A pest overrides Bt

Judicious mix of Bt and non-Bt crops can prevent this

Rajasthan Locust Attack: Both state, Centre need to shed complacency

Between 1993 and 2020, the governments hardly invested in locust control departments

Punjab crop loss spurs debate on pesticide use

Biotech is not just GM

Michael Antoniou teaches Molecular Genetics at King's College, London. In his spare time, he likes to help non-profits with information on the …

Plant-based pesticide pious resolve, little action

Back biting is locusts' natural behaviour

Wake-up call

A fungus could wipe out American bats

Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC

Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India

Seeds of decline

Frequent pest attacks, rising seed costs and declining returns are forcing farmers to abandon India's first genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt …

Cotton saga unravels

Flat yields for five years and rising insecticide use are jeopardising the success of Bt cotton technology

To protect India’s bees, we need to understand their impact on agricultural practices

 Farmers worry about effect of genetically modified crops on honey bees

Buzz of distress

Thousands of bees are dying in France due to Bayer pesticide

Warming temperatures increasing pest attacks, reducing yield, claim Rajasthan farmers

New and wider infestations by pests causing mass destruction of harvest

Pest control

Malaria manipulation

Parasite controls biting behaviour of mosquitoes

Amon crops survive pest threat

Protein against peach potato aphid discovered

Syngenta fined for GM pesticide in corn

Brinjal blues

Amid countrywide protests against Bt brinjal, Bangladesh government announces plan to expand cultivation of the genetically modified crop

The hopper bands in Wayanad are not locusts

A member of IUCN’s grasshopper specialist group explains the truth about the infestation in Pulpally, Wayanad

Pink bollworm resistant to Bt: Monsanto

Commercial interest behind claim, says Centre’s research institute

Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Seeds of doubt

Bollworm insecticide now more effective

Plant pests biofuelled