Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The papaya mealy bug, a native of Central America, is threatening to wreak havoc in papaya cultivation in many areas of Bangladesh and causing huge economic losses to farmers. The granule-sized pest, believed to have arrived in 2008 via imports feed on the sap, which eventually leads to the plant’s …
A Bill to provide for establishment of an Authority for prevention, control, eradication and management of pests and diseases of plants and animals and unwanted organisms for ensuring agricultural biosecurity and to meet international obligations of India for facilitating imports and exports of plants, plant products, animals, animal products, aquatic …
The Haryana Government bought tebucanazol from a multi-national company at 34-38 per cent more cost than the prevailing market rates at the time the deal was inked to buy the fungicide for the treatment of loose smut, flag smut and Karnal bunt diseases in wheat seeds. Documents available with The …
A mysterious vegetable disease has hit the bumper tomato crop at Lagor village under the Ganhi-Lagor panchayat in the Nurpur block known for producing hybrid tomato for years. Almost every tomato field at the village had been hit. This has caused disappointment among tomato growers. Twelve growers said many farmers …
The first three cases of ash dieback in 2013 have been found in Wales, the Forestry Commission has confirmed. The fungus, which causes trees to gradually wither and die, has been found at three newly-planted sites in private woodland in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. All the young trees on the three …
Global environmental changes (GEC) such as climate change (CC) and climate variability have serious impacts in the tropics, particularly in Africa. These are compounded by changes in land use/land cover, which in turn are driven mainly by economic and population growth, and urbanization. These factors create a feedback loop, which …
Policy measures regarding adaptation to climate change include efforts to adjust socio-economic and ecologic systems. Colombia has undertaken various measures in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation since becoming a party of the Kyoto protocol in 2001 and a party of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …
The number of English counties suffering outbreaks of ash dieback disease in the wild has more than doubled, the government said on Wednesday. As tree growers and plant health experts from 80 organisations met at a summit convened by the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, the Department for Environment, Food and …
Dieback disease may spread 20 miles a year, crisis meeting hears as calls grow for quarantines, bans and plant passports Ash dieback disease will spread across the UK by around 20 miles a year, infecting most of the country's 90m ash trees within a decade, the government was told Friday …
The government's emergency committee Cobra is meeting to discuss the fungal threat to the nation's ash trees. The ash dieback fungal infection, which has killed some 90% of the species in Denmark, has been found in East Anglia. Ministers have said 100,000 trees have already been destroyed to try to …
The EU plant health regime is no longer fit for purpose in preventing fatal plant diseases, says the Forestry Commission The UK's forests are under "unprecedented threat" from foreign pests and diseases, according to the government department responsible for the protection of forests and woodlands. The ash dieback fungus found …
A disease that has the potential to devastate the UK's ash tree population has been recorded for the first time in the UK's natural environment. Chalara dieback, caused by a fungus called Chalara fraxinea, was confirmed at two sites in East Anglia. Until now, the disease had only been recorded …
The present study on the plant nematodes associated with Bt cotton crop growth in northern Karnataka, India covered several aspects like a nematode random survey in Bt cotton-growing areas of the state, nematode community analysis, pathogenicity and biology of a dominant nematode and reaction of Bt cotton cultivars and hybrids …
Imagine the British landscape with a third fewer trees. That is the chilling prediction being made this week by the Woodland Trust. A fungus that has already killed 90% of ash trees in Denmark over the past seven years has now been detected in a handful of locations – none …
Tropical fruits – full of rich nutrients and health properties – are adapted to hot and humid environments. Many tropical fruit species might spread beyond their current geographical limit whereas some species might exhibit irregular bearing of fruit. In this context, there are some important questions that need answers: What …
Both resistance and tolerance, which are two strategies that plants use to limit biotic stress, are affected by the abiotic environment including atmospheric CO2 levels. We tested the hypothesis that elevated CO2 would reduce resistance (i.e., the ability to prevent damage) but enhance tolerance (i.e., the ability to regrow and …
The Sugarcane Breeding Institute has developed transgenic sugarcane incorporating gene constructs, said its Director, Dr N. Vijayan Nair. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Sugarcane Breeding Institute-Indian Sugar Industry: National Interactive Workshop, Dr Nair said that it would take several years before the transgenic cane is released and commercialised. …
It is a well-known fact, that worldwide thousands of plant species are endangered and facing extinction with the current trend of their exploitation and destruction. In recent years, there is a growing awareness concerning the impact of temperature rise, industrialization, desertification and shift in the growing seasons of plants, loss …
A newly found fungal disease has been linked to a steady decline of landscape and avocado trees in suburban Southern California neighborhoods, says a newly released University of California-Riverside study. Besides a decline of avocado trees in the Los Angeles area, researchers from the Plant Pathology department at University of …
