Famous Name | Crops |
King of cereals | Wheat |
Queen of cereals | Maize |
King of coarse cereals | Sorghum |
King of coarse millets | Kodo (Paspulum scrobiculatum) |
King of pulses | Chickpea |
Queen of pulses | Pea |
King of oilseeds | Groundnut |
Queen of oilseeds | Sesame (Til) |
King of weeds | Congress grass (Parthenium hysterophorus) |
King of fruits | Mango |
Queen of fruits | Pineapple |
King of temperate fruits | Apple |
King of spices | Black Pepper |
Queen of spices | Cardamom |
King of vegetables | Potato |
Queen of vegetables | Okra |
Poor man’s meat | Soybean |
Wonder crop | Soybean |
Famine reserves | Millets |
King of fodder crops | Berseem |
Queen of fodder crops | Lucerne |
Vegetables meat | Cowpea |
Poor man’s fruit | Jackfruit, Ber |
Poor man’s substitute for ghee | Sesame |
Poor man’s friend | Potato |
Poor man’s food | Pearl millet |
King of Arid and semi arid fruits | Ber |
National fruit of India | Mango |
Glory of East | Chrysanthemum |
Autumn queen | Chrysanthemum |
Wonder tree | Neem |
Queen of night | Cestrum nocturnum |
Egg plant | Brinjal |
Bio energy plant | Jatropha |
King of flower crops | Rose |
Queen of flower crops | Gladiolus |
Brown gold | Dead pupae of Silkworm |
Apple of paradise | Banana |
Poor man’s orange (India) and Love of apple (England) | Tomato |
Drosophila of crop plants | Maize |
Adams fig | Banana |
Butter fruit | Avocado |
Queen of beverage crops | Tea |
China’s miracle fruits | Kiwi fruit |
Food of god | Cocoa |
Small holder’s irrigated crops | Oil palm |
Oldest cultivated tropical fruits | Banana |
Tree of heaven | Coconut |
King of nut crops | Walnut |
Queen of nut crops | Peanut |
Bio drainage plant | Eucalyptus spp |
Golden fibre | Jute |
White gold of America | Cotton |
Yellow jewel of America | Soybean |
Backbone of America | Maize |
Thorny oilseed crop | Safflower |
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