William Wood, a geneticist from the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, has found a method for controlling crop-decimating nematode (roundworm) populations. A gene, isolated from

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

The cultivation of the grass is now less cumbersome

The scientists at the Nicherei and Tokita Shubyo corporations, Japan, have crossed tomatoes of two colours and have jointly developed a mini-tomato variety of yellow colour (Vatis update, Food

AGRICULTURAL research is going to hit rock bottom very soon and plunge the entire Third World into a state of severe food crisis - if more money to fund it does not come in immediately.

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

A high protein crop makes good economic sense

Potato plants that poison pests