Bt microbe needs a little help from friends

Dial 100

Something for GM rallyists

Bt crops are durable agriculture if the refuge policy is strong  

Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm

Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield

Cotton Curse: Damage by pink bollworm to Bt Cotton worst in two decades

Farmers say damage by pink bollworm worse than American bollworm for which the Bt Cotton hybrid was created  

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

Monsanto pulled up

AD>> GM Crops • India

Bag the bug

Slippery dog bowl better than bait chemicals at killing bed bugs

Bt gene harms GM plant

New answers to old questions on biosafety of GM crops

African invasion

Global agribusiness

Deadly shortcomings

Estimates of short-term pesticide exposure require revision

Green light given

Biodiversity: Animals protect humans against diseases

Are pets better therapy than expensive drugs?

Biotechnology for poor farmers

It's a myth

Saving papaya

Warm temperatures for prolonged periods may have led to massive pest attack in Assam

28,000 hectares of paddy crop in 15 districts destroyed by armyworm

Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide

Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report 

Pest mismanagement

The Pesticides Action Network reports lacunae in World Bank projects

Bytes

Bt for Better Times?

Good weather, illegal Bt seeds raise Punjab's sagging cotton yields

Punjab takes precautions for mealy bug attack

‘Grains not stored properly in FCI godown, rotting food creating pest hazard’

NGT orders probe into biological hazard at Punjab storage, forms joint panel

Evergreen options

Bit of trouble?

Indian scientists develop Bt cabbage as doubts remain over cotton