Group the following and tabulate them as energy yielding, protein yielding, oil yielding and fodder crop.

Wheat, rice, berseem, maize, gram, oat, pigeon gram, sudan grass, lentil, soyabean, groundnut, castor and mustard.

The correct answer is

(1) Energy yielding— wheat, rice, maize


(2) Protein yielding— gram, pigeon gram, lentil, soybean


(3) Oil yielding— groundnut, castor, mustard, soybean


(4) Fodder crops— berseem, oat, sudan grass


Different plants are categorized as per the kind of product they yield. If a plant yield energy after consumption then it is known as energy yielding plant.


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