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Contents:  Part 1: Foreword. Preface. 1. Wheat: Karnal Bunt, Spot blotch and Head Blight. 2. Wheat: Rusts - Status, diagnosis, etiology and management. 3. Wheat: Smuts - Status, diagnosis, etiology and management. 4. Wheat: Ear cockle and Yellow ear rot. 5. Rice: Blast, brown spot and false smut. 6. Rice: Sheath blight. 7. Rice: Sheath rot disease complex. 8. Rice: Bacterial blight, leaf streak and khaira disease. 9. Rice:  Bakanae and Tungro. 10. Maize: Major fungal diseases. 11. Maize: Bacterial stalk rot. 12. Sorghum: Smuts, Grain mold and Anthracnose. 13. Pearl Millet (Bajra): Commom diseases. 14. Pearl Millet (Bajra): Downy mildew and ergot. 15. Sugarcane: Red rot and smut. 16. Sugarcane: Ratoon stunting and grassy shoot. 17. Pigeonpea: Blight and Wilt. 18. Pigeonpea: Viral diseases. 
Part 2: Foreword. Preface. 19. Black Gram and Green Gram: Anthracnose, Cercospora leaf spot and powdery. 20 Green gram and Black Gram: Rust, root rot and yellow mosaic. 21. Chickpea (gram): Wilt, Grey mould, Ascochyta blight and root-knot. 22. Lentil and Fieldpea: Major diseases. 23. Rapeseed-Mustard: Downy Mildew and White rust. 24. Mustard: Alternaria blight and sclerotinia stem rot. 25. Soybean: Anthracnose and pod blight. 26. Soybean:  Seed and seedling blights, rots, bacterial spot and mosaic. 27. Soybean: Collar rot, leaf spot and rust. 28. Groundnut: Leaf spots, Silt and root-knot. 29. Sunflower: Sclerotinia rots and alternaria blight. 30. Sunflower: Head rot, rust and powdery mildew. 31. Cotton: Important disease and nematode problems. 32. Tobacco: Fungal diseases. 33. Tobacco: Bacterial and viral diseases. Subject Index.

The average crop productivity in India is considerably lower than the global average productivity for almost every crop including field crops. Diseases are one of the major causes for lowering of crop yields, destroy up to 20-30% of crop produce during pre-harvest and post-harvest stages. In this direction, a book presenting exclusively on “Diseases of Nationally Important Field Crops” is lacking in the market, as a result potential reader are deprived of being up-to-date relevant information. The present book is aimed to fulfil the gap of knowledge and embodies 33 chapters covering major diseases of nationally important field crops (cereals, pulses, oil yielding crops, cotton, tobacco etc.), highlighting the etiology, symptoms, disease cycle, economic importance, distribution, and management aspect with advanced approaches.