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India`s natural pest control programme spearheaded by Virginia Tech researchers has saved 309 million dollars in its very first year.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 22:52
An employee of West Bengal secretariat, who had given a clean chit to a pest control agency employee arrested on suspicion of hatching a conspiracy to burn the Writers` Buildings, was suspended.
Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 16:10
A drug developed by a Nagpur-based research and development institute from cow urine to provide protection to all crops against pests has received a US patent.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 18:40
Having averted the deficit rainfall prospect due to last week`s low pressure-induced heavy downpour, farmers in Odisha`s Kalahandi district now facing caterpillar attack to paddy cultivation.
Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 09:06
Scientists have for the first time sequenced the banana genome, which may help save the humble yellow fruit from imminent collapse.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 10, 2011, 13:46
Almost 80,000 years before humans began using chemical sprays to control insect pests, Africans were using mattresses made from bug-repelling plants to ensure a good night`s sleep.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 4, 2011, 11:18
ICAR scientists claim the misunderstood arachnids should be considered well-wishers of farmers.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 09:42
Scientists today reported they had unravelled the genetic code of the spider mite, a pest that attacks more than a thousand plant species, including corn, soy, apples, grapes, maize and tomatoes.
Last Updated: Friday, May 14, 2010, 20:45
Bt cotton in China has resulted in unintended negative consequences.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 22:41
Union Minister of state for Commerce and Industries Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday demanded that Madhya Pradesh government waive-off all loans on farmers, whose kharif crop is affected with pests and scanty rainfall.
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