Tag: Rice
Tinkering with root hair may help boost crop yields
In a collaborative study, researchers at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) here have discovered in rice plant that production and transport of a hormone, auxin, in root hair zone triggers elongation of root hair under low phosphate conditions...........
BARC develops new mutant varieties of crops & vegetables
The major desirable traits in these crops developed by the Baba Atomic Research Centre include higher yield, seed size, improved agronomic and quality traits, early maturity and stress tolerance..............
Disease resistant maize variety to be a reality soon
Scientists at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) at Hyderabad have, in collaboration with their counterparts in Nairobi, Kenya, recently come up with new findings that promise to help out.........
Insights from latest research may help tackle pest attacks in rice
The new finding is significant as it identifies differences in microbes present within the insect at different stages of its lifecycle.........
Scientists find new way to make rice resistant to herbicides
Over years, many herbicide-tolerant crops, including those resistant to imazethapyr, have been developed but most of them are protected under patents........
India produced foodgrains at record 275.68 million tonnes in 2016-17
The 4th Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2016-17 have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on 16th August, 2017..............
Record production of food grains in 2016-17, reveals govt’s data
While revealing that there has been record production of food grains and fruits, the union agriculture minister, Mr Radha Mohan Singh also assured that government is sensitive to the need to strengthen the market dynamics................
Govt gives nod to International Rice Research Institute at Varanasi
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) will be established at campus of National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi..........
GM rice to reduce phosphorus fertilizer usage
The new genetically modified rice developed at Delhi-based National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) has improved natural phosphorus utilization capacity that can reduce use of fertilizers..........
Climate change to impact rice productivity in India
The recent research in Tamil Nadu has shown that the crops grown under the projected conditions attained panicle initiation, flowering and maturity much earlier than those grown under the ambient condition...........