A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses

"A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses" by K. Rangachari is an early 20th-century scientific guide that explores the many types of grasses found across the southern plains of India. The guide identifies around one hundred different species crucial to both farming and animal care, highlighting their financial impact often missed by farmers. It underlines the adaptability of grasses to diverse landscapes and their essential role in agriculture, especially for feeding cattle. Using "Panicum javanicum" as an example, the book explains the basic traits and growth of grasses, emphasizing the need for farmers to know about these plants so they can improve how they farm as the population grows and farmland changes.