Towards a bitter end: India's neem shortage

India, the land of neem trees, faces acute shortage of neem oil, and now plans to import it for coating urea

Neem: the patent serial

Biopiracy's bitter defeat

Exercise in non-performance

Neem chemical can disable cotton pest in multiple ways: Study

Research on cotton bollworm reveals that the phytotoxin acts in multiple ways to suppress growth of the pest

Findings reveal how neem cells produce useful chemicals

The study of limonoid biosynthesis in neem tree is of potential significance as it produces agriculturally and pharmacologically important molecules

Autumn for neem

Insects that cause defoliation put neem trees at risk

Neem contraceptive

IN FOCUS

Not so bitter

Fears of neem patenting by Western MNCs are blown out of proportion

Relish it

Staying healthy is not a daunting task if one regularly eats neem dishes

Neemm - manim, what else

The brouhaha about neern patents gets a forceful rebuttal

Good old sap

Gums secreted by trees are a treasure trove of nutrition and have been used by communities in making seasonal delicacies

Patent prejudice

This verbally-loaded anti-GATT film is a shrill intellectual harvest that tends to over-romanticise the small organic farmer

Natural killer

Fungal menace

The medicinal neem tree is under attack from an hitherto unknown fungus

The value of traditional solutions

Brushing up

India's good old neem tree could be used by industry if it stands by its assurances of research and resources

Neem "green"

The menace of pesticide-resistant varieties can be effectively managed with the help of neem-based pesticides

Death of a Neem tree

An open letter to the Prime Minister

Neem gains honour as India's wonder tree

Known in ancient India as a tree with many wondrous properties, the neem tree is slowly drawing the attention of the country's scientific and …

Neem measures

The herbal coming!

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

Non-toxic cancer treatment

Has India missed the boat?