Tea production faces a stormy forecast, expected to drop at least 160 Mkgs during the year 2024The Tea Association of India has reported a significant drop in tea production for 2024 due to adverse weather conditions and pest infestat...
Spider mite found inside sealed cold drink bottle in Karnataka; here is videoIn Tumkur, Karnataka, a live spider mite was found in a sealed green cold drink bottle. Previously, a human finger was found in ice cream a...
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Best Agrolife surges 11% on receiving licence to manufacture Spiromesifen TechnicalBest Agrolife has become the first Indian company to manufacture Spiromesifen in India, reports said.
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Notice spots or misshapen tomatoes? Your pandemic-plant may be under immense stressJust checking out 'How to care for your tomato plant' on YouTube isn't enough.
Godrej Agrovet launches Hanabi which is used to manage mites in tea plantationsIndia is one of the leading producers of tea with 23% share in global production. Tea plantation has always been a labour intensive profess...
Prevailing heat wave may ruin tea output in Bengal tea beltEminent tea scientist Dr. S. E. Kabir said, “Tea plants love chill. Excessive heat denaturizes their plant proteins and reduces photosynthe...
Scientists trash the notion that Spider-Man can actually do his actPeople will believe what they want to. As in several other matters, in the case of superheroes, too, faith tends to trump rationalism.
176 new species of animals discovered in IndiaThe species we have discovered are available only from a very small geographical area. Therefore they may be on the verge of extinction alr...
Heat wave emerging out as big worry in Bengal tea beltPrevailing heat-wave over Dooars or Terai in Sub Himalayan West Bengal region has put Tea planters, under deep worry.
Tea belt is suffering from heat wave and lack of rainfallUnprecedented heat-wave prevailing in Dooars and Sub Himalayan region and largely inadequate rainfall there have put tea plantation in deep...
- Weather conditions unfavourable for tea industry
Unfavourable weather conditions continue in Assam and West Bengal affecting tea production.
- Good year for South Indian tea industry as prices escalated
It was a reasonably good year for the South Indian tea industry as the prices continued to escalate despite slight drop in production when ...
- Cuppa of joy for South Indian tea industry in 2009
It was a reasonably good year for the South Indian tea industry as the prices continued to escalate despite slight drop in production when ...
- Inadequate rainfall in North Bengal could hit tea production
For the past 15 days the Dooars and sub-Himalayan region has been reeling under unprecedented heat wave and inadequate rainfall. This has a...