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Blog 1 - Classification & Categorisation

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Blog 1 - Classification & Categorisation  Crops can be divided under many different names. The common name of a crop is the one we use in our everyday language. But to avoid confusion or overlapping names crops also have a scientific name. This also helps to detect family relations. There are different layers of crop classification.  (See figure 1 for the classifications of the pecan tree). The scientific name of a crop is the genus + species + the abbreviation of the person who named the crop. In the case of the pecan tree the scientific name is Carya Illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch                                                           Figure 1  Pecan tree classification (Piktochart);   (Pecan Tree (Carya illinoinensis), 2017) Besides the classification of a crop, a crop can also be categoris...