Union Budget 2020-21: Examining the agri-research agenda

Increased investment in agriculture research an absolute need of the hour

Water wise

Salt-tolerant durum wheat grown using plant’s ancestors

Breather for crops

How growstones keep substrates more fertile in greenhouses

Stubborn rust

Scientists decode rust fungus genome that risks world’s crops

Fissures in France

Pest-resistant maize

Weeds show potential

Going bananas

New genetic techniques to introduce disease-resistance and other traits in banana plants

Adding life to spice

Sweet advice

Green medicine

The risk of cancer can be reduced by eating substantial amount of vegetables and fruits

Growth aid

Beet those stones

Thailand

Wanted: a green WTO

Calls to set up a World Environment Organisation are getting more strident

Using urea

Small ancestry

Europeans descended from just 50 African migrants

N-plants face closure

Chemical sparks war of words

More space for soyabeans

A recent find raises hope for further space invasion

Rice row

US eyeing patent on Thai jasmine rice?

Another problem

Bamboo bonanza

Cheap method to multiply non-seeding species

Science crucified

A recent meet combats the anti-science wave in Europe

Organic triumph

Over conventional farming