Potato shield for bamboo

Coatings of potato starch can protect bamboo shoots from microbes and browning

Parasite to control locust

A parasite found in locust hindgut inhibits its ability to swarm

Fighting drought

Pest help

Ecofriendly moves

Give refuge

Else, Bt may become ineffective

Urea coated with neem

Protein-enriched GM potato

Weak gene

Dial 100

Biocontrolling congress grass

Union Budget 2022-23: Allocation for agricultural education and research reduced

Expenditure on agricultural education, animal science, crop science and management of natural resources reduced in the budget

Tried and tested

Traditional medical and agricultural practices, usually dismissed as unscientific, are regaining favour, with some help from Honeybee -- a …

The discerning eye of the insect

How do pests select which plants to attack in the field? By smelling odours plants emit, believe most entomologists. But now an alternative …

Moss genes may enable crops to survive drought

Human proteins

Bioengineered crops seem to be a cheap way of producing proteins and enzymes

‘Green should be the colour of the future’: Global bodies launch campaign to protect forests

Joint Call to Action for Forests to highlight need for increased action, political commitment to implement forest solutions in pursuit of SDGs

Fielding robots

As part of an effort to promote nasa 's technology, US researchers have developed two new automated agricultural machines

Tartaric acid in, aluminium out

Cheaper, eco-friendly method to tackle soil toxicity

Seed restoration

Bt gene harms GM plant

New answers to old questions on biosafety of GM crops

Made for India

Addition of newly-found gene could help Indian Bt cotton varieties withstand pest attacks

Irregularities galore in Bt trials

New classification system for potato

Deschooling farmers