Pest and Disease Modeling for Operational Agromet Advisory Services

In India, although the productivity of major crops has increased substantially in recent years, a sizable loss occurs annually because of pest and disease infestation. Approximately, 25% of all crops are lost due to insects, diseases, and pests (this includes losses of up to 20% due to nematodes and of 6–8% due to vertebrate pests including rodents). In large volume commodities, such losses stand to be enormous.