TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL

CROPS
AND ITS CLASSIFICATIONS
Agri-Fishery TEC 7
•Agricultural crops are plants that are
grown or intentionally managed by
man for certain purposes. They are
classified in various terms used
worldwide
Descriptions of Crops According to their
Categories

Food Crops – A plant that is primarily raise,

culture and harvest for the human
consumption. It has two sub categories, the
field crops and root crops.
Field crop is a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown on alarge scale for agricultural purposes.
Examples are wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane and other forage crops. These crops typically consist of a large
majority of agricultural acreage and crop revenues.
Root Crops – are underground plant parts edible for human
consumption.
Feed Crops – A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest for the
livestock consumption
Fiber Crops – A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest for its
fibers which are used as raw material.
Oil Crops – A plant that is primarily raise, culture and harvest as base
for biodiesel production.
Ornamental Crops – A plant that is primarily raise and culture for
decorative purposes especially in gardens and landscape design projects.
Industrial Crops – A plant that is cultured for their biological materials
which are used in industrial processes into nonedible products.
(Example: Tobacco)
Classification of Crops According to
their Reproduction
1. Sexual - plants that develop from a
seed or a spore after undergoing
union of male and female gametes.
Asexual – plants which reproduce by
any vegetative means without the
union of the sexual gametes.
Classification of Crops According to Mode of Pollination

Naturally Self Pollinated Crops – predominant mode of pollination in

this plant is self-pollination.
Naturally Cross Pollinated Crops – pollen transfer in these plants is
from another of one flower in a separate plant.
Both Self and Cross Pollination Crops – these plants are largely selfpollinated
but in varying amounts
Classifications of Crops According to Growth Habits

Herb – succulent plants with self-supporting stems.

Vines – herbaceous climbing or twining plants without self-supporting
stem.
Lianas – woody climbing or twining plants which depend on other
plants for vertical support to climb up to the tree.
Shrubs – a small tree or tree like plants generally less than 5 meters in
height but other authorities restricted to small, erect woody plants.
Trees – plants having erect and continuous growth with a large develop
of woody tissue, with a single distinct stem or trunk.
Descriptions of Crops According to their Life Span

Annual crop is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to production of seed, within one growing
season, and then dies. Annual crops examples are rice, corn and others.
Biennial crop is a plant that takes two years to complete its biological
lifecycle. Its examples are cabbage, parsley and others.
Perennial crop is a plant that lives more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from
shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also widely used to distinguish plants with little or no woody
growth from trees and shrubs, which are also technically perennials.