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Title

Rodent Damage to Various Annual and Perennial Crops of India and Its Management

Authors

Ranjan Advani, Dept. of Health, City of New York

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

April 1987

The results of about 12 years' study deals with rodent damage to several annual and perennial crops of India including cereal, vegetable, fruit, plantation and other cash crops. The rodent species composition in order of predominance infesting different crops and cropping patterns percent damages and cost effectiveness of rodent control operations in each crop and status of rodent management by predators are analysed.