TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND ITS CLASSIFICATIONS Flashcards
6 types of crops
- Food Crops
a. Field Crops
b. Root Crops - Feed Crops
- Fiber Crops
- Oil Crops
- Ornamental Crops
- Industrial Crops
A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest for the
human consumption. It has two sub categories, the field crops and root
crops.
Food Crops
is a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown on a
large scale for agricultural purposes. Examples are wheat, rice, corn,
sugarcane and other forage crops. These crops typically consist of a
large majority of agricultural acreage and crop revenues.
Field crop
are underground plant parts edible for human
consumption.
Root Crops
A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest for the
livestock consumption
Feed Crops
– A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest for its
fibers which are used as raw material.
Fiber Crops
A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest as base
for biodiesel production.
Oil Crops
A plant that is primarily raise and culture for
decorative purposes especially in gardens and landscape design projects
Ornamental Crops
A plant that is cultured for their biological materials
which are used in industrial processes into nonedible products.
(Example: Tobacco)
Industrial Crops
- plants that develop from a seed or a spore after undergoing
union of male and female gametes.
Sexual
plants which reproduce by any vegetative means without the
union of the sexual gametes
Asexual
predominant mode of pollination in
this plant is self-pollination.
Naturally Self Pollinated Crops –
pollen transfer in these plants is
from another of one flower in a separate plant.
Naturally Cross Pollinated Crops
these plants are largely selfpollinated but in varying amounts.
Both Self and Cross Pollination Crops
succulent plants with self-supporting stems.
Herb
herbaceous climbing or twining plants without self-supporting
stem.
Vines
woody climbing or twining plants which depend on other
plants for vertical support to climb up to the tree.
Lianas
a small tree or tree like plants generally less than 5 meters in
height but other authorities restricted to small, erect woody plants.
Shrubs
– plants having erect and continuous growth with a large develop
of woody tissue, with a single distinct stem or trunk.
Trees
– plants that maintain their leaves throughout the year.
Evergreen
– plants which naturally shed off or lose leaves annually for
extended periods.
Deciduous
is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to
production of seed, within one growing season, and then dies. Annual
crops examples are rice, corn and others.
Annual crop
is a plant that takes two years to complete its biological
lifecycle. Its examples are cabbage, parsley and others.
Biennial crop
is a plant that lives more than two years. The term is
often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and
biennials. The term is also widely used to distinguish plants with little or
no woody growth from trees and shrubs, which are also technically
perennials.
Perennial crop
