Reaping a double benefit

Two rice crops annually in semi-arid tropic regions good for soil fertility, claims study

Irregularities galore in Bt trials

New classification system for potato

Deschooling farmers

Anti-greening measures

Easy method to detect bacterial infection in citrus varieties

The catcher in the gene

Evidence finally links phytoplasmas to root wilt disease in coconut trees

Bangladesh's GM gamble

Anil Chandra Mahanta, one of the first 20 farmers to cultivate genetically modified brinjal in South Asia, does not understand the new technology.…

Fighting hidden hunger

Dr Howarth E Bouis, director of HarvestPlus, is a doctorate from Stanford University. He is promoting biofortification within the Consultative …

New rice varieties flourish in deep waters

New varieties of rice that can be grown in flood-hit areas are producing higher yields. Combined with other crops, they can give the farmer a …

Prolific movements

Researchers prove that movements in the Earth's crust are largely responsible for the uneven distribution of global biological diversity

'The world's entire gene-pool is open for manipulation'

INDRA VASIL was one of the first scientists to successfully manipulate wheat plants using genetic engineering techniques. Before he came in, …

Linkage between science and public policy has weakened

M S Swaminathan, popularly known as the father of India’s Green Revolution, has been associated with national agricultural research system (…

Duping pests

Pesticides are not the only way

Unproductive

Two meetings on revving up India's farm sector

Biotechnology for poor farmers

It's a myth

Saving papaya

Between fungi

India gets ready for banana war

A fungus that threatens popular Cavendish bananas traced in the country

Fringe benefits taxed

Post-independence policies have taken away all securities of the small farmer

Neem-coated growth

The Union government's decision to produce neem-coated urea will not only improve soil health and agriculture, but also halt its illegal …

Genetic engineering

Promising initial tests of new rice strains with high potential for farmers have spurred biotechnologists to press ahead with the search for …

Diseased fields

Dying paddy crops leave Kashmir valley farmers high and dry. The state government chips in late to combat the crisis

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

India's research on forage crops fails to avert fodder shortage

But it does churn out some unconventional alternatives

Bt for Better Times?

Good weather, illegal Bt seeds raise Punjab's sagging cotton yields