Stubborn nematodes

How the roundworms became resistant to avermectin

Chaotic reports

Pest-resistant maize

Thinking afresh

Agriculturists in India are gradually moving away from chemical pesticides and fertilisers;

SAFE SPRAYER

Fruitful development

A test may prevent bananas from becoming extinct

Undercover agents

What makes nematodes so good at killing crop pests

Fall Armyworm controlled in Odisha

Timely intervention and sustained awareness programmes by state agriculture dept prevented crop loss    

Coconut cracker

The eriophyid mite has a field day, while officials sleep tight. The pest attack was first reported in 2000, when a farmer from the Puri …

Inbuilt resistance

A natural compound found in Ykm5 banana variety makes it resistant to nematodes

Worms in US apples

Cotton growers lose

Not keeping pace

China set to wrest neem initiative from India

Quelea: Environmentalists protest Kenyan government’s move to poison millions of ‘feathered locusts’

Experts champion mechanical control of the birds & other alternative methods like monitoring their breeding & migratory patterns, …

Fall Armyworm attack: The damage done

The deadly but little understood crop pest, poses a threat to food security and livelihoods of millions as it ravages crops in Africa and …

Fall Armyworm attack: Rwanda fights it back successfully

The country couldn’t predict the pest attack owing to few resources, but it successfully minimised its impact within a year of identifying it

Are GM crops a real solution to pest attacks in Africa?

Adoption of GM crops is widely cited as a solution to combat pest resistance, but if recent developments are considered, the answer is not that simple

Fall Armyworms affect 750,000 acres of maize in Africa, put food security at threat

It may take more than two years before hybrids resistant to the FAW are bred and commercialised in Africa

Watch out for these balloons

Sometimes resplendent, ungainly at other times, frogs are indicators of ecological health

Fungus food saver

Pigeonpea now smiles

Virus causing disease in a crop identified

Pest attack

Fall Armyworm attack: Maize farmers in Bastar become clueless victims

A good crop the last time is motivating farmers to up the stakes, but they are unaware of the looming danger

Fall Armyworm attack: Odisha braces itself for the pest

After its attack last year, the state agriculture department issued advisories to all districts and distributed leaflets listing preventive and …

After causing food crisis in Africa, worms attack Karnataka’s maize crop

It's a reason to worry because this caterpillar can also destroy crops like rice, cotton and sugarcane