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Delhi Scientists Genome Edit the Mustard Plant for Bland Oil But Retain Insect-Repelling Pungent Compounds in Leaves

What worth is salt if it loses its salty taste, a revered religious figure is said to have remarked two millennia ago. Traditional consumers…
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GM Mustard Based on Sound Research, Release Followed Due Process: Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav

In the clearest enunciation of the government’s support for genetically-modified (GM) crops, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said…
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Swati Nayak: A Bridge Between Breeders and Smallholder Rice Farmers in Eastern India, Bangladesh and Africa

Vivian Fernandes interviewed Swati Nayak for thefederal.com upon her winning the 2023 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and…
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M S Swaminathan Was a Catalyst for Rural Prosperity and the Alleviation of Mass Hunger

This article, by Vivian Fernandes, was published in theFederal.com on the day  the architect of the Green Revolution passed away, aged 98…
Agri-biotechnology

Delhi Scientists Genome Edit the Mustard Plant for Bland Oil But Retain Insect-Repelling Pungent Compounds in Leaves

What worth is salt if it loses its salty taste, a revered religious figure is said to have remarked two millennia ago. Traditional consumers…

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Sex Scent Mating Disruption Effective in Checking Pink Bollworm Infestation in Cotton, Say Two Proponents

Female sex scent dispensers can disrupt the mating behaviour of pink bollworm moths, greatly reduce…
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High and Rising Demand for Cooking Oil Makes the Oil Palm Mission Necessary, but Caution is Needed

India needs to expand the area under oil palm but the government should rethink its decision to…

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