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Crop guides for India.
Season, water need, soil pH, the main risks and what to watch stage by stage, for 50 crops grown across India.
Cereals and millets
- SugarcaneAnnual (12-18 month crop) · about 1500 mm a season · main risk: Red Rot
- WheatRabi · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Rust
- RiceKharif (plus Rabi/boro in the east and south) · about 1200 mm a season · main risk: Blast
- MaizeKharif and Rabi · about 600 mm a season · main risk: Stem Borer
- MilletsKharif · about 250 mm a season · main risk: Blast
- SorghumKharif and Rabi · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Shoot Fly
Pulses and oilseeds
- SoybeanKharif · about 450 mm a season · main risk: Rust
- GroundnutKharif and summer · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Collar Rot
- MustardRabi · about 300 mm a season · main risk: Aphids
- SunflowerKharif, Rabi and summer · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Rust
- SesameKharif · about 300 mm a season · main risk: Phytophthora Blight
- CastorKharif · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Wilt
- Flax (Linseed)Rabi · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Wilt
Vegetables
- TomatoKharif, Rabi and summer · about 600 mm a season · main risk: Blossom End Rot
- ChiliKharif and Rabi · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Leaf Curl
- CabbageRabi · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Black Rot
- CauliflowerRabi (early, mid, late groups) · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Curd Blight
- PeasRabi · about 300 mm a season · main risk: Powdery Mildew
- OkraKharif and summer · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Yellow Vein Mosaic
- BrinjalYear-round (three plantings) · about 600 mm a season · main risk: Shoot Borer
Roots, tubers and bulbs
- PotatoRabi · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Late Blight
- OnionRabi and Kharif · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Purple Blotch
- GarlicRabi · about 400 mm a season · main risk: White Rot
- CarrotRabi · about 400 mm a season · main risk: Soft Rot
- RadishRabi (year-round in mild climates) · about 300 mm a season · main risk: Flea Beetles
Fruit, orchard and plantation crops
- GrapesPerennial (pruned for October-March season) · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Powdery Mildew
- MangoPerennial (flowering December-February) · about 800 mm a season · main risk: Anthracnose
- BananaPerennial (12-14 month cycle) · about 1200 mm a season · main risk: Panama Disease
- TeaPerennial (plucking rounds year-round) · about 2000 mm a season · main risk: Blister Blight
- CoffeePerennial (blossom showers February-March) · about 1500 mm a season · main risk: Berry Borer
- RubberPerennial (tapping from year 7) · about 2000 mm a season · main risk: Abnormal Leaf Fall
- CoconutPerennial (60+ year palm) · about 1500 mm a season · main risk: Bud Rot
- ArecanutPerennial · about 1500 mm a season · main risk: Fruit Rot
- CashewPerennial (flowering November-February) · about 500 mm a season · main risk: Tea Mosquito Bug
- AppleTemperate perennial (needs 1000+ chilling hours) · about 800 mm a season · main risk: Scab
- PomegranatePerennial (bahar-regulated) · about 600 mm a season · main risk: Bacterial Blight
- PapayaShort-lived perennial (fruiting in 9-11 months) · about 1500 mm a season · main risk: Ring Spot Virus
- GuavaPerennial (rainy + winter crops) · about 600 mm a season · main risk: Fruit Fly
- CitrusPerennial (ambia/mrig bahar) · about 900 mm a season · main risk: Citrus Canker
- CardamomPerennial (shade-grown) · about 2500 mm a season · main risk: Capsule Borer
- Black PepperPerennial vine · about 2000 mm a season · main risk: Quick Wilt
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