Crop Voyage in India &

World
 INTRODUCTION

• Voyage: a long journey involving travel by sea

or in space
• Crop Voyage: Journey of crops from one place
to another
• Crop Voyage in India: Origin of crops in india
& journey from one region to other
• Crop Voyage in world: Crops introduced in
india from other countries & places
 Crop Origin in this part of world
• Central Asiatic Center included North-west India (Punjab,
North-west Frontier Provinces ,Kashmir) and Afghanistan
• Grains and legumes
: Common wheat
: Lentil
:Horse bean
:Chickpea
:Mung bean
: Mustard
: Flax
:Sesame
 Other Crops Originated

• Fiber plants
: Hemp
: Cotton
Vegetables
: Onion
: Garlic
: Spinach
:Carrot
• Fruits
1. Pistacia
2. Pear
3. Almond
4. Grape
5. Apple
 Crop Voyage in world
• Introduced or Exotic Crops
• Portuguese introduced new crops and fruit
plants during the sixteenth century and
enriched the agriculture of India.
• They introduced agave or the century-plant,
which has now become naturalized throughout
India.
• Potato , a native of highlands of Chile and Peru,
was introduced into India by the Portuguese in
the seventeenth century.
• Babar introduced the scented Persian rose.
• Tobacco was introduced during the reign of
Emperor Akbar. It seems that they first
introduced it into Goa and then into Bijapur.
• These crops and trees now form important
components of the common cropping systems
followed in the country.
 Crops introduced by Britishers

• cereals : Oats
legumes: Pea
Fiber crops: Cotton
Vegetables: Asparagus, beet root,
Cauliflower, Brussels sprout, Knol-khol, Celery,
Sweet pepper, Carrot, Lettuce, Tomato
Fruits: Carambola, Papaya, Rose apple,
Strawberry, Mangosteen, Artichoke,Tapioca
(cassava), Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Plum, Peach,
Pear.
Medicinal & Aromatic Plants: Quinine
(Cinchona officinalis), opium poppy (Papaver
somniferum), Vanilla aromatica (vanilla).
• Others: Casuarina, Coffee, silver oak,
Hibiscus, Lantana,Horse bean, Avocado, Pine
trees, Mahogany, cocoa.
• Crops introduced from West and Central Asia
by Mughals or Arabs - Onion, Garlic, Turnip,
Cabbage, Coriander, Sweet muskmelon, Carrot,
(black & red type), Date palm, Pea, Clover .
• Crops introduced by Spaniards: Phaseolus
vulgaris (French bean).
• Crops introduced from China: Soybean,
Loquat, Walnut, Litchi.
• Crops introduced from Latin America: Rubber,
Pineapple.
• Crops introduced from South-east Asia and
Pacific islands: Sugar-palm, grapefruit, durian,
sago
• Some recent introductions: Mentha(mint,
USA) , Acacia (Australia), Kiwifruit(New
Zealand).
• Crops introduced by Portuguese: Groundnut,
Tobacco, Potato and Agave.