Kindergar(d)en find

Researchers identify the closest living relatives of the first land plants -- a group of green algae

Patent applied for protein gene

UNITED NATIONS

Fading out

Self control

Cropping up

GENES, CROPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT by John Holden, James Peacock and Trevor Williams Publisher: Cambridge University Press Price: Not stated

The genepool war

The recently concluded FAO meeting on the control over plant genetic resources, their conservation and sustainable use has left the North and …

Bills of contention

Two legislations on plant genetic resources have been proposed. But who benefits?

Not yours, mine!

Famines force revival of forgotten crop varieties

The drawbacks of modern, high-yield crops are prompting farmers and researchers to go back to traditional, well-adapted varieties.

Smart crops

Genetically engineered crops would bloom and produce pesticides for self defence only

Herbicide resistance

CHINA

Fingerprinting plants

Plant peril

Foreign plant germplasm cleared without evaluation: CAG

Thriving on bad air

The growth of plants could be seriously changed if they are exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide

Poison suckers

Researchers create genetically modified plants to decontaminate arsenic polluted sites

Protecting knowledge

The Plant Varieties and Farmers Protection Bill is to be tabled in Parliament

Brazil

Breaking the monopoly

By developing transgenic cotton seeds, Indian scientists enter Monsanto's domain

Ensuring human survival

"The future of human civilisation could depend on our ability to defend and make sustainable use of biological diversity," he adds. FAO recently …

Vanishing breeds

While debating the ways to attain global food security, national governments ignore the most pertinent issue: rapidly disappearing agro-biodiversity

Fear no starch

By the turn of the century, you can dig your teeth into anything starchy and yet maintain good dental health -courtesy, genetically engineered plants

CHINA

Human gene in plants