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FIELD ATTACHMENT REPORT AT KALRO TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE P.O BOX 820-20200, KERICHO. INDUSTRIAL FIELD ATTACHMENT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY  AUGUST 2023 DECLARATION DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE I hereby declare that this report compiled during my attachment period is my original work and has not been presented by any other person in any other place for the award of any Diploma. Name: ………………………………………………………………… signed………… REG NO: SIGNATURE ………………………………DATE…………….………… RECOMMENDATION This report has been forwarded with my approval as the College Supervisor Lead Name ……………………………………………………………  Signed ………………… Date …………………………………   ABSTRACT                   Tea Research Institute (TRI), is one the research institutes created under the KALRO Act of 2013. It was established to replace the former Tea Research Foundation of Kenya (TRFK) to contribute to the overall production, processing and marketing of t...

Tissue culturing  Is a biotechnology process that involve micropropagation in laboratory that use  plant material such as seeds tissue organs or suckers or explant in a chemical growing media. Stages of tissue culture 🧫 1)Identification of tissue explant from the field 2)Initiation /innoculation. 3) Multiplication - Division of plant tissue in growing media. 4) Rooting stage This is where the plant begging to form roots ie.rooting hormone Indole Acetic Acid  (IAA ) ,Indole Puteric Acid(IPA) Naphthalene Ascetic Acid (NAA) 5) Hardening-It takes place in the green house where we use sterilized soil ,sand, organic fertilizer Advantages of banana tissue culture 1)It is first and effective. 2)It is free from pest and disease. 3)You can grow plants through out the year regardless of weather/season. 4)It requires minimum space. 5)It is easy to produce new varieties and introduce to market at higher speed. 6) Tissue culture bananas mature between 9to        ...

 A day old vaccine mareks -subcutaneous Day 10  -  Gumboro -Drinking water Day 18  -  2nd dose of Gumboro Day 21 (3weeks) -  New Castle-Eye drop/ drinking water 6weeks - fowl pox-wing stub.  8Weeks -2nd dose of Newcastle vaccine.                              -Fowl typhoid-intramuscular injection 18Weeks -3rd dose of Newcastle vaccine ..... regularly after every 3months Week 19-Deworming

 Definition and importance of soilDefinition: Is a naturally occurring unconsolidated material on the earth surface that has been influenced by parent material, climate, organisms and relief, all acting over a period of time to produce a soil that may differ from the material from which it was derived from in terms of physical, chemical, mineralogical, biological and morphological properties.Importance:Filter waterRegulate the flow of riversProvide habitat for millions of species of organismsProvide water, nutrients and support for plantsSequester carbon from the atmosphereServe as a “compost bin” for the EarthModerate and regulate distributions of solar energyProvide a historical record of the influences of climate and living organisms upon the parentmaterial from/in which the soil is formedSoil formation/pedogenesisSoil is formed from rocks through the process of weathering. Weathering is the chemical alteration and physical breakdown of rocks during exposure to the atmosphere (a...