue, which harvest decision is most appropriate for reducing the disorder while preserving marketability?

57 Mango fruits develop blackening at the distal end only in the portion of an orchard nearest a brick kiln, while leaves show little disease development. Which response best fits the diagnosis?

58 A banana field requires an effective dose of g per plant. If muriate of potash contains and field recovery is expected to be , how much fertilizer should be applied per plant?

59 A farmer establishing a virus-indexed banana plantation must choose between sword suckers, water suckers, and tissue-culture plants. Which material offers the best combination of health status and crop uniformity?