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Scientists found ants have been running tiny 'Dairy Farms' for 35 million years, and the sweet reward explains whyAnts and aphids share an ancient mutualistic relationship for nourishment and protection. Ants herd aphids, receiving sugary honeydew and p...- In 2006, Arizona tried to eliminate a cotton pest by breeding billions more; planes flooded fields with sterile pink bollworm moths; by 2018, the US declared victoryThe elimination of the pink bollworm pest in the United States marks a significant achievement by scientists. By introducing billions of st...
- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- How to use lemongrass oil to keep lizards away: Easy tricks to stop these unwanted guests from climbing your wallsLemongrass oil offers a natural way to deter house lizards by masking their scent attractants and reducing insect prey. Its strong citrus a...
- China to impose anti-dumping deposits on cypermethrin from IndiaCypermethrin, an insecticide used in agriculture and sanitation, controls pests on crops such as cotton, vegetables, corn, and flowers, acc...
- Bengaluru-based ICAR-NBAIR discovers 63 new insect speciesICAR-NBAIR discovered 63 new insect species in 2023-2024, obtained five patents for innovations in pest management, and commercialized 47 t...
- Government plans to restrict use of glyphosate herbicide“No person shall use glyphosate except through Pest Control Operators,” the draft notification read. The ministry has given 30 days for obj...
- Government cuts Bt cotton seed price to Rs 740/packetThe new prices will come into effect from the 2018 kharif season starting June. A packet of Bt cotton seeds is of 450 gram.
- These two issues could put the brakes on the Bt cotton storyIndia has the fifth largest area under GM crop cultivation, and Bt cotton seeds account for 40% of the Rs 14,000 crore national seeds marke...
- Difficult to say Bt cotton crop yield loss due to pink bollworm attack: FSIIIt is "unfair" and "breach of principles of natural justice" to hold seed companies responsible based on "media reports", alleged the Fed F...
- Non-compliance of guidelines led to resistance of cotton pestBengaluru, May 31 (IANS) India introduced genetically-modified cotton (Bt-cotton) containing Bt-toxins capable of killing the cotton pest w...
- One more GM cotton on the way -- this one's home-grownBengaluru, Sep 11 (IANS) While the controversy over Monsanto's Bt cotton has not yet died down, a new transgenic variety is at India's door...
- Dissemination of frugal methods needed for innovative India: Anil K GuptaMentioning one more frugal measure of this kind, Gupta said that it has been shown in studies that cooking in iron vessel is beneficial for...
- Monsanto faces challenge from CICR’s Bt cotton varietiesCICR has introduced Bt genes into 21 cotton seed varieties, which scientists say can be provided to farmers at 10% of the price of hybrid s...
- Govt working on solution to control pink bollworm cotton pestThe second generation Bt cotton variety, Bollgard II, introduced by Monsanto in 2006, is supposed to be resistant to Pink Bollworm pest.
- Punjab whitefly attack: Centre to test 1,000 pesticide samplesThe Punjab government has already sent these samples to the Union Agriculture Ministry.
- Whitefly destroys two-third of Punjab's cotton crop, 15 farmers commit suicidePunjab has nearly 12 lakh acres under cotton this year and almost all of it is Bt cotton, which is resistant to some major pests such as bo...
- Bt cotton attracting youngsters to farming in India: SurveyBt cotton technology has attracted young farmers to cotton farming in the country, a survey by Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI)...
- Mili bug cotton hits crop in SirsaThe cotton and Vegetable growers of Sirsa district are a worried lot as their crops have been invaded by the deadly Mili-Bug.
- Warangal Bt cotton leads to de-skillingA multi-year ethnography by Glenn Davis Stone from Washington University shows that Warangal Bt cotton farming has led to ‘agricultural des...
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