Day temperature, not daylight, influences beans flowering: study

The findings of Bengaluru-based researchers may help farmers plant the right varieties to optimise yields

Competing with wheat

Human-made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region

Tissue-culture technology facilitates to hike yeild of tasty coconut

The tasty, popular coconut species of Thailand, kati, could not be produced in large scale because it is infertile. But scientists have now found …

Genesis

Over thirty years of continuous research later, scientists report the outcome of a hybrid wheat, which is billed to substitute the available …

Rice bowls shall brim

A new and healthier version of rice promises to produce and provide more for Asia's teeming millions

Soiled future

At a time when agricultural topsoil continues to be eroded, researchers make efforts to put an end to the crisis

Recipe for rice

The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the …

ICMR scientists identify new biomarker for malaria

Researchers from National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur has identified a genetic sequence in the body of malaria parasite

IISc is not working on terminator genes

Goverdhan Mehta , director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, talks to N Raghavan on the need to sharpen the institute's focus and …

Seed congress surreptitiously endorses transgenic varieties

did the World Seed Congress-2003 -- held under a cloak of secrecy in Bangalore from June 7 to 11 -- have a hidden agenda? It transpires that the …

Genetic mapping of cancer cells raises hope of improved treatment

Researchers say better understanding of how cancers start and evolve can help improve efficiency of targeted treatment of cancers

Moral dilemma

Mixed reaction greets cloning of human embryo

Virtual reality

A new computing laboratory can project larger than real life images of human body's smallest part

A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work

Women play a critical role in fieldwork in Arctic and Antarctica, with roles from research assistant to team leader

A fine threat

Nanoparticles in soil get absorbed by crops, can enter food chain

High-yield Heera

Research to hardsell

The industry throws its mantle to the Indian Institutes of Technology

Cash starved

Atomic intransigency

Making of drought-proof gram

Proteins that help chickpea fight dehydration identified

Test crop washed away

Computers decontrolled

Speedy information

N - bombs cooled the Earth

Hybrid gains

A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha