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Mobile soil nutrient tester

The soil meter will be available in four months; cost: Rs 5,000

Urea coated with neem

Tomato decoded

Gene analysis shows how it got its size and flavour

Bt's soil chemistry

Transgenic tomato ready for field trial

Wheat rusts no more

Tartaric acid in, aluminium out

Cheaper, eco-friendly method to tackle soil toxicity

Coming soon: more entrants into basmati family

ICAR’s shoddy science

Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical

Sewage treatment wetland in making

IARI develops wetlands that treat sewage water for irrigation

GM and the superhero

Moneymakers

Green tribunal orders closure of 34 illegal packaged drinking water units in Noida, Greater Noida

Ban on use of groundwater for construction in the two NCR cities to continue

As a heatwave spectre hangs again over India’s wheat harvest, its home-grown crop simulation model can help

InfoCrop, available for free on IARI’s website, can forecast climate impact on farm yield in real time

European wheat not prepared for climate change

A group of European researchers found that the current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices are not sufficiently resilient to the …

Value in the weed: Profit potential of green and leafy bathua

Bathua is in demand for its nutrition and taste. Improved varieties of the weed can make it popular among farmers

Scientists develop bio-fortified maize to address ‘hidden hunger’

The new hybrids have 4.5 folds more vitamin A content and similar amounts of lysine and tryptophan as earlier varieties

CSE’s organic experiment: Challenge starts with procuring right seeds

Local shops and India’s premier research institute failed to provide organic seeds of vegetable

Neem-coated growth

The Union government's decision to produce neem-coated urea will not only improve soil health and agriculture, but also halt its illegal …

Potential help

Agromet advisory still in its infancy in India but set to be implemented on a larger scale

Maya of Indian Science

Lies, denial and outright fraud have become the hallmark of Indian agricultural research because there is no accountability

Missing pulse

Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is …

India cannot afford organic farming

S K SINHA national professor at the Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, spoke to Manish Tiwari on food …

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture