Crop Encyclopedia
Crop Encyclopedia
Your offline guide to regional crops.

Wheat
Triticum aestivum
A cereal grain, which is a worldwide staple food. It is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food.

Rice
Oryza sativa
The seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or less commonly Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

Corn (Maize)
Zea mays
A tall annual cereal grass that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob.

Soybean
Glycine max
A species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.

Cotton
Gossypium spp.
A soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants.

Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
A tall, perennial grass species of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, used for sugar production.

Onion
Allium cepa
A vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.