Aloysius Xavier Lopez
Customers must look whether pre-construction pest control measures are part of the standard specifications offered by the builder. Disinfectants being sprayed at a construction site in Adambakkam.

CHENNAI: S.Maruthavanan, who owns an apartment in Abhiramapuram, recently had an unforeseen expenditure of thousands of rupees as his home was damaged by termites.

It is presumed that remarkable increases in cotton productivity in India have come about through bacillus thuringiensis cotton and that this approach therefore must be replicated in other crops.

Godrej Hicare flying insect control products, manufactured by RIWA Ltd, UK, a highly effective way to protect your establishment from flying insects, are now available in Goa, exclusively marketed in Goa by M/s Global Enterprises, Porvorim.

JORHAT, May 17: The Department of Entomology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, is organizing a national-level workshop on biological control of crop pests and weeds on May 29 and 30 at the University. This was informed by Dr A Basit, Principal Scientist, AICRP on bio-control and organizing secretary of the workshop.

AAn environmental group's push to temporarily ban a widely used herbicide in Argentina, citing a scientist's preliminary study, has sparked concern in the country's huge soy industry and generated disagreement within the government.

Farmers will have three weeks to apply for $50 million in land stewardship funding to help pay the cost of converting to organic production, said the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday.

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The Ministry of Finance has released 250 million dollars to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Minfa) for the import of urea. Reliable sources told Business Recorder here on Friday that the Ministry of Finance has released the amount to import 0.1 million tons urea before the end of 2008-09.

India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know?

Savvy Soumya Misra And Kirtiman Awasthi India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know? On January 14, a meeting happened in room 23 on the sixth floor of the Union environment ministry building in Delhi. On the ministry

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