Monsanto gets another Bt cotton variety ready
Six years after commercialist of the first Bt-gene -Cry1 Sc - for controlling all major species of bollworms in cotton in the US. Monsanto is now ready to release another Bt gene - Cry 2x also known
Six years after commercialist of the first Bt-gene -Cry1 Sc - for controlling all major species of bollworms in cotton in the US. Monsanto is now ready to release another Bt gene - Cry 2x also known
Producers, consumers and activist organisations in the developed economies have been concerned with health implications of food commercially available. Strict laws relating to food safety have forced
The Tamil Nadu-based Rasi Seeds has developed five hybrids of Bt cotton and has secured permission from the department of biotechnology to conduct limited field trails under controlled conditions in
Union agriculture minister, Ajit Singh, has rightly stressed upon the need to make imports of Genetically Modified Organisms transparent. in the past, GMOs have found their way into India
Only when the farmers were recovering from the mite disease and fall in price, the coconut growers of Danagere taluk of Karnataka are faced with a new problem - blackheaded caterpillar menace. About
The Director of the Central Institute of Cotton Research Director, Mr. C D Mayee, has cautioned against claims that the transgenic crop is totally pest-free. He said the new variety of crop could
The expert committee that went into farmers suicides in Karnataka has called for a critical evaluation of the current schemes of poverty alleviation meant for farmers' development and welfare by an
Tamil Nadu (TN) farmers are among the few selected in six states in the country to plant 'Bollgard' Bt cotton this season. Of the proposed 1.9 lakh hectares to be covered by this pest-resistant
For the first time in the country, Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) has developed a technology was initiated by the commerce ministry and funded by the department
Europe will not be diverted from planned reforms to its farm subsidy regime, despite the approval by US lawmakers of a new farm bill that will ratchet up payments to US farmers over the next decade.
Moroccan desert locusts voracious and prolific bugs that eat virtually everything in their path. This swarm reached Ghausruddin's village three days before, and he was racing to hand spray
Hybrid rice were heralded as a new hope in the fight against the massive hunger and poverty in Asia at an international symposium on the grain in Vietnam this
A sudden outbreak of an unidentified disease has claimed seven cattle in the district whereas hundreds of other may meet the same fate in Dolakha
'If a plant is genetically modified at any time either by conventional breeding techniques or genetic manipulation, it ultimately results in the introduction of new proteins which can bring about
The Anamalais in Tamil Nadu with its wide range of flora has been found to be an 'in situ' gene bank for crop plants. A detailed survey of the rain forests, deciduous forests and riverine tracts of
The controversy over the import of genetically modified food product refuses to die down. A new twist has now been given to it by the agriculture minister, Ajit Singh, who has sought the Prime
Pranjali Trading Pvt. Ltd., (Herbal Division), Bangalore have launched for the first time in India, Aum Herbal Suraksha and Aum Herbal Shakthi, a totally herbal concept that can destroy Eriophid
The Cabinet on Friday approved the proposal to ratification of the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. It also cleared the proposal for India's accession to an
With its new, grotesque farm subsidies, the US has let the European Union off the hook. Trade liberalization was supposed to be one of the disciplines that would push the EU to reform its absurd
The US agriculture and trade specialists are meeting this week with Chinese counterparts to further discuss Beijing's new regulations for allowing the import of genetically-modified soybeans, a