Peanut belongs to crops, not cereals, but cash crops. Its main purpose is to extract oil, and its economic benefit is very high. Its growth needs sufficient sunshine, but the daily sunshine time should be below 10 hour, so as not to affect the yield. It is a crop with moderate chlorine tolerance, but it is not suitable for applying too much compound fertilizer containing chlorine and nitrogen.

Peanut crop types

Peanut belongs to crops and is an economic crop among crops, but it does not belong to cereal crops. This crop is mainly distributed in Asia, Africa, America and other places. China is mainly planted in the northern region, which is a temperate crop.

What sunshine crop does peanut belong to?

Peanut is a short-day crop with rapid growth and development. The growth of plants needs sufficient sunshine, but it also needs darkness for more than 14 hours every day. If the illumination time is too long, it will affect its yield.

Do peanuts belong to food crops?

Peanut is not a food crop, but a cash crop, because it has high oil content and can provide raw materials for light industry.

Is peanut a cash crop?

Peanut is also a kind of cash crop, and it is an oil crop in cash crops. Its main purpose is to extract oil. The oil squeezed from peanuts is light yellow, transparent and very clear.

Is peanut a chlorine-free crop?

Peanut is not a chlorine-free crop, but a moderately chlorine-tolerant crop, but peanut should not be applied with too much compound fertilizer containing chlorine and nitrogen.

Peanut plant species

Peanut is angiosperm, dicotyledonous plant, leguminous plant and peanut, which is mainly distributed in China, Brazil and Egypt. In the case of fertile soil, the yield per mu of peanuts can be as high as 1 1,000 kg.