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• Agricultural crops


  Crops that are harvested upon maturity, consumed by both humans and animals in either living state (raw or fresh) or dried, grown in field, pasture, range, forest, and plantation
• Horticulture crops


  Crops that are harvested at different stages and often consumed fresh or raw, grown in gardens, orchards, groves, vineyard, greenhouse, nurseries and plantations
• Agricultural crops classification


  • Agronomic crops
  • Horticulture crops
• Agronomic crops examples


  • Cereal or grain crops
  • Starchy root
  • Tuber crops
• Horticulture crops examples


  • Vegetable crops
  • Fruit crops
  • Edible nuts
  • Ornamental crops
  • Nursery crops
  • Aromatic crops
  • Medicinal crops
• Agricultural crop types


  • Cash crops or commercial crops
  • Subsistence crops
  • Export crops
  • Industrial crops
  • Plantation crops
  • High value crops
• Cash crops or commercial crops


  Grown and sold locally or internationally, planted and sold to support the needs of the family
• Subsistence crops


  Grown for family consumption only, can also be consumed by animal farms
• Export crops


  Grown and sold to other countries
• Industrial crops


  Produced to provide raw materials for industrial production or for the production of fuel for energy purposes
• Plantation crops


  Mass-produced, huge tracts of land planted with crops sold to local or international market
• High value crops


  Grown because of their high value both in local or international market
• High value crops examples

  • Fruits
  • Ornamental plants
• Plant parts


  • Roots
  • Stem
  • Leaves
  • Flowers
  • Fruit
  • Seed
• Roots


  Absorb water and nutrients from the soil, hold the plant in place, may be fibrous or taproot system
• Fibrous root system


  Composed of many fiber-like structures
• Taproot system


  Has one main root from which other roots emerge
• Stem


  Holds the leaves, has tube-like cells that carry food materials from the roots to the leaves and distribute the food manufactured by the leaves to all parts of the plant, can be woody or herbaceous
• Leaves


  Main food-making organ of the plant, manufacture starch and other carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water, contain chlorophyll, have stomata to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen
• Flowers


  Bear the reproductive organs of plants called pistils and stamen, attract insects responsible for pollination
• Pollination


  Process of transferring pollen from an anther of a flower to the stigma of same flower or another flower, often results in the formation of fruit-bearing seeds
• Fruit


  Ripened ovary of a flower, result of the flower's reproduction, most fruits are edible
• Seed


  Ripened ovule of a flowering plant, contains embryo which germinates into a new plant, also contains stored food used during germination, covered by a seed coat for protection
• Plant classifications


  • Herb
  • Shrub
  • Tree
  • Vine
• Herb


  Nonwoody, nonpermanent plant, examples are grass and spices like ginger and onion
• Shrub


  Woody plant that has a number of stems growing directly from the soil, does not grow very tall, examples are gumamela, rose, and rosal flowers
• Tree


  Permanent woody plant that has a self-supporting stem, examples are coconut tree, fruit trees and forest trees
• Vine


  Crawling plant, body and stems not hard enough to make it stand, spreads on the ground or clings to some structures for support, examples are bitter gourd, squash and yellow bell