Foreword, Contents, Preface Intensive cultivation, monocropping and excessive indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers have not only damaged the entire eco-system, but is also responsible for the rise in several pest incidences in the recent past. Well known examples are of whitefly attack in cotton, mealy bug havoc in several crops, leaf folder attack in rice, etc. In the developing countries, the problem of competition from insect pests is further complicated with a rapid annual increase in the human population (2.5-3.0 percentage) in comparison to a 1.0 percentage increase in food production. To overcome this problem, we need to educate mainly the farmers and agriculture department field functionaries, who are in direct contact with the farmers. In field, exact and correct identification of the field problem, based on the symptoms, is of prime importance. The symptoms are usually very confusing in the field and not only farmers but also the field functionaries, sometimes gets confused with the correct identification, thus resulting in wrong pesticide application.

1.1    Cereals     Wheat/Barley          1. Wheat aphid, Macrosiphum miscanthi (Hemiptera; Aphididae)     2. Armyworm, Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)     3. Ghujhia weevil, Tanymecus indicus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)     4. Termites, Odontotermes obesus Ramb. (Isoptera: Termitidae)     5. Shoot fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say) (Diptera: Cecidomyidae)     6. Wheat Gall nematode, Anguina tritici (Tylenchida: Tylenchidae)     7. Molya nematode, Heterodera avenae (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae)              Pulses     Chickpea          1. Pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)     2. Semilooper, Autographa nigrisigna Walker (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae)     3. Aphids, Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae)     4. Hairy caterpillar, Amsacta moorei (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)     5. Cut worm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)          Fieldpea          1. Pea leaf miner, Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau) (Diptera: Agromyzidae)     2. Pea pod borer, Etiella zinckenella Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae)     3. Gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)     4. Pea stem fly, Melanogromyza phaseoli Tryon (Diptera: Agromyzidae)     5. Pea blue butterfly Lampides boeticus Linnaeus (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae)     6. Pea green aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) S. lat. (Hemiptera: Aphididae)     7. Cut worm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)              Lentil          1. Lentil pod borer, Etiella zinckenella (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae)     2. Black aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae)     3. Cut worm,  Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)              Lathyrus              1. Pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera     2. Aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae)     3. Bean bugs, Clavigralla gibbosa Spinola (Hemiptera: Coreidae)          Horsegram          1. Pod borer, E. zinckenella (Lepidoptera:Phycitidae)     2. Hairy caterpillar, Amsacta sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)     3. Aphids, Aphis craccivora (Homoptera: Aphididae)     4. Whitefly and Green Jassid     5. Plume moth, Exelastis atomosa (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)              Oilseeds     Mustard/Toria / Gobhi Sarson          1. Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysismi (Hemiptera : Aphididae)     2. Mustard saw fly: Athalia lugens proxima (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)     3. Leaf webber: Crocidolomia binotalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)     4. Leaf miner: Chromatomyia horticola (Phytomyza atricornis)(Diptera: Agromyzidae)     5. Cabbage head borer: Hellula undalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)     6. Diamondback moth: Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)     7. Painted bug: Bargrada hilaris cruciferarum (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)          Polyphagous Pests              1. Rodents

2.1    Cereals     Wheat          1. Yellow rust or stripe rust     2. Brown rust     3. Loose smut     4. Flag smut     5. Karnal bunt     6. Powdery mildew     7. Leaf blight              Barley          1. Leaf stripe     2. Covered smut     3. Loose smut               Pulses     Chickpea          1. Ascochyta blight     2. Grey mould     3. Dry root rot     4. Collar rot     5. Wilt          Lentil          1. Ascochyta blight     2. Anthracnose of lentil     3. Wilt     4. Sclerotinia stem rot          Field pea          1. Powdery mildew     2. Rust of peas     3. Downy mildew of peas          Rapeseed and Mustard          1. Alternaria blight     2. Rust or white blister     3. Downy mildew     4. Powdery mildew          Linseed          1. Rust     2. Wilt     3. Blight of linseed

3.1    Cereals     List of weeds in Rabi season crops     Management of weeds in Cereals          Wheat          Management of weeds in Pulses          Chickpea     Fieldpea     Lentil          Management of weeds in Oilseeds          1. Rapeseed / Mustard / Toria     2. Pictures of major weeds of Rabi season crops          Non-crop lands weeds and their management          1. Parthenium hysterophorus     2. Saccharum spontaneum     3. Lantana camara

4.1    Functions of Plant Nutrient and Deficiency Symptoms Function of Plant Nutrient          1. Nitrogen     2. Phosphorus     3. Potassium     4. Calcium     5. Magnesium     6. Sulphur     7. Manganese     8. Molybdenum     9. Copper     10. Boron     11. Zinc     12. Iron     13. Chlorine     14. Nickel     15. Sodium     16. Cobalt     17. Silicon

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