Crop Production Vocabulary

1. The process of covering fruits (and, in some cases vegetables) with artificial waxing material
4. A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be brought and sold, such as copper or coffee.
9. Dry, single-seeded fruits that have high oil content
10. A plant, animal, or microorganism that has had its genetic material changes using technology that generally involves the specific modification of DNA, including the transfer of specific DNA from one organism to another
12. Is a common unit for many fruits and vegetables to produce fresh-cut, minimally processed, and canned food products
13. Up keeping plants using sheers
14. The selective flowers, fruits, shoots, and seedlings or young plants to allow adequate space for the remaining organs/plants grow efficiently

2. season A part of the year which rainfall and temperature allow plants to grow.
3. Fruit sugar
5. water is removed from the food by hot air or heated surface driers
6. A technique in vegetable growing. Young shoots of plants are covered to exclude light to prevent photosynthesis and the production of chlorophyll, and thus remain pale in color
7. Market A food market which local farmers sell fruit and vegetables and often meat, cheese, and bakery products directly to customers
8. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
11. Using water to remove soil and debris off the produce as well as reduce the presence of any bad microbes that could cause foodborne diseases