Biopesticide developed from garlic

Why India has the world's lowest rate of Alzheimer's disease

Moneymakers

Friendly parasites

Spiderman comes to town

Georges Brossard came to town to inform us that tiny creatures can solve most of our problems

Cause for alarm

Studies show that a crop pest may evolve resistance to a biological pesticide Bt toxin more rapidly than believed

Bee aware

Seeds that discourage insects

Genetically-engineered pea seeds can successfully ward off voracious pests

Targeting hoppers

Green killer

Fungal weapon

Sunflower relish

What a trap

Training villagers in organic farming

Despite the general reluctance of farmers to adopt organic farming, one village in Tamil Nadu is using these techniques successfully.

Using viruses for biological pest control

The use of viruses as control agents against crop attacking insects is increasingly becoming popular.

Fighting fungi

Peaches and pests

Peach oil may replace some dangerous human-made compounds used for pest control

The herbal coming!

An Indian research institute has developed a herbal insecticide and a neem-based insect repellent

Undercover agents

What makes nematodes so good at killing crop pests

India's miracle tree ready to storm markets

After generating a lot of scientific interest worldwide, neem is now attracting pesticide manufacturers and pharmaceuticals keen to exploit its …

New biopesticide conquers mosquito larvae

Malaria is attaining near epidemic proportions in the country but researchers in Madras hold out a ray of hope. They have produced an …

Checking a menace

A virus is being used to destroypests that damage the chickpea crop

When ducks get to work

Employing ducks in the paddy field heralds an era of prosperity for farmers in Japan, and in time worldwide

Row over pesticides

Natural pesticides