What is crop? – Definition
The word crop is used to denote either
- Cultivated plant or
- Annual (one season’s) produce i.e. yield from cultivated plant
How the different crops are classified?
Crops are roughly classified under the following headings. Here is the list of main crops under each heading. For details of each crop visit the respective link.
- Field crops
- Cereals
- Wheat
- Maize
- Rice
- Barley
- Millets
- Sorghum
- Pearl millet
- Barnyard millet
- Italian millet
- Little millet
- Common millet
- Finger millet
- Kodo millet
- Quinoa
- Buckwheat
- Fonio
- Legumes / Pulses
- Black gram (Urad)
- Green gram (Mung)
- Kidney bean
- Moth bean
- Ricebean
- Lima bean
- Tepary bean
- Hyacinth bean
- Velvet bean
- Azuki bean
- Yam bean
- Broad (Faba) bean
- Horse bean
- Garden pea
- Cowpea
- Chick pea
- Pigeon pea
- Earth pea
- Lentil
- Lupins
- Vetches
- Starch crops
- Potato
- Commercial crops
- Oilseed crops
- Groundnut
- Sesamum
- Mustard and Rapeseed
- Linseed
- Sunflower
- Safflower
- Castor
- Niger
- Fiber crops
- Cotton
- Jute
- Congo jute
- Ramie
- Mesta
- Sunhemp
- Sisal
- Sugar crops
- Sugarcane
- Sugar-beet
- Others
- Tobacco
- Plantation crops
- Coffee
- Tea
- Cacao
- Coconut
- Rubber
- Horticultural crops
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Ornamentals
- Spices and Condiments
- Forage crops and Grasses
- Medicinal and Aromatic plants
This page is under updation. Visit later to see details of various crops.