Who will play Cupid?

Pollinators, small insects like bees and butterflies, animals like bats and small birds such as the hummingbird, play a big role in helping …

Breather for crops

How growstones keep substrates more fertile in greenhouses

The asexual drive

Scientists develop bio-fortified maize to address ‘hidden hunger’

The new hybrids have 4.5 folds more vitamin A content and similar amounts of lysine and tryptophan as earlier varieties

Abscisic acids stressful tactics

Scientists figure out how to make plants drought-resistant

Go wild

Ashwagandha that grows in the wild fights illness better

New protocol can reduce breeding cycle of pigeonpea by 3-5 years, important for nutritional security in drylands

Technique will help scientists develop climate-resilient, nutritionally superior and higher-yielding pigeonpea varieties faster

Sweet ’n’ sour

Moringa and tamarind are popularly known as the trees of life for Indians. Moringa is in fashion as the world eyes India to feed its frenzy for …

Chilli varieties

Fighting biopiracy

GM soya yields less

Rice originated in India

Fresh evidence from dung of dinosaurs changes many conceptions

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Big gains from pigeon pea

A high protein crop makes good economic sense

Coarse correction

Bamboo for biomass

Bamboo could be a potential source of green gasoline

New classification system for potato

Fighting hidden hunger

Dr Howarth E Bouis, director of HarvestPlus, is a doctorate from Stanford University. He is promoting biofortification within the Consultative …

'The world's entire gene-pool is open for manipulation'

INDRA VASIL was one of the first scientists to successfully manipulate wheat plants using genetic engineering techniques. Before he came in, …

Simulation helps enhance photosynthesis

Spotted rice gets clean chit

The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice hung in balance for more than a year

Man who authored green revolution dies at 95

New global standard adopted for making trade in plants and seeds safer

There is an increasing risk that pests carried by seeds could establish themselves and spread after planting

The Himalayan herb grower

Arun Kumar Badoni has taken upon himself the task of conserving medicinal and aromatic plants in the Garhwal Himalaya

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