CRSC

Plantae

Kingdom of Cabbage and Corn

Spermatophyta

Division of Corn

Magnoliophyta

Division of Cabbage

Angiospermae

Class of Corn

Magnoliopsida

Class of Cabbage

Graminae

Order or Corn

Brassicales

Order of Cabbage

Graminae

Family of Corn

Brassicaceae

Family of Cabbage

Zea

Genus of Corn

Brassica

Genus of Cabbage

Mays

Species of Corn

Olecacea

Species of Cabbage

Herbs Vines Lianas Shrubs Trees

5 Classification according to growth

Legumes Cereal Root Crop Fiber Industrial

5 Classification based on agronomic

Olericulture Pomology Ornamental Plantation

4 Classification base on horticultural

Asteraceae Brassicacceae Poaceae Clusiaceae Lumiaceae Fabaceae Arecaceae Apiaceae

8 Families

Agronomic crops

are also called “field crops”. They are mostly annual herbaceous plants that are grown under extensive or large-scale culture

Horticultural crops

have been referred to as “garden crops

Weed

Unlike crop, a weed is an unintended plant or any plant which grows where it is not wanted.

Annual

a plant which live within a short period of time, for a few weeks or months, perpetuated by seed,

Biennial

a plant which requires two growing seasons to complete its life cycle

Perennial

a plant that lives indefinitely, including all trees and shrubs and many herbaceous plants with underground stems (e.g. corm, rhizome, tuber)

Plantation Crops

plants grown in large tracts of land under intensive culture, usually in a tropical

Food Crops

plants grown primarily for the harvesting of any part which is used by man as food or processed into food product.

Non-food Crops

plants grown for the production of non-food products such as fiber, fodder, alcohol, tobacco, industrial oil, rubber, gums and resins, drugs, etc. or for ornamentation.

Staple Crops

plants grown for the harvesting of parts which are used as staple food.

Grain Crops

annual, herbaceous plants belonging to the grass family Gramineae (Poaceae) and some graminoids which are grown for their seeds or grains.

Legume Seed Crops

leguminous plants which produce edible, protein-rich seeds

Tuber Crops

\- plants with modified, swollen root or underground stem.

Oil Seed Crops

plants grown for their seeds which are rich source of edible and industrial oil.

Sugar and Sweetener Crops

plants grown primarily for the production of sugar or other sweet-tasting products.

Main Crop

any crop which is intended by the grower to become his main source of revenue.

Nursery crop

a plant that is temporarily grown in the nursery and later planted in the field or garden or used for ornamental display when it reaches the proper age and size (e.g. most fruit crops and ornamental crops.

Intercrop

any crop which is planted simultaneously with or before the flowering season of the main crop in intercropping.

Filler Crop

any crop which is planted to fill a gap. In quincunx system of planting arrangement, the space at the center of four hills of a main crop is commonly intended for a filler crop which is of a different variety or species.

Relay Crop

the crop which is planted after the flowering period or harvest of the main crop in relay cropping.

Ratoon crop

the crop consisting of the regrowth from shoots retained on the plants after harvest or from cut stalks of the previous crop (e.g. pineapple, sorghum, sugarcane).

Cash crop

any short-maturing crop which is grown to generate income while the main crop is still in its vegetative stage of growth; any crop is grown to generate cash rather than for subsistence.

Catch crop

any short maturing plant that is grown simultaneously with, or between successive plantings of a main crop to utilize residual fertilizer and soil moisture. It is often used as a green manure or to provide supplemental livestock feed; also called emergency crop.

Nurse crop

any crop which is grown to provide shade and increase humidity for the benefit of the main crop during its seedling and early stages of growth.

Companion crop

any crop which is planted close to the main crop to complement the latter’s growth and production, or to maximize utilization of space because they do not compete.

Cover crop

a crop grown mainly to control soil erosion, regulate soil temperature, control weeds and reduce evaporative losses.

Green manure crop

a leguminous crop grown to be plowed under the soil to increase organic matter and serve as organic fertilizer.

Agroforest Crop

any crop which is suited under a cropping system consisting of mixed agricultural and forest crops.

Contour Hedgerow Crop

nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs which are grown along contour lines in sloping lands under the Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT).