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Objectives
Exercise 1
Identification and Classification of
Some Vegetable Crops
Melquiades E. C. Reyes, PhD
ICropS and IPB, CAFS, UPLB
Identification
is the determination of the identity
of an unknown plant by comparison
with previously collected specimens
(considering their typical
characteristics or morphology and
their functions) or with the aid of
books or identification manuals
1. Identify by common and scientific
names all the vegetables listed in this
exercise.
2. Classify these vegetables accordingly.
3. Name/identify common/popular
varieties of important vegetable species
Classification
-- is the placing of known plants into
groups or categories to show some
relationship.
-- follows a system of rules that
standardizes the results, and groups
successive categories into a
hierarchy.
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Pinakbet group of Veggies Chop Suey group of Veggies

Classification of Vegetables
plants usually eaten with staple crops, further
classified according to similarities in the
method of culture :

a. Root or Bulb Vegetables:

-- a vegetable that grows under the ground
-- the fleshy enlarged root of a plant used as a
vegetable

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b. Leafy Vegetables:
-- Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens,
vegetable greens, leafy greens, or salad greens,
are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes
accompanied by tender petioles and shoots.
a. Root or Bulb Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of
flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The genus
includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but
mainly in temperate Eurasia.

Romaine-type Heading-type Leaf-type

b. Leafy Vegetables c. Cole crops or Crucifers

Broccoli
Cabbage Brussels sprout

Bok choy

Chinese cabbage
Cauliflower

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d. Vegetable Legumes (Legume Family)

Bush sitao Pole sitao

Semi-temperate Vegetable Legumes

Snap bean

Sweet pea

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e. Solanaceous crops (Solanaceae or nightshade f. Cucurbitaceous vegetables (Cucurbit Family)

family)
Examples: tomato, eggplant, pepper, potato

Classification of Vegetables…

• Temperature Requirement (Adaptation)

Cool season (Temperate)
Monthly temperatures 15-18 C
Ex. Sugar beet, cabbage

Warm season (Tropical)

Monthly temperatures 18-27 C
Ex. Corn, okra, eggplant, shallots

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Classification of Vegetables…

• Edible or economic parts eaten

Pods
Roots
Bulbs
Tubers
Leaves/tops
Flowers