Cash starved

Hybrid gains

A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha

Blooming deserts

Baking secrets

Fighting fungi

INDIA

Super sensors

United Nations

Handling a pest, gingerly

Modus operandi of bacterial wilt uncovered

Revised menu

India looks to open agriculture to US corporates

Wheat rusts no more

Water wise

Salt-tolerant durum wheat grown using plant’s ancestors

Bamboo bonanza

Cheap method to multiply non-seeding species

Science crucified

A recent meet combats the anti-science wave in Europe

Organic triumph

Over conventional farming

Sweet advice

Breather for crops

How growstones keep substrates more fertile in greenhouses

Stubborn rust

Scientists decode rust fungus genome that risks world’s crops

Pest-resistant maize

Going bananas

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

Adding life to spice

Growth aid

Using urea

More space for soyabeans

A recent find raises hope for further space invasion

Rice row

US eyeing patent on Thai jasmine rice?