Cereal Crops
Wheat: Triticum aestivum L.
Maize: Zea mays L.
Bajra/Pearl millet: Pennisetum typhoides / P. glaucum L.
Sorghum/Jowar: Sorghum bicolor / S. vulgare L. Moench
Barley: Hordeum vulgare L.
Triticale: Secale cereale
Buckwheat (Pseudo cereal): Fagopyrum esculentum
Millet Crops
Cheena / Proso millet: Panicum miliacearum
Foxtail / Italian / Kakun: Setaria italica L. Beauv.
Kodo millet: Paspalum scrobiculatum L.
Little millet: Panicum sumatrense
Ragi / Finger millet: Eleusine coracana Gaertn
Barnyard millet: Echinochloa frumentacea L.
Pulse Crops
Gram / Chickpea: Cicer arietinum L.
Field Pea: Pisum sativum var. arvense
Arhar / Pigeon pea: Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.
Soybean: Glycine max L. Merrill
Black gram / Urdbean: Vigna mungo / Phaseolus mungo L. Hepper
Green gram / Moong: Vigna radiata / Phaseolus aureus L. Wilczek
French bean / Rajmash: Phaseolus vulgaris
Indian Cowpea / Lobia: Vigna unguiculata / V. sinensis L.
Lentil: Lens esculenta / L. culinaris Moench
Lathyrus / Chickling pea: Lathyrus sativus
Mothbean: Vigna / Phaseolus aconitifolia
Horse gram / Kulthi: Macrotyloma uniflorum
Edible Oilseed Crops
Groundnut / Peanut: Arachis hypogaea L.
Sunflower: Helianthus annuus L.
Safflower: Carthamus tinctorius L.
Mustard & Rapeseed: Brassica spp. L.
Sesamum / Til: Sesamum indicum L.
Niger: Guizotia abyssinica
Non-edible Oilseed Crops
Linseed / Flax: Linum usitatissimum L.
Castor: Ricinus communis L.
Fibre Crops
Cotton: Gossypium spp.
Jute: Corchorus capsularis
Sunhemp: Crotalaria juncea L.
Forage Crops
Berseem: Trifolium alexandrinum L.
Lucerne / Alfalfa: Medicago sativa L.
Oat: Avena sativa L.
Napier Grass: Pennisetum purpureum L.
Clusterbean / Guar: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.
Sugar Crops
Sugarcane: Saccharum officinarum L.
Sugarbeet: Beta vulgaris L.
Tuber Crops
Potato: Solanum tuberosum L.
Tapioca / Cassava: Manihot utilissima
Stimulant Crops
Tobacco: Nicotiana spp.
Opium: Papaver somniferum
Medicinal Crops
Safed Musli: Chlorophytum borivilianum
Ashwagandha / Winter cherry: Withania somnifera
Sarpagandha: Rauvolfia serpentina
Isabgol: Plantago ovata
Butch: Acorus calamus
Brahmi: Bacopa monnieri
Nux Vomica: Strychnos nux-vomica
Aromatic Crops
Lemongrass: Cymbopogon flexuosus
Mint / Mentha: Mentha arvensis
Khus / Vetiver: Vetiveria zizanoides
Citronella: Cymbopogon winterianus
Tulsi / Basil: Ocimum sanctum
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