Himanshu Bhatt | TNN

Surat: Use of pruning and plastic mulching technique in mango farming have brought very encouraging results in the last few years for the farmers who export their produce to Gulf countries.

Sandip Das

New Delhi: India's bumper wheat production in the last few years has largely been attributed to favourable weather and significant rise in minimum support price, but a big factor also has been the virtual absence of any threatening crop disease, particularly the dreaded Ug99, commonly known as yellow rust.

Latha Jishnu / New Delhi May 28, 2010, 0:36 IST

Monsanto licencees have earned over Rs 1,500 crore since 2002.

A one-day workshop on Bt Brinjal and Bt Crops organised by the Karnataka Biodiversity Board attracted none of the Government representatives except Principal Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry M Muniappa.

Seeds of high quality are necessary for a good crop. In this connection Gwalior-based Agriculture University is putting in important contribution by preparing nuclear seeds of wheat. Vice Chancellor of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Agriculture University Dr. Vijay Singh Tomar has informed that Dr. KPS Malik has started preparation of wheat

Bhargav Trivedi AHMEDABAD