Stakeholders noted that widespread adoption of the new varieties could stimulate the revival of ginneries and textile mills, ...

Two extremely damaging crop pests have interbred to create hybrids resistant to more than one pesticide that could cause ...

Beginning with the country's 13th Plan, a new experiment is taking shape, one that blends commercial agriculture with youth engagement, disciplined workforce mobilisation, and prisoner rehabilitation.

Nick Seiter, University of Illinois Extension entomologist, said populations of both northern and western corn rootworms have ...

According to the USDA, there was no regulatory or policy development for biotechnology research and development in Bangladesh. In India, there has been confusion about the regulatory domains of the ...

If you spent hundreds of hours gluing thousands of seeds into the shape of Keanu Reeves, you’d probably wish the star knew that his face had earned a blue ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair. But the ...

It sounds like you have tomato fruitworms to contend with in your garden. I haven’t seen these pests in the tomatoes in my garden at home (our dachshunds eating ripening tomatoes have been a bigger ...

The conversation on GMOs has recently gained widespread attention. It refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in the laboratory using genetic engineering techniques such as ...

The narrative surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops has long been dominated by promises of higher yields to feed a growing global population. Proponents, primarily biotech companies, argue that ...

Expressing appreciation to the Union Agriculture Minister for inviting suggestions from farmers and concerned citizens on the sharp decline in cotton crop productivity, Aruna Rodrigues—lead petitioner ...

Too much of a specific type of Bt corn — genetically modified to produce insecticides against corn rootworm — is being planted in places that don’t have a high risk of corn rootworms destroying corn ...