Ornamental horticulture

Plants that are not affected by the duration or intensity of daylight or night time. DNP are also known as Photo insensitive plants.

Plants that are cultivated for their parts which are used as staple food are known as staple crops. These are the crop parts that are consumed on a daily basis as a traditional diet. For example: rice, maize, wheat, barley, buckwheat, millet.

Cereal crops are grasses that are cultivated for their edible grains. For example: rice, wheat, maize, barley, rye.