Wealth of Food Crops

Wealth of Food Crops

Wealth of Food Crops covering detailed description of all varieties of Field crops, commercial crops, oil yielding crops, major and minor vegetable crops, etc for conservation of traditional varieties of India.

Field Crops: Oats, Maize, Barley, Wheat, Rice, Millets [Sorghum (Forage Sorghum, Sweet Sorghum), Finger Millet, Kodo Millet, Fox Tail Millet, Proso Millet, Barnyard Millet, Little Millet]

Commercial Crops: Sugarcane

Pulses: Cicer arietinum L., Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek, Phaseolus vulgaris L., Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., Glycine max (L.) Merr., Vigna mungo (L.) Heppe, Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal

Oil Seed Crops: Arachis hypogaea L., Sesamum indicum L., Lens culinaris Medik., Helianthus annuus L., Ricinus communis L., Brassica campestris var. sarson Prain

Major Vegetables: Solanum tuberosum L., Pisum sativum L., Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Allium cepa L., Cucurbitaceae members

Minor Vegetables: Members of Dioscorea genus, Elephant Foot Yam, etc.