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The document categorizes various crops into agronomic and horticultural types, listing specific examples under each category. Agronomic crops include cereals, legumes, root crops, fiber crops, forage crops, and industrial processing crops, while horticultural crops encompass pod and seed vegetables, cruciferous crops, cucurbits, solanaceous crops, leafy vegetables, and tree vegetables. Each category contains specific species names and their scientific classifications.

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Scientific Names

The document categorizes various crops into agronomic and horticultural types, listing specific examples under each category. Agronomic crops include cereals, legumes, root crops, fiber crops, forage crops, and industrial processing crops, while horticultural crops encompass pod and seed vegetables, cruciferous crops, cucurbits, solanaceous crops, leafy vegetables, and tree vegetables. Each category contains specific species names and their scientific classifications.

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AGRONOMIC CROPS HORTICULTURAL CROPS

Cereal or Grain Crops Pod and Seed Vegetables


Rice – Oryza sativa String Beans – Vigna unguiculata subsp.
Corn – Zea mays sesquipedalis
Wheat – Triticum aestivum Winged Bean – Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Sorghum – Sorghum bicolor Hyacinth Bean – Lablab purpureus
Oats – Avena sativa Chick pea – Cicer arietinum
Barley – Hordeum vulgare Pigeon pea – Cajanus cajan
Pea – Pisum sativum
Legume or Pulses
Mungbean – Vigna radiata Cruciferous Crops (Brassicas)
Peanut – Arachis hypogaea Cabbage – Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Soybean – Glycine max Broccoli- Brassica oleraceae var. italica
Chick pea – Cicer arietinum Cauliflower – Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
Cowpea – Vigna unguiculata Chinese Cabbage – Brassica rapa
Pigeon pea – Cajanus cajan Bok Choy/ pechay – Brassica chinen
Pea – Pisum sativum
Cucurbit Crops (Gourds)
Root crops
Squash – Cucurbita maxima
✓ Sweet potato – Ipomoea batatas Bottle gourd – Lagenaria siceraria
✓ Cassava – Manihot esculenta Bitter gourd – Momordica charantia
Sponge gourd – Luffa aegyptiaca
Tuber crops Chayote – Sechium edule
✓ Yam – Dioscorea spp. Cucumber – Cucumis sativus
✓ Taro – Colocasia esculenta Watermelon – Citrullus lunatus
Cantaloupe – Cucumis melo
Fiber Crops
Solanaceous Crops (Nightshades)
✓ Cotton – Gossypium hirsutum
✓ Jute – Chorchorus olitorius Tomato – Solanum lycopersicum
✓ Kenaf – Hibiscus cannabinus Eggplant – Solanum melongena
✓ Ramie –Boehmeria nivea Sweet pepper – Capsicum annuum
Hot pepper – Capsicum frutescens
Forage Crops
✓ Napier Grass – Pennisetum purpureum Root Crops, Tuber crops, Bulb Crops
✓ Guinea Grass – Panicum maximum Radish – Raphanus sativus
✓ Centrosema – Centrosema pubescens Carrot – Daucus carota
✓ Paragrass – Urochloa mutica Onion – Allium cepa
✓ Madre de Cacao - Gliricidia sepium Garlic – Allium sativum
✓ Ipil-ipil – Leucaena leucocephala Ginger – Zingiber officinale
✓ Alfalfa – Medicago sativa Potato – Solanum tuberosum
Mexican Turnip - Pachyrhizus erosus
Crops for Industrial processing
✓ Castor bean – Ricinus communis
Tree Vegetables
✓ Tobacco –Nicotiana tabacum
Sesban – Sesbania grandiflora
✓ Sugarcane – Saccharum officinarum
Drumstick tree – Moringa oleifera
✓ Rubber – Hevea brasiliensis
Breadfruit – Artocarpus altilis
Kamachile – Pithecellobium dulce

HORTICULTURAL CROPS
Leafy Vegetables
Wate spinach – Ipomoea aquatica
Malabar spinach – Basella alba
Jute – Chorchorus olitorius
Lettuce – Lactuca sativa
Celery – Apium graveolens
Amaranth – Amaranthus viridis

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