Drumsticks for health

Every traditional Malayalee home has a tulsi plant in front of the house and a drumstick tree in the backyard. The drumstick tree (Moringa …

Cheap fare

The modest makhana is what you need to keep the doctor away

Brown breach

No more cry

Researchers may soon develop onions that don't have tear-inducing chemicals

The gastronomic path to cancer cure

Certain fruits and vegetables guard the body against cancer

A diet for the heart

Fall from grace

Red hot chilli peppers

Vegetable taste

Designer vegetables

It's all in the tomato

Eating tomatoes may keep heart problems away

Elixir of youth

It is blueberries

Pumped up on vegetables

Trucks on a vegetable diet

Seeds that discourage insects

Genetically-engineered pea seeds can successfully ward off voracious pests

Warring tomatoes

High and low

Green gram success

When it comes to high yields and returns, opt for green gram, say researchers

Seeing red

An unusual craving for tomatoes could mean anaemia

An unsavoury brawl

South Korea fights Japan to retain its rights over a traditional dish

Seeds of starvation

Intensive agriculture is destroying China's soil

Myth of onion

The humble vegetable’s price is not a lethal weapon against politicians but their victim

The metal gobblers

Genetically engineered crops could reclaim the vast areas of land poisoned by the rapid strides of development

Healthy veggies

A vegetarian diet can improve the functioning of lungs and also control blood sugar in diabetics

Plug in to a banana

Two-in-one