What do we get from cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables?
(i) Cereals - provide us with carbohydrates. They fulfill our energy requirements. Wheat, rice, maize are cereals.
(ii) Pulses - provide proteins, Gram, pea and lentil are pulses.
(iii) Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins and minerals. They also provide small amount of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are also present in them.
How do biotic and abiotic factors affect crop production?
What are macro-nutrients and why are they called macro-nutrients?
How do plants get nutrients?
What are the desirable agronomic characteristics for crop improvements?