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Cropping up
GENES, CROPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT by John Holden, James Peacock and Trevor Williams Publisher: Cambridge University Press Price: Not stated
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Bacteria teach crops how to endure drought
A hardy bacterium that can adapt to water-scarce conditions offers clues to how crops can survive dry periods
Teak planter warned
INDONESIA
Axing the eucalyptus
Green sees red
Surging success
With agriculture playing a dominant role in nations' economy, efforts -should be directed at making it more productive One way of doing it would …
Poor monsoon
Nine new crop varieties
Bamboo shock
The Mizoram government gears up to face the menace of bamboo flowering
Another setback
Eating the banana (tree)
Virtually every part of the banana tree finds use in kitchens across south, east and northeastern India. Here are a few recipes from Bengal
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Green peace in black curls
Traditional tea cultivation in China's Jinuoshan area, unlike in most other places, ensures ecological balance
Pouring prosperity
The micro-watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought-prone …
New discovery of protein in plants’ immune systems can help create superior crops, boost agriculture
A flood of calcium surrounds plants’ stomata triggering them to close and resist pathogens; exactly how calcium entered cells remained …
क्या 4200 साल पहले तापमान में आए बदलाव ने किया धान का विकास और प्रसार
4200 साल पहले ऐसा क्या हुआ था जिससे चीन में उगने वाली एक फसल एशिया के अन्य हिस्सों में भी फैल गयी| आइये समझते ...
Tradition of food migration bypassed
Evolution ensured people adopted new foods through generations of experiments. but in a fast globalising age, we don’t seem to have …
It’s a hot potato for PepsiCo and farmers
The corporate giant claims that the farmers are cultivating their proprietary FC5 potatoes without permission
Damning allegations: India's fields still have Bt brinjal
Coalition for a GM-Free allege it found the banned genetically modified crop in Haryana
The logic of mass tree plantations
Such plantations can succeed in India only if farmers are given proper incentive and protection to grow them
Tamil Nadu’s innovative methods of seed plantation
The state has been trying out a number of novel and unique ways to plant seeds of various tree species and ensure that they survive and make …