Vivian Fernandes

Cane and Unable: Lessons from the red rot disease afflicting UP's farms

Co 0238 is high yielding. With a diameter of about 2.5 to 2.75 cm, it is 'medium thick', and 0.25 cm thicker than 'medium thin' varieties.

18 Nov 2022

Seeding of a revolution: Mustard becoming first GM food crop to be approved in India is seminal

Mustard is necessary to reduce the country's dependence on imported cooking oil. India imports about 15 million tonnes of cooking oil for about $10 billion a year.

03 Nov 2022