CRP 313- Crop Production

313 PAGES (109588 WORDS) Crop Science Study/Lesson Note

Cereal crops (Maize, Sorghum and Milet ) Cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop and are therefore staple crops. Root and Tuber Crops ( Yam, Cassava and Potetoes) Root and Tuber Crops. Root and tuber crops (CropGroups 1 and 2) consist of root crops, such as beets and carrots, and tuber crops, such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the leaves of root crops, such as beet tops Vegetable crops ( Pepper, Tomatoes, Onions And Spinach) any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower. 2. the edible part of such a plant, as the tuber of the potato. 3. any member of the vegetable kingdom