Engineering Microbiomes to Improve Plant
Humans have been breeding crops until they're bigger and more nutritious since the early days of agriculture, but genetic manipulation...
Paddy cum fish culture
Rice and fish culture involves farmers introducing fish into their rice fields. This technique is good for both fish and ice. Safely...
Indian Scientists sequence Tulsi genome for medicinal properties
The plant synthesises a wide range of bioactive compounds, known for their anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-pyretic and anti-cancer...
Caterpillar deceives corn plant into lowering defenses against it
A caterpillar that feeds on corn leaves induces the plant to turn off its defenses against insect predators, allowing the caterpillar to...
G-9 iron-rich banana variety
There has been growing demand for Grand Naine banana (G-9 variety) in foreign countries. The National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB)...
What Are We Eating?
Genetically Modified corn has been engineered in a laboratory to produce pesticides in its own tissue. GMO Corn is regulated by the...
Paleobotanist identifies what could be the worlds first flower
Paleobotanists have identified a 125 million- to 130 million-year-old freshwater plant Montsechia vidalii from Spain as one of earliest...
The molecular mechanisms of brassinosteroids in plant breeding
Fig: Growth defects of the model research plant thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) which are induced by missing of steroid hormones (left...
Indian agricultural biotechnology company has filed patents for natural fertilizers
Natural Fertilizer has the capacity to replace synthetic fertilizer throughout the world. Camson Bio Technologies, a Bangalore-based...
First biotech apple
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) approved two genetically engineered apple...
