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 (…

Pee for plants

Experiments explore the potential of urine as fertilizer

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

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

Hard work, but low wages for women farmers

Women farmers earn 22 per cent less than their male counterparts

Electric pollination

Starch watch

High-yield, low agro-diversity

Green Revolution crops have also snuffed out farmers' wisdom in the Western Himalaya

India importing pulses despite self-reliance

Despite the Centre's claims of not importing pulses the previous year, foreign dal still entered the country

Centre levies 50 per cent import duty on peas; domestic prices likely to get a boost

The development will directly benefit chickpea farmers, who are likely to get higher price for chickpea crops this season

Toxic truths

A soil bacterium produces a lethal toxin which kills insects as they chew their way into a plant

Hi-tech harvests

Rural agricultural practices in the UK maybe in for an automation invasion. Robots, instead of humans, will pick and sort through vegetables …