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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. industrial crops
  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. non-food crops
  5. industrial crops
  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. industrial crops
  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. industrial crops
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. industrial crops
  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. industrial crops
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. industrial crops

Preferred term

industrial crops

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Those crops that are not specifically grown for foodstuffs (such as fruit crops, vegetable crops and grain crops), but are specifically grown to yield a useful product for man or industrial processes, such as fiber, oils, rubber, chemicals, resions, energy, waxes, or dyes.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • industrial plants (crops)
  • nonfood crops
  • technical crops

Has product

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/134917

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