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 …
One longs for more
Wonder crop
An edible plant that can grow in extreme temperatures holds the promise of catering to varied needs of humans
Hitting malaria with herbs
A Chinese medicinal plant known as long ago as 168 BC has been found successful in checking malaria, which is becoming increasingly resistant to …
Ask the villager before the researcher
Nigerian pastoralists have been found to be a storehouse of valuable information on the value of plants.
Origin of beauty
All flora species are offspring of fragile water plants
The Maoists mean business
So does government, in a rush for profits from a medicinal herb
Follow Up
औषधीय पौधों में बैक्टीरिया-रोधी गुणों की पुष्टि
सतुवा, लेमन-ग्रास, चिरायता और दारु-हरिद्रा जैसे औषधीय पौधे भी बैक्टीरिया-जनित बीमारियों से लड़ने में मददगार हो सकते हैं।
Lessons animals teach
How animals treat themselves with various plants provide medicinal leads to scientists.
Deworming pill
VANISHING HERBS
MUSK MAGIC
Mango goes medicinal
No penny for the Onges?
The discovery of a generation-old plant extract used by Onges in The Andarnans has patent-hungry profiteers jostling their way down There The …
LIFE SAVING PLANTS
Patent dispute
A US firm has filed a patent for a jaundice-curing medicinal plant, found in south India
Fungal menace
The medicinal neem tree is under attack from an hitherto unknown fungus
New Jersey-based company get patent rights on karela, brinjal
CSIR to provide information about Indian herbs to create awareness
Root cures
A dedicated group of botanists, ayurvedic practitioners and pharmacologists are showing rural Keralites that all the medicines they need, grow in …
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 1 – July 7)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Listen... plants too speak
As early as in 1880, Charles Darwin demonstrated that plants could sense light, moisture, gravity, pressure and possessed several other qualities.…
Ganga bazaar
The Modi government has invested hugely in its mission to clean the Ganga, inviting companies and countries to offer their technological expertise.…
The piracy continues
Gossamer gifts