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

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

Genesis of a crisis