The school dropout was a teenager when he grafted plant parts to create new varieties.

As blistering heat has struck northern India weeks earlier than usual, mango crops have been devastated, threatening a way of life for the ...

Low-hanging fruit’ is a cliche used to describe tasks that are easily achieved — whoever coined it hasn’t savoured the Dussehri mango.

The mango may hog all our attention, but there are other lesser known fruits that have dominated Indian summers .

Padmashree Haji Kalimullah, Malihabad's best-known mango man, has named the guava variety he raises ' Aishwarya', after the actor.

The orchard has about a century-old prized tree, on which he started working in 1987 to develop the craft of growing different varieties on...

Growers in the mango belt do not expect a good season for the king of fruits. This may mean people having to pay anything more for a kilo.

"Muslim community has high hopes from Modiji. They also hope that he would put forth his views taking everyone along," Kalimullah said.

Famous Dussheri and other varieties of mango are going to be available at cheaper prices this year but for less time

Growers have other worries too. "The moisture in the soil has dried up. The trees aredrying up now," said Syed Mateen Aga.

Due to cyclic trend output of the fruit is expected to be nearly 20% less this year in the state as compared to last year's production of 3...