Classification of Crops Based on Purpose

Question 1

– grown for their grains (rice, corn, wheat, sorghum)

Answer 1

1. Cereals/grain crops

Question 2

– for pods and seeds (cowpea, mungbean, sitao, peanut)

Answer 2

3. Legumes

Question 3

– for enlarged roots/tuberous roots (cassava, yam, arrow root)

Answer 3

5. Root crops

Question 4

– grown for their fibers used in textiles, corsage, twines, sacks, bags

Answer 4

7. Fiber crops

Question 5

– grown for their oil content (soybean, peanut, sunflower, castor, coconut)

Answer 5

1. Oil crops

Question 6

– grown for their sugar content (sugarcane, sugar beet)

Answer 6

3. Sugar crops

Question 7

– used for roughage source for animals (paragrass, napier grass, ipil-ipil, stylosanthes)

Answer 7

5. Pasture/forage crops

Question 8

used for the brewing non-alcoholic drinks (coffee, cacao, tea)

Answer 8

Beverage crops

Question 9

1. essences – used to provide special flavor, scent, and color to food, perfumes, soaps and body dressing (black pepper citronella, ilang-ilang)

Answer 9

Spices, condiments,

Question 10

– used for extracting sap from the trunk or stem (rubber, chico, pili, rimas, papaya)

Answer 10

2. Latex and resins

Question 11

– with curative, laxative and pesticidal properties

Answer 11

3. Medicinal and poison crops

Question 12

usually eaten with staple crops, further classified according to similarities in the method of culture

Answer 12

12. Vegetables

Question 13

edible botanical fruits usually used for dessert which may be eaten raw, cooked or in processed form. (pineapple, cashew, mango)

Answer 13

13. Fruits

Question 14

plants cultivated mainly for their aesthetic value

Answer 14

14. Ornamentals