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Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology
Most Cultivated Crops in 2005
Rank in 2005
Rank in 2000
Area Cultivated in 2005 (HA)
Area Cultivated in 2002 (HA)
Wheat
1
1
214,666,735
215,474,117
Rice, paddy
2
2
152,904,158
153,942,855
Maize
3
3
143,798,427
139,494,325
Soybeans
4
4
92,443,356
74,321,496
Barley
5
5
55,895,782
54,489,630
Sorghum
6
6
43,360,759
40,831,541
Seed cotton
7
8
35,003,800
31,924,034
Millet
8
7
34,815,044
37,006,519
Rapeseed
9
9
27,448,195
25,833,433
Beans, dry
10
10
25,231,390
23,531,811
Groundnuts, with shell
11
11
23,469,008
23,358,847
Sunflower seed
12
12
22,372,946
21,161,673
Potatoes
13
13
18,872,538
20,130,298
Sugar cane
14
14
18,730,869
19,466,758
Cassava
15
15
18,320,052
17,059,381
Alfalfa for forage and silage
16
16
15,118,543
15,421,302
Oats
17
17
11,450,461
12,676,446
Coconuts
18
18
10,681,368
10,596,868
Chick peas
19
20
10,646,032
10,100,570
Coffee, green
20
19
10,007,069
10,317,198
Oil palm fruit
21
21
9,384,653
9,954,304
Cow peas, dry
22
25
9,170,820
7,494,030
Sweet potatoes
23
23
8,810,860
9,703,499
Natural rubber
24
31
8,114,849
5,640,296
Sesame seed
25
27
7,596,056
7,269,734
Olives
26
24
7,574,361
8,327,400
Grapes
27
26
7,470,679
7,377,007
Rye
28
22
6,829,860
9,818,138
Peas, dry
29
30
6,298,663
5,769,319
Rye grass for forage and silagea
30
5,505,313
Plantains
31
33
5,399,072
4,976,685
Cocoa beans
32
28
5,287,847
7,125,153
Sugar beet
33
29
5,240,711
6,011,351
Apples
34
32
4,774,376
5,310,185
Pigeon peas
35
34
4,572,039
4,244,022
Tomatoes
36
38
4,570,870
3,968,508
Bananas
37
37
4,370,342
4,030,079
Lentils
38
39
4,084,614
3,873,738
Tobacco
39
35
3,908,731
4,160,103
Triticalea
40
3,744,001
Model species
Arabidopsis
Brachypodium
Chlamydomonas
Lotus
Populus
Medicago
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