About the Book: A Colour Handbook on Rainfed Kharif Crops: Protection
Constraints and Mitigation Strategies
Kharif season crops of rainfed areas are inflicted by several important insect
pests, diseases and weeds. Correct identification of insect pests, diseases and
weeds is therefore necessary not only for strict quarantine to check the spread
of new pest species, but to achieve the desired productivity levels.
The purpose of this publication entitled "A Colour Handbook on Rainfed Kharif
Crops: Protection, Constraints and Mitigation Strategies" is to assist the
students, field researchers, scholars and farmers in correct identification of
these pests and their management thereof. In this book, efforts have been made
to describe