The book includes scientific principles as well as technological advances made in this area of the crop production and tillage. The general public interested in the topic would be able to grasp the principles as well as practices of agricultural implements and machinery in the context of raising specific field crops for better crop production.

Tillage refers to mechanical manipulation of the soil that is used to provide necessary soil conditions favourable for the growth of crops. Tillage includes all operations and practices that are used for the purpose of modifying the physical character of the soil. Tilling the soil is the most difficult and time consuming operation in field crop production.

At present, there is no comprehensive text book on Crop Production and Tillage and applied aspects suitable for farmers. This book will provide comprehensive information on the subject matter and fulfill the needs of students and other professionals. This is a book containing all sorts of chapters on crop production and tillage. Though this book primarily written to serve as a text-cum-reference book for the students of agriculture in under graduate and post graduate levels and technologists in developing organizations, it is hoped that this book will be valuable for similar groups in the third world countries of Asia and Africa. This book also serves as a valuable reference for the candidates preparing Agricultural Research Services and other competitive examinations. Professional Institutions in Soil Conservation, Krishi Vigyna Kendras and Rural Institutions and similar other Institutions would find this book very much helpful. The farmers may refer this book to practice the agricultural implements and machinery in the context of raising field crops as the considerable emphasis is placed for obtaining maximum profitable production per unit area per unit time.

The author acknowledges his indebtedness to authors of books from which most of the material in the text has been drawn. In several cases, it has not been possible to obtain permission for reproduction for which the author and publishers offer their sincere apologies.