Tag: crop
Botany
Crop genetically modified to conserve water, resist drought
West Gregory, Illinois: Agriculture already monopolizes 90% of global freshwater — yet production still needs to dramatically...
Sci-Tech
Soil cannot stop climate change; myth busted
Harpenden, United Kingdom: Unique soils data from long-term experiments, stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth...
Economy
Boost to farming sector
With back-to-back droughts and unseasonal rain and hail in certain pockets, it became clear that the risks...
Economy
Rabi crops sowing crosess 577 lakh ha
New Delhi: As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as...
Sci-Tech
BARC making GM bananas
New Delhi — Genetic engineering technique enables development of disease resistance as well as nutritional quality improvement....