Blog 1 - Classification & Categorisation
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...