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    The document lists the major crops grown in Pakistan, including their botanical names, families, agronomic uses, and typical growing seasons. It covers cereal crops like wheat, rice, maize; pulses or food legumes like chickpeas, lentils, mung beans; oilseed crops such as canola, sunflower, peanuts; fiber crops including cotton and jute; sugar crops like sugarcane and sugarbeets; and forage crops such as berseem clover, alfalfa, and sorghum for fodder. Most cereal crops are grown in the Rabi (winter) season, while pulses, oilseeds and forage crops are commonly planted in the Kharif

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    List of Crops of Pakistan With Sowing Time

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    The document lists the major crops grown in Pakistan, including their botanical names, families, agronomic uses, and typical growing seasons. It covers cereal crops like wheat, rice, maize; pulses or food legumes like chickpeas, lentils, mung beans; oilseed crops such as canola, sunflower, peanuts; fiber crops including cotton and jute; sugar crops like sugarcane and sugarbeets; and forage crops such as berseem clover, alfalfa, and sorghum for fodder. Most cereal crops are grown in the Rabi (winter) season, while pulses, oilseeds and forage crops are commonly planted in the Kharif

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    LIST OF CROPS OF PAKISTAN

    With AGRONOMIC USE AND GROWING SEASON

    Sr. Vernacular
    no. name

    Botanical name

    A. CEREAL CROPS
    1.
    Ghandum / Kanak / Triticum aestivum
    Wheat
    2.
    Juo / Barley
    Hordeum vulgare
    3.

    Family

    Agronomic Sowing
    use
    season

    Poaceae

    Cereals

    Rabi

    Poaceae

    Cereals/
    Fodder
    Cereals

    Rabi

    Cereals /
    Fodder /
    Oilseeds
    Cereals /
    Fodder

    Kharif

    Dhaan / Rice /
    Paddy
    Makkai / Corn /
    Maize

    Oryza sativa

    Poaceae

    Zea mays

    Poaceae

    5.

    Jowar / Chari /
    Great Millet /
    Sorghum

    Sorghum bicolor

    Poaceae

    6.

    Bajra / Pearl Millet

    Pennisetum typhoides

    Poaceae

    Cereals /
    Fodder

    Cicer arietinum

    Fabaceae

    Pulses

    Rabi

    Cicer arietinum

    Fabaceae

    Pulses

    Rabi

    Pisum sativum
    Lens culnaris
    Vigna radiata

    Fabaceae
    Fabaceae
    Fabaceae

    Pulses
    Pulses
    Pulses

    Rabi
    Rabi
    Kharif

    Vigna mungo

    Fabaceae

    Pulses

    Kharif

    Cajanus cajan

    Fabaceae

    Pulses

    Kharif

    Vigna unguiculata

    Fabaceae

    Pulses

    Kharif

    Vigna unguiculata

    Fabaceae

    Pulses

    Kharif

    Brassica campestris

    Cruiferae

    Oilseeds

    Rabi

    Brassica napus

    Cruiferae

    Oilseeds

    Rabi

    4.

    1.
    2.

    3.
    4.
    5.

    6.
    7.
    8.
    9.
    1.

    2.

    B. FOOD LEGUMES
    Kalay Channay /
    Chickpea / Gram
    Kabuli Channay /
    Chickpea / White
    Gram
    Field pea
    Masur / Lentil
    Mung bean /
    Oregon Pea /
    Green Gram
    Mash / Urd Bean /
    Black Gram
    Pigeon pea / Red
    Gram / Arhar
    Lobia / Cowpea /
    Black-eyed Pea
    Rawan / Cowpea
    C. OILSEED CROPS
    Toria / Brown or
    Yellow Sarsoon /
    Rapeseed
    Gohbi Sarsoon /
    Rapeseed

    Kharif

    Kharif (Grain
    purpose)
    Rabi (Fodder
    purpose)
    Kharif

    3.

    Raya / Indian
    Mustard
    Taramera /
    Mustard
    Canola / Rapeseed
    Moongphali /
    Ground nut /
    Peanuts
    Suraj Mukkhi /
    Sunflower
    Makkai / Corn /
    Maize

    Brassica juncea

    Cruiferae

    Oilseeds

    Rabi

    Eruca sativa

    Cruiferae

    Oilseeds

    Rabi

    Brassica napus
    Arachis hypogea

    Cruiferae
    Fabaceae

    Oilseeds
    Oilseeds

    Rabi
    Kharif

    Helianthus annus

    Compositae

    Oilseeds

    Rabi

    Zea mays

    Poaceae

    Kharif

    9.
    10.
    11.
    12.
    13.

    Zeatoon / Olive
    Kala Til / Niger
    Sufaid Til / Sesame
    Alsi / Linseed
    Guar / Cluster bean

    Oleaceae
    Compositae
    Pedaliacea
    Linaceae
    Fabaceae

    14.

    Kappas / Cotton

    Olera europeae
    Guizotia abyssinica
    Sesamum indicum
    Linum ustitatissimum
    Cyamopsis
    tetragonolba
    Gossypium arboretum
    & G. hirsutum

    Cereals /
    Fodder /
    Oilseeds
    Oilseeds
    Oilseeds
    Oilseeds
    Oilseeds
    Fodder /
    Oilseeds
    Oilseeds /
    Fiber

    Gossypium arboretum
    & G. hirsutum
    Corchorus capsularis /
    C. olitorius

    Malvaceae

    Kharif

    Tilliaceae

    Oilseeds /
    Fiber
    Fibre

    Saccharum officinarum

    Poaceae

    Sugar

    Perennial

    Beta vulgaris

    Chenopodiaceae Sugar

    Rabi

    Trifolium
    alexanderinum

    Fabaceae

    Fodder /
    Green
    Manure
    Fodder

    Rabi

    Fodder
    Fodder /
    Oilseeds
    Cereals /
    Fodder

    Rabi
    Kharif

    4.
    5.
    6.

    7.
    8.

    D. FIBER CROPS
    1.
    Kappas / Cotton
    2.

    Patsun / Jute

    E. SUGAR CROPS
    1.
    Kammad / Ganna /
    Sugarcane
    2.
    Chuqandar /
    Sugarbeet
    F. FORAGE CROPS
    1.
    Berseem / Egyptian
    Clover
    2.

    Malvaceae

    Shaftal / Persian
    Trifolium resupinatum
    Clover
    Lucern / Alfalfa
    Medicago sativa
    Guar / Cluster bean Cyamopsis
    tetragonolba
    Jowar / Chari /
    Sorghum bicolor
    Great Millet /
    Sorghum

    Fabaceae

    6.

    Jai / Oat

    Avena sativa

    Poaceae

    7.

    Makkai / Corn /

    Zea mays

    Poaceae

    3.
    4.
    5.

    Fabaceae
    Fabaceae
    Poaceae

    Fodder /
    Cereals
    Cereals /

    Kharif
    Kharif
    Rabi
    Kharif
    Kharif

    Kharif

    Rabi

    Kharif (Grain
    purpose)
    Rabi (Fodder
    purpose)
    Rabi
    Kharif
    2

    Maize
    8.

    Juo / Barley

    9.
    10.
    11.
    12.
    13.

    Kangani
    Haloon
    Cheena
    Jantar
    Mott. Grass

    Hordeum vulgare

    Poaceae

    Fodder /
    Oilseeds
    Cereals/
    Fodder
    Fodder
    Fodder
    Fodder
    Fodder
    Fodder

    Rabi

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