Carrots keep weeds at bay

They grow fast and their foliage blocks sunlight to weeds, farmers in Maharashtra have found  

Mile-a-minute solution

Fungus to weed out the plague of India's tea plantations

Jatropha fever

Why is the Chhattisgarh government promoting a poisonous and invasive plant?

High on weed

A study traces the trajectory of Lantana in the country

Weed all over

Biocontrolling congress grass

Beetle's taste for sunflowers alarms experts

Scientists fear the Mexican beetle, introduced to counter the adverse effects of a weed, may destroy the sunflower crop.

Of shikaras and slums

The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan,…

Nutritious 'weeds'

In Wayanad, Kerala, wild plants hold the key to the survival of the poorest, say n anil kumar and m k ratheesh narayanan

A touch of poison

Amrita Singh discovers culinary versatility of a potentially poisonous weed

Dying wetlands

Almost 40 per cent of all wetlands in Assam are under threat

Weeding out waste

Punjab starts an ecofriendly state-level programme to clean ponds by using duckweeds

Stop gatecrashing

PepsiCo endangers biodiversity hotspot in Gulf of Mannar

Bytes

Mystery fever in UP linked to toxic plant

No food in forests: Weeds like Mimosa, Siam are taking over Assam’s biodiversity

Mimosa species, at its peak, covered 56% per cent of Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park

Weed on my plate

Tribals of central India vouch for the taste and health benefits of neglected wild vegetables

Eat it bland, eat it pickled

Stubborn weed selni was once a favourite among central India farmers for its cooling effect

Diseased fields

Dying paddy crops leave Kashmir valley farmers high and dry. The state government chips in late to combat the crisis

Born loser

Herbicides are the culprits

Weeds of fortune

Plastic from weed

Water hyacinth can be used to make biodegradable polymer

Definitive

Study links GM crops with ecological imbalance

Invasive species in Western Ghats affects plants

Tamil Nadu cultivates seaweed as source for salt that checks blood pressure