An insecticide prepared from roots of a plant traditionally used in making pickles and ayurvedic drugs has been found to be useful in warding-off pests attacking stored foodgrains.A dried powder

In the wake of enthusiastic response generated at the just concluded Kochi Internaitonal Tea convention, the tea industry has brewed a mega plan to hold another global convention at Delhi during

Trial research on bollgard cotton, genetically altered by the multinational seed giant Monsanto, is continuing in 10 locations across the country, Union Department of Biotechnology Secretary Manju

The prespects of kharif crops has not been adversely affected as the distribution of rainfall in the current SW Monsoon has been even so far according to the mid-monsoon review of Indai

Monsanto Co. said on Friday it had agreed to sell its cotton seed business, a move that may clear the way for the life sciences giant to complete its long-pending acquisition of leading US ctoon seed

The Union agriculture ministry in association with rice exporters will set up a sate-of-the-art testing laboratory for basmati rice in the capital. This has been necessitated to maintain the

After a month long delay, the state received much needed monsoon lashes. The crop prospects improved following the last minute rains. However crop in some part of Saurashtra and North Gujarat has

After 15 years of research and experimentation, a new variety of basmati-type rice will soon be released by the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation (CCRRF) to meet the ever expaning and

The Danish International Development Agency has granted Rs 1.3 crores to the Applied Botany Department of Mysore University to carry out research in immunising plants against diseases, instead of

The food deficit in the central development region of Nepal stands at staggering 1,41,211 metric tons per year, the Regional Director of Agriculture Tek Bahadur Thapa said. According to him only six