Will lay emphasis on increasing production of oilseeds Rajasthan has become the first State in the country to implement the national policy on biofuels unveiled by the Centre in May this year. The desert State will lay emphasis on increasing production of oilseeds and establish a Centre for Excellence in …
REJUVENATING RUBBER: India will soon have access to a new technology which can provide some answers to the environmental problems posed by stockpiles of used rubber tyres. The Bombay-based REPL Engineering Ltd has tied up with Polymers SDN BHD of Malaysia, to introduce the De-Link process to manufacture revulcanised or …
Exploiting sea water for agriculture is a recent phenomenon that has gained importance in the face of rising population and dwindling water resources. Researchers screening saltwater plants from deserts and saline and alkaline soils scattered around the globe have stumbled on to a plant which is proving beneficial to humans. …
HYBRID rapeseed and mustard seeds -- the Holy Grail of agricultural researchers worldwide -- that could substantially increase the yield of these crops, may soon be available to the Indian farmers. Scientists at the Delhi-based Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) claim to have already developed rapeseed hybrid seeds that are …
British scientists at the Zeneca a multinational seed company, claim that they are on the verge of developing a "natural biodegradable plastic" from rapeseed (canola) oil. Tony Fentem, the project manager, said smallscale trials will begin next year and he is "very confident" of succeeding. The company already produces 1,000 …
FARMERS who want to set up a biogas plant but are short of cattle dung -- the primary raw material used by majority of the 12 lakh biogas plants that exist today -- now have an alternative in non-edible oilseeds, which are easily available. Scientists at the Tata Research Development …
INDIAN scientists are trying to breed oilseed varieties with a lower content of harmful fatty acids and sulphur compounds. Says deputy director general for horticulture of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, K L Chadha, "Some Indian varieties of rapeseed and mustard may contain as much as 50 per cent …
PICTURE this: One species invades another to sponge off it and then alters the victim's basic characteristics so it cannot reproduce itself. Finally, the victim adds insult to injury by exploiting the victim's altered biology to perpetuate itself. Bizarre, yes. But this is precisely what happens when Puccinia monoica -- …
FARMERS are exploiting a loophole in the European Community's new common agricultural policy, which grants them crop subsidies to leave their land fallow so as to reduce oilseed production. But many of these fields in UK will shortly turn a greedy yellow as they would have been planted with rape …
IN JUST two years, India's sesame seed exports have fallen dramatically -- by more than 75 per cent. While the government says this is due to higher prices in the domestic market, oilseed exporters contend it is because residues of banned pesticides have been detected in sesame seeds by importing …
The article offers information on the quantification of organochlorine pesticides residues in edible oils and oil seeds used in India. It states that different organochlorine pesticides were found in the edible oils and oil seeds which include metabolites, aldrin, and endusulfan. It says that sesame oils were found to have …
ri Lanka (formerly known Ceylon) is an island with 65,610 km2 in area which is situated close to the Southeast corner of the peninsula of India. Despite its relatively small size, Sri Lanka possesses a high level of biodiversity. Agriculture is the most important sector of the Sri Lankan economy …
