Name: Plant Breeding for Improved Food Quality
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 10 min 2 s
Description: The demand for food scales in conjunction with the human population is increasing day by day. Single-cell protein has come up as a new alternative. Let's lea...

Question

The name of different types of crops are given in the list below. You can add the name of some more crops.

Types of crops	Examples
1. Cereal crops	Paddy, Wheat
2. Fibre crops	Cotton, Jute
3. Pulses	Gram, Peas, Beans
4. Oil seeds	Mustard, Sunflower
5. Tuber crops	Potato, Ginger
6. Sugar crops	Sugar cane
7. Plantation crops	Tea, Coffee, Rubber
8. Medicinal crops	Basil,
9. Spice crops	Black pepper, Ginger

Accepted Answer

The plants that are cultivated at a large scale in a field and are of great nutritional and medicinal values, are known as crop. There are the following main crop varieties based on the season:-

Rabi crop or Winter crop.

Kharif crop or autumn crop.

Zaid crop or summer crop.

Types of crops Examples

1. Cereal crops Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Rice, Barley, Oats

2. Fibre crops Cotton, Jute, Hamp, Flax

3. Pulses Gram, Peas, Beans, Haricots, Chickpeas

4. Oil seeds Mustard, Sunflower, Peanut, Coconut

5. Tuber crops Potato, Ginger, Sweet potato, Cassava

6. Sugar crops Sugar cane, Sweet sorghum

7. Plantation crops Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cocoa, Cashew,

8. Medicinal crops Basil, Neem, Ginger, Tea tree

9. Spice crops Black pepper, Ginger, Nutmeg, Fennel

These crops are grown in different seasons and are beneficial to us.

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