A crop is any cultivated, plant, fungus, or alga that is harvested for food, clothing, livestock fodder, biofuel, medicine or other uses. In contrast, animals that are raised by humans are called livestock, except those that are kept as pets. Microbes, such as bacteria or viruses, are referred to as cultures. Microbes are not typically grown for food, but are rather used to alter food. For example, bacteria are used to ferment milk to produce yogurt.
Domesticated plants
Major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
Based on the growing season, the crops grown in India can be classified as kharif crops and rabi crops.
Crops drying in a home in Punjab, India.
References- ^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Statistics Division (2009). "Maize, rice and wheat : area harvested, production quantity, yield".
- Sleper, David A.; Poehlman, John M. (2006). Breeding Field Crops, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780813824284 Retrieved December 5, 2011.
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