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The field of crop production is an integral part of agronomy. Production technologies of field crops are now being redefined under the scenario of climate change and ecological imbalance. The redefined technologies for raising Rabi/winter season crops are needs to be encapsulated in the shape of a book. The present book is a sincere attempt to cater the needs of altered agricultural scenario. The book includes recently recommended package of practices for major cereals, pulses, oilseeds, commercial and fodder crops. Besides, the book also incorporates the recommended integrated package of technologies for nutrients, water, pests weed management and farm mechanization in details as dedicated chapters. The content of the book is planned as per the syllabus based on Fifth Dean’s Committee’s recommendations for undergraduate courses in agriculture.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Wheat/VB.S. Kandalkar and S.P.S. Tomar. 2. Barley/S.B. Agrawal and Anay K. Rawat. 3. Chickpea/Sandeep Sharma, Mohammad Yasin and Priyanka Joshi. 4. Field pea/R.K.S. tomar, B.S. Kasana, A.K. Singh and Y.C. Rikhari. 5. Lentil/Ashok Saxena, R.P. Singh and Sandeep Sharma. 6. Lathyrus/V.K. Gupta. 7. Rapeseed and mustard/V.K. Tiwari and S.S. Tomar. 8. Linseed/P.K. Tyagi and Rudrasen Singh. 9. Sunflower/K.R. Naik and ajay Chourasiya. 10. Safflower/Jagdish Singh and Indu Swarup. 11. Potato/S.P. Singh, M.J. Sadawarti, S. roy and S.K. Chakraborty. 12. Sugarcane/G.S. Rawat. 13. Berseem/Hansa Lakhran, Rohitash Bajiya, Meena Choudhary, M.K. Bhargava and S.R. Kantwa.14. Oats/R.P.S. Tomar. 15. Lucerne/Brajraj Singh Kasana and Saurabh Gupta. 16. Integrated nutrient management in Rabi crops/S.K. Verma and Shashi S. Yadav. 17. Integrated water management in Rabi crops/M.P. Jain and Devendra Patil. 18. Integrated weed management in Rabi field crops/Shailendra Singh Kushwah and Suresh Singh Tomar. 19. Integrated pest management in Rabi crops/S.N. Upadhyay and S.B. Singh. 20. Integrated pest management in Rabi crops/Rajni Singh Sasode, R.K. Pandya and Reeti Singh. 21. Farm mechanization for sustainable agriculture in India/Akhilesh Singh, Subhash Thakur and Prashant Shrivastava.