The following points highlight the five main types of fibre plants. The types are: 1. Cotton 2. Jute 3. Sunnhemp 4. Hemp 5. Flax. Type # 1. Cotton: Botanical Names: Gossypium sp. (G. arboreum, G. barbadense, G. berbaceum and G. hirsutum). Family: Malvaceae. 1. It is the chief fibre plant which supplies more than 70% of the world consumption of [...]
List of seven main cereals and millets:- 1. Wheat 2. Maize 3. Rice 4. Barley 5. Oats 6. Sorghum 7. Pearlmillet. 1. Wheat (Hindi – Gehun): Botanical Name: Triticum aestivum L. emend. Thall. Family: Gramineae or Poaceae 1. It is a cereal crop of family Gramineae. 2. It is the most common food plant. 3. The plant attains a height [...]
The following points highlight the three main types of legumes. Type # 1. Soybean (Hindi – Bhat or Ramkurthi): Botanical Name: Glycine max (L.) Merr. Family: Papilionaceae 1. It is an erect or prostrate, small, bushy annual plant (Fig. 72). 2. Seeds of soybean are the richest natural vegetable food known. 3. The flour, which contains high amount of protein [...]