Remove royalty on BG-II cotton seeds: Swadeshi Jagran Manch"I request you to correct the mistakes done in the past by removing the trait value (royalty) for BG-II and reduce the MSP of Bt cotton see...
28 Feb, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute signs MoU with Bonn to promote coloured wheatThe cross between high yielding Indian cultivars and colored wheat procured from Japan and America is as rich in anthocynanins as blueberri...
14 Sep, 2017, 07.06 PM IST
Punjab approves two new varieties of wheat and celery for cultivation in the statePunjab government said that the variety PBW 725 of bread wheat has been released for cultivation in the state under irrigated timely sown c...
19 Aug, 2016, 06.19 PM IST
Two new high yielding crop varieties developed by Haryana agricultural universityChaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar has developed two high yielding and disease resistant varieties of wheat and ...
02 Sep, 2014, 02.25 PM IST
- Fungal disease affects wheat in parts of Punjab
In 2012, major wheat-growing states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were hit by the ...
15 Jan, 2013, 01.43 AM IST
- Winter aids wheat, oil seeds crops
Sowing of rabi crops is progressing with total area at 482.14 lakh hectare as on Friday.
17 Dec, 2012, 04.01 AM IST
- Punjab, Haryana eye 285 lakh tonnes wheat for rabi 2012-13
As paddy harvesting is still going on in both the states, wheat sowing has not picked up pace with Haryana seeing crop sowing trailing, off...
07 Nov, 2012, 06.33 PM IST
- High yield seed varieties, farm technologies boost wheat production in Punjab
Besides the seed varieties, the technology transfer by extension specialists of PAU and state department of Agriculture played a significan...
19 Jun, 2012, 05.53 PM IST
- Traders not expecting significant premium for wheat this winter
Sowing in over 90% of the area under wheat is over across the country but late sowing is continuing in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bi...
07 Dec, 2010, 01.08 AM IST
- Wheat prodcuton to increase by 2 mn tonne in 2009-10
Wheat acreage and production is expected to increase in 2009-10 rabi season. A large area, which was not sown under rice due to poor monsoo...
12 Nov, 2009, 04.14 PM IST
Rabi crops get a lifeline on late rainsThe agriculture ministry expects no major dip in the coverage of food crops.
26 Sep, 2009, 02.30 AM IST
- Agri ministry expects rise in wheat production
Considering cumulative rainfall from June to September, expected retention of moisture in soil between October and December, and recharge i...
25 Sep, 2009, 09.39 PM IST
- Punjab develops new HYV wheat
New varieties of wheat, raya (mustard), gobhi sarson and linseed has been developed for cultivation in Punjab.
21 Aug, 2007, 05.25 AM IST
- Rajkot engine makers fire on all cylinders
Akin to what happens in Chinese SSI clusters, the local manufacturers, got together and developed common models of low-cost, light diesel e...
04 Jul, 2006, 12.40 AM IST