Classification of Agricultural Crops

Question 1

Plant Kingdom Divisions

Answer 1

• Thallophytes
• Bryophytes
• Pteridophytes
• Spermatophytes

Question 2

Plants in this division are all seed-bearing

Answer 2

Spermatophytes

Question 3

Plants with naked seeds
e.g. pine tree

Answer 3

Gymnosperms

Question 4

Plants with seeds
enclosed in a vessel

Answer 4

Angiosperms

Question 5

Types of Spermatophytes

Answer 5

1.) Gymnosperms
2.) Angiosperms

Question 6

Types of Angiosperms

Answer 6

1.) Monocotyledonae
2.) Dicotyledonae

Question 7

Agronomically, crop plants are most often grouped according to the
way or ways in which they are used.

Answer 7

Agronomic Classification

Question 8

Agronomic classification of crop plants

Answer 8

• Cereals
• Seed Legumes
• Forage
• Fiber
• Drug and Beverage
• Sugar
• Oil

Question 9

Grown for their fiber

Answer 9

Fiber Crops

Question 10

Grown for their sweet syrup

Answer 10

Sugar Crops

Question 11

Feed for animals whether in the form of hay, silage or pasture

Answer 11

Forage Crops

Question 12

Grown then plowed under
to improve soil fertility

Answer 12

Green Manure Legumes

Question 13

Grown to be cut and preserved in a
succulent condition for ______, e.g. corn & sorghum.

Answer 13

Silage

Question 14

Cut when green and succulent and are fed to livestock without curing e.g corn, sundagrass, & soybeans.

Answer 14

Green Crops

Question 15

Short-season crops used to fill-in
when regular crops have failed or when planting is for some
reason delayed e.g. buckwheat & millet.

Answer 15

Catch/Emergency Crops

Question 16

Seeded on land needing
protection against wind and water erosion and nutrient loss
through leaching e.g. rye, tropical Kudzu.

Answer 16

Cover Crops

Question 17

Small grain crops like clover, alfalfa and other crops used to
nurse new seedlings of the main crop

Answer 17

Companion Crops

Question 18

Grown as secondary crop. Used to provide grazing at a time when other pastures cannot be used/not sufficiently productive e.g sundagrass.

Answer 18

Supplement Crops

Question 19

Agronomic-Special Purpose
Classification

Answer 19

• Green Manure Legumes
• Silage
• Green Crop
• Catch/Emergency Crop
• Cover Crop
• Supplement Crop
• Companion Crop

Question 20

Horticultural Classification of plants

Answer 20

• Vegetables
• Fruits
• Plantation Crops
• Ornamentals

Question 21

Crops usually grown for culinary purposes

Answer 21

Vegetables

Question 22

Types of Vegetables

Answer 22

• Leafy vegetables
• Cole crop or crucifers
• Root and bulb crops
• Legumes or pulses
• Solanaceous vegetables
• Cucurbits

Question 23

A _____ consists of those tissues which support the ovules of
a plant, and whose development is dependent upon
physiological changes occurring in these ovules.

Answer 23

Fruits

Question 24

Types of Fruit

Answer 24

• Tree fruits
• Nut fruits
• Small fruits

Question 25

Loosely defined as crops, usually perennial and require minor
changes in the structure of the product (primary processing)
before utilization.

Answer 25

Plantation Crops

Question 26

Types of Plantation Crops

Answer 26

• Oil crops
• Beverage
• Fiber crops
• Medicinal crops
• Latex or resin

Question 27

Includes all plants that are used for their aesthetic qualities or
for decorative purposes.

Answer 27

Ornamental

Question 28

Types of Ornamental plants.

Answer 28

• Cutflowers
• Flowering pot plants
• Foliage
• Landscape plants
• Turf grass