Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
Authorities in Singapore have said that they are satisfied with efforts by Malaysian vegetable growers to cut down on the use of pesticides. Quoting Singapore's Primary Production Department ( ppd ), the Malaysian Vegetable Growers Association president Liew Chow said the quality of Malaysian vegetables had improved considerably over the …
whether it is a vegetable or a fruit may never be established conclusively. But the luscious red of the tomato has qualities hitherto unknown: it helps prevent cancers. Tomatoes get their red colour from lycopene, a natural pigment. Lycopene is also found in pink grapefruit, watermelon and guava, among other …
PEOPLE living in the cities of Pakistan are consuming fruits and vegetables heavily contaminated with pesticides, says Inayatullah Chaudhry, advisor for sustainable development at the United Nations' Development Programme (undp) in Islamabad. The government has never shown any inclination to address the issue, but it may soon be forced to …
the municipal government of Saitama, Japan, has asked an association of waste facilities to temporarily shut down incinerators after residents called for a boycott of vegetables, which were reportedly contaminated with dioxin. Officials said they will ask more than 100 industrial waste facilities in Saitama to cease operations until March …
Scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, have discovered a fungus that can save tomato plants from the attacks of nematode worm. The fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus can parasitise eggs of the root knot nematode ( Meloidogyne incognita ) that infects tomato plants. The team found that of …
Scientists have discovered how chilli hurts and also found a new use for pain as well. David Julius and his team at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, have discovered a chemical called capsaicin that is responsible for the chilli pepper's piquant taste. They have also identified and cloned …
AS A result of industrial and mining operations, extensive acres of agricultural land are poisoned worldwide due to toxic effluents. Scientists at Oxford Universitv LJK, have found a possible solution to this growing menace by producing genetically engineered cabbages, cauliflowers arid Brussels sprouts, that would soak up toxic metals and …
what do bananas, oranges, potatoes and other fruits and vegetables have in common with dry cells? Researchers from the Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, have developed 'biobatteries' from these natural products based on the principle that all living matter emit certain amounts of electric power. They have demonstrated that …
An unusual orange-coloured cucumber has been developed by scientists at the us department of agriculture. The cucumber, alongwith its inherent properties, also contains the nutritional qualities of carrot and its colour. The beta carotene pigment not only imparts the orange colour to carrots, but is also a rich source of …
The scientists at the Nicherei and Tokita Shubyo corporations, Japan, have crossed tomatoes of two colours and have jointly developed a mini-tomato variety of yellow colour (Vatis update, Food processing, Vo13,No 13). The product, called "Cherry Gold", has a higher sugar content. Estimated to be around 8.5 to 9 per …
CABBAGE, once the favourite winter vegetable of the Chinese is seeing hard times. The ultimate insult has been heaped on it - it is being ignored and the new Chinese preferences include vegetables like spinach, broccoli, brinjal, cauliflower, tomatoes and garlic shoots. Earlier, winters meant cabbages being bought for the …
THE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is promoting a Rs 3.3 crore project to develop new hybrids of vegetables, for increased production by small farmers. Initially, nine vegetables - tomato, brinjal, chilly, Capsicum, ladies-finger, onion, cucumber, bittergourd and cabbage - have been selected to be researched on. Studies will …
GENETICALLY engineered, unusually tomatoes, which have a protect mechanism against cancer and heart diseases, may come up as the answer to the caloric-conscious'craving for heal food (New Scientist, Vol 147, No 1995) Developed by Peter Bramley any colleagues at the Royal Holloway College, London, these tomatoes contain large amounts of …
GREEN has once again proved its superiority, though in an unusual field this time - pulses. Experiments conducted in recent years to find a suitable alternative to the less remunerative horse gram have indicated that green gram is more farmer-friendly than horse gram (Farmer and Parliament, Vol 30, No 9). …
BENZENE hexachloride and malathion showed up in vegetables from the Azadpur wholesale vegetable market, prompting the ministry of agriculture to order the phasing out of chemical pesticides in vegetable farming. The levels were found to be below the human tolerance level, but the question that haunted the ministry was: why …
Fruits and vegetables that turn brown within minutes of being bruised or sliced may soon be guaranteed against discolouration, if ongoing field trials in The Netherlands and Australia on genetically-engineered potatoes succeed (New Scientist, Vol 145, No 1961) The browning occurs because of an enzyme called polyphenol oxiclase (PPO) reacting …
MOMS have for generations been singing the virtues of green leafy vegetables, usually to deaf ears. Now, new findings vindicate their emphasis: scientists suggest that vegetables like spinach are not only essential for balanced growth but could also guard against several types of cancers -- including cancers of the colon, …
Chemists have confirmed that the Mediterranean cuisine's 2 most important ingredients - garlic and red wine - apparently have a beneficial effect on the heart (Science, Vol 265, No 5178). Andrew Waterhouse of the University of California, Davis, has isolated from red wine a chemical called catechin that is believed …
