In short

Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary

Chhattisgarh proactive in checking illegal BT rice trials

Killing corn

Equally good

India's strategies for rice congress

Threatened industry

India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda

Clipped wings

Modern farmland practices are leading to the extinction of many bird species in the UK

National biodiversity plan admits India has failed to conserve biodiversity

With a taste for metals

Made to order plants that eat pollutants

YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

In Short

Global seed vault opens

GM crops: Here to stay

The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?

Cooling begins in doomsday vault

Doomsday vault good and ready

In Short

South Asia

India ignores biodiversity

Not ready for Roundup Ready

Notwithstanding the resounding failure of its Bt cotton, Monsanto has begun to introduce another genetically modified crop into India, its …

Causing a flutter

The safety of genetically-engineered crops comes under a cloud after the deaths of the monarch butterflies in the US

Pink bollworm a potent threat to GM cotton

The quest to promote Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton may suffer a serious setback with scientists from the US-based University of Arizona …

Seeds for Iife

Scientists and NGOs find common ground in ensuring that farmers possess the divers they can use and conserve

Weed menace

Careless dumping of genetically modified canola plants triggers an outcry in South Australia