Late blight attacks potato crop
After paddy and cotton crops, it is now the turn of potato. The hostile weather is wreaking havoc upon potato crop in Punjab. Due to cloudy weather, the late blight has attacked the crop creating a
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Terminator gene only a concept
ICAR :ICAR director-general R S Paroda has stated that the controversial terminator gene was only a concept and not a product as yet. However, India has already barred its entry into the country as
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Land and freedom
For a first world country, the concentration of land ownership in Scotland is shocking. About 600 individuals - usually aristocrats or reclusive foreigners, or rich people from the city - own 50 per
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Tea plantations in Nilgiris reel under severe frost attack
Large tracts of the tea plantations in the hilly Nilgiris district in southern India are reeling under severe frost attack that may hit output, planters said on recently. "Frost attack in the
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Plea to halve the number of malnourished by 2015
A conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union would meet in April in Brussels to give concrete shape to the 1996's World Food Summit's objective of achieving food security to all through a sustainable
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Monsanto denies use of Terminator technology
Genetically modified seeds which do not generate natural seeds for the next crop, otherwise called 'terminator' seeds, are not being field-tested by Monsanto in India, according to Dr. Ganesh M.
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New capsicum hybrid
To increase production of capsicum an important vegetable, cultivation of F1 hybrid is necessary. Now scientists at the IARI Regional Station,Katrain, Himachal Pradesh, have developed a hybrid called
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For the good of all
Scientists believe they have made a breakthrogh in plant research that could help feed millions and save children in poor countries unable to afford vaccines, a joint Australian/Belgium research team
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Advances in transgenic rice
The Indian scientist are genetically engineering rice to make it tolerant to adverse environment conditions and resist attacks by pathogens. Reports presented at the 86th Indian Science Congress held
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Salt-tolerant plant gene found
A novel gene which confers salt tolerance on plants has been found by scientists at the International centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) at Delhi.This gene had been isolated by
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IISR fight against pepper disease a major success
The fight against phytophthora footrot or quickwilt in pepper has been described as a major success by the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) . Director of the Institute , K V Peter, told
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Pest management module for dryland cotton developed
The National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM) has developed a synthesis of IPM module suitable for dryland cotton region. This IPM module was successfully field tested in 1998-99 season
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Monsanto working on Terminator-II
The Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), the Canada-based NGO fighting unethical aspects of bio-technology and patenting of life forms, has expressed the suspicion that Monsanto might
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Terminator gene patent filed in 95
A patent application for the controversial terminator gene, filed by the US governemnt, is pending with the patent office in Madras since 1995.The application was filed by the US department of
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NGOs call for farmers to join alternative body
Cautioning the government against joining Europe's Union for Protection of New Plant Varieties (Upov) which does not recognise farmers rights over new varieties, non-government organisations (NGOs)
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Centre mum on terminator gene cotton
The centre has not taken any decision to commercialise the controversial bt cotton, currently under field trial, though the seeds tested does not contain the dreaded terminator genes, adviser and
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EU rejects plea to ban gene crops
Eurpean Union environment ministers on Monday rejected calls for a moratorium on approvals of gene-altered crops pending revision of EU laws on genetically modified organisms (GMO).Members of the
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$194 million World Bank aid for UP land reclamation project
Small and marginal farmers in the state have received an unexpected windfall in the form of a $194.1 million loan approved by the World Bank for the Uttar Pradesh Sodic Lands Reclamation- II
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Global campaign against Monsanto planned
A worldwide campaign will be launched against the agro-chemical major Monsanto, in February 1999, said Dr. Vandana Shiva, noted environmental activist at a press briefing. The sentiment against the
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Blow to hopes for use of genetically altered seed
Industry hopes that France might soon permit the use of certain genetically altered corn seeds have been delivered a new blow. France's Council of State, which monitors aministrative law, had