FAMOUS NAME OF CROPS

 FAMOUS NAME OF CROPS

Famous Name       :       Crops

∗ King of cereals : Wheat

∗ Queen of cereals : Maize

∗ King of coarse cereals : Sorghum

∗ King of coarse millets : Kodo (Paspulum scrobiculatum)

∗ King of pulses : Chickpea

∗ Queen of pulses : Pea

∗ King of oilseeds : Groundnut

∗ Queen of oilseeds : Sesame (Til)

∗ King of weeds :

Congress grass

(Parthenium hysterophorus)

∗ King of fruits : Mango

∗ Queen of fruits : Pineapple

∗ King of temperate fruits : Apple

∗ King of spices : Black Pepper

∗ Queen of spices : Cardamom

∗ King of vegetables : Potato

∗ Queen of vegetables : Okra

∗ Poor man’s meat : Soybean

∗ Wonder crop : Soybean

∗ Famine reserves : Millets

∗ King of fodder crops : Berseem

∗ Queen of fodder crops : Lucerne

∗ Vegetables meat : Cowpea

∗ Poor man’s fruit : Jackfruit, Ber

∗ Poor man’s substitute for ghee : Sesame

∗ Poor man’s friend : Potato

∗ Poor man’s food : Pearl millet

∗ King of Arid and semi arid fruits : Ber

∗ National fruit of India : Mango

∗ Glory of East : Chrysanthemum

∗ Autumn queen : Chrysanthemum

∗ Wonder tree : Neem

∗ Queen of night : Cestrum nocturnum

∗ Egg plant : Brinjal

∗ Bio energy plant : Jatropha

∗ King of flower crops : Rose

∗ Queen of flower crops : Gladiolus

∗ Brown gold : Dead pupae of Silkworm

∗ Apple of paradise : Banana

∗ Poor man’s orange (India) and Love of apple (England) : Tomato

∗ Drosophila of crop plants : Maize

∗ Adams fig : Banana

∗ Butter fruit : Avocado

∗ Queen of beverage crops : Tea

∗ China’s miracle fruits : Kiwi fruit

∗ Food of god : Cocoa

∗ Small holder’s irrigated crops : Oil palm

∗ Oldest cultivated tropical fruits : Banana

∗ Tree of heaven : Coconut

∗ King of nut crops : Walnut

∗ Queen of nut crops : Peanut

∗ Bio drainage plant : Eucalyptus spp

∗ Golden fibre : Jute

∗ White gold of America : Cotton

∗ Yellow jewel of America : Soybean

∗ Backbone of America : Maize

∗ Thorny oilseed crop : Safflower