For quite a long time, farmers have cultivated sugarcane to produce sugar. This remarkable crop is of big importance as a cash crop for families and smallholders. The main purpose of its cultivation...

Cotton, the commercial crop is the backbone of the textile industry as it employs vast majority of population directly or indirectly and earns the foreign exchange too.The major use of cotton today is in...

Chilli is one of the important vegetable and commercial spice crops grown throughout the the world. Number of limiting factors have been attributed for the low productivity, among which, the damage caused by mites...

  The diamondback moth is the most destructive insect pest of cabbage throughout the world. It is a small, greyish-brown, night-flying moth with a one inch wingspan. When at rest, the moth holds its...

Cotton is susceptible to a wide range of insect pests. Among these pests cotton aphids are the most destructive insect of cotton plant. These are small soft bodied insects with a pair of cornicles,...

Tea is the most popular and cheapest beverage in the world and it can be termed as the smart beverage keeping in view the health benefits derived from drinking tea. Like other agricultural and horticultural...

  The most steady insect related challenge for cotton cultivators is thrips. These small, scarcely noticeable, chip like creepy crawlies are important pests during the first couple of weeks after plants emerge. They can...

Sugarcane is one of the most important sugar crops grown in India occupying an area of 5.03 million hectares with an average productivity of 70.86 tonnes per hectare . It is also regarded as...

Powdery mildew is the most persistent fungal problem of grapes in India and one of the most widespread fungal diseases of grapevines in the world. The disease generally is considered economically important . It...

C. difformis is a sedge which is known as the world’s worst weeds. being a problem especially in rice, is native to the tropics of the Old World, but is spreading well outside. It...