The correct way of indicating a scientific name of a crop is:

Question

a) Lycopersicon esculentum
b) Lycopersicon Esculentum
c) lycopersicon esculentum
d) Lycopersicon esculentum
e) All of the above
f) None of the above

Answer 1

The correct way of indicating a scientific name of a crop follows the conventions of binomial nomenclature, which states that the genus name should be capitalized and the species name should be in lowercase, both italicized. Therefore, the correct answer is:

d) Lycopersicon esculentum