Ujjain: Haritma Abhiyan, a plantation drive along the banks of the Kshipra took off on Tuesday. Saplings of neem, pipal and banyan trees were planted at gaughat area by energy minister Paras Jain, divisional commissioner MB Ojha and Mayor Meena Jonwal in the interests of environment protection, giving ambitious environment …
researchers in India are developing neem-based pesticides that could help increase crop yield without harming the environment. G P Gupta and Kirti Sharma from the division of entomo-logy at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (iari), New Delhi, have devised a neem-based pest management strategy for cotton crops. They have developed …
The evergreen neem tree, Azadirachta indica is the most researched tree in the world. It is known for its medicinal properties and is an vital ingredient in the production of fungicides and insecticides. Effective against a wide array of pathogens, the tree is today ironically under attack by a hitherto …
agricultural scientists at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (crida), Hyderabad, have identified neem clones which yield a substantial amount of the chemical azadirachtin, used as a biocide and in health care products. Scientists were looking for seeds with azadirachtin content higher than 0.4-0.8 per cent. Neem (Azadirachta indica) …
THE COMPLETE PICTURE: Televisions all over the world display only 88 per cent of the image broadcast by TV stations. Now, Korean-based electronics company, Samsung is developing televisions that will display the missing 12 per cent. Called HiTron TV sets, these televisions are 2.5 centimetres wider than usual. Conventional TV …
india's first fully tested neem-based pesticide is ready to hit the market. In a recent announcement, V K Misra, managing director of the National Tree Growers Cooperative Federation, said that the company would soon be commissioning its neem biocide unit. The company is tying up with Mumbai-based Excel Industries for …
To most Indians, turmeric or haldi is a part of growing up, a magic cure-all for the excesses of childhood. A classic "grandmother's remedy", the virulent yellow powder or paste has been applied to the scrapes and cuts of generations of children. But in the US, two scientists were granted …
Seeking patents for indigenous products abroad has never been India's strong point. Right under her nose, the US granted patents on neem and turmeric, two products which are household names in the country. Predictable was the din raised by concerned NGOs who demanded that the government take suitable steps to …
The 32nd US patent on neem was give to FMC Corporation of Philadelphia. It is the corporation's second patent titled, "Combinations of neem seed extract and bifenthrin for control of ectoparasites on animals". This patent, awarded on December 5, 1995, became the eighth patent to the awarded in the US …
THE 10-year period from 1985 to April 25, 1995 - accordingto relevant dat:bases - has been marked by a veritable delugeof us and European patents on neem-related products. Thedatabases also include information on patents which werefiled through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PcT), a uN bodyfunctioning under the World Intellectual PropertyOrganization. …
"Part of the blame for foreign companies patenting neem products has to be taken by our own country. . People have been using neem for centuries here; but we (the scientists) have not been protecting the rights of our people over neem. It is not that our scientists never worked …
21.8.85 USP 4531114 Terumo Corporation, Japan: HOT WATER EXTRACTS OF THE NEEMBARK, active against mouse L-5178Y cells and transplanted sarcoma 180 tumours; use: anti-cancer properties 3.12.85 USP4556562 Vikwood Ltd,USA: STABLE ANTI-PEST NEEM SEED EXTRACT, effective as a biorational agent for protection against pests like Japanese beetles; use: pesticide 20.2.90 USP …
"This is the time for competent scientists in India to come together to use our traditional knowledge for developing new chemicals in the agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors. A mission mode lasting three years, with well defined goals, would work. We must protect our collective rights to our traditional knowledge through …
"The tragedy of our century is that we did not carry the knowledge of neem with us when we began to chemicalise our agriculture with packages from abroad. For us, indigenous is never modern. There has been scientific work supporting indigenous practices, but modern industry has always been impressed with …
7.8.90 U5P 4946681/2.1.91 EP 0405701 W R Grace&Co;, USA: METtlODTOPREP~AN J MP R OVED STOM G E"SJABLENEEM SEEDEXTRACTfo r the prod uc. tiollof stableazadirach till sol~tions cowp!ising extracts o(groundneeln seeds with a sovent avillg aza lrac till solubility; use: pesticide 19.3.91 U5P 5001146/2.1.91 EP 0405291 W R Grace & Co, …
An additional search for neem-related patents through the US patent database, carried out in late December, 1995, revealed the existence of two more patents. Both were obtained by US corporations: patent no 5411736, dated May 2, 1995, held by W R Grace and Co, called Hydrophobic extracted neem oil -a …
"Following the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992, there had been a worldwide interest in developing and promoting 'green technologies'. After that. the International Business Council's book, Changing Course, came up with the theory that good ecology is also good business. All this has generated much interest …
Once upon a time there lived a little neem plant. Because of his bitter leaves and fruits, he attracted few animals and, therefore, soon began to feel very lonely. He complained to his mother that he did not want to be a neem plant. The mother tried to dissuade her …
Bhargava adds: "Unfortunately, neem is not the only case where we have lost out. We (at the CCMB) discovered a protein called seminal plasmin (published in Nature and widely publicised in the late 1970s around the world); a few years ago, we showed that it has anti-HIV properties. This work, …
Union minister of commerce P Chidambaram's statement Raiva Sabha, that a multi- disciplinary committee has been up'by the government to prepare a regulatory framework implementing the biodiversity convention in India, had like a glimmer of light at the end of a dark tunnel. The need for such a body can …
