Why potato's cousins remain neglected

Tubers come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and pack quite a punch

Furore over GMOs

Prince Charles' organic passion!

Organic farming gets royal patronage in England

GM Crops put on hold

Rice for dry areas

Drought-tolerant genes mapped in Indian variety

Not ready for Roundup Ready

Notwithstanding the resounding failure of its Bt cotton, Monsanto has begun to introduce another genetically modified crop into India, its …

Weed menace

Careless dumping of genetically modified canola plants triggers an outcry in South Australia

Book review: Seeds of Contention

The good thing about this book is that it makes a clear attempt to scale down the shrill rhetoric of the gm debate. The sharp language and …

Debating GM crops: Let sound science, and so good sense, inform it

The Paris-based International Council for Science, a federation of more than 100 national science academies, has come out with the biggest review …

In a sudden u-turn, Madhya Pradesh refuses to include three Rabi crops under Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana

The decision comes after Centre refused to contribute 50 per cent towards Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana

Transgenic cotton trials

Pest control

Golden cure

Facts modified

To help the biotech industry

Targeting hoppers

GRENADA

Crop Residue Management Guidelines 2023-24 welcome move for bioenergy industry but concerns remain

Project still lacks timeline, making it difficult to gauge the urgency with which the government wants to begin implementation

European-origin pathogen poses big threat to potato crop in India

Scientists at West Bengal State University have found 19 unique and highly aggressive variants of Phytophthora infestans, a microorganism that …

Promoting permaculture can put an end to GMO culture in India

Experts at the 13th Permaculture Convergence in Telangana reposed faith in permaculture and urged farmers to explore this as an alternative to …

Trials under trial

THE PHILIPPINES

Corn cleared

Genetically modified, and spreading

CHINA

China