Tag: Agriculture News
The minister stated that the maize crop has numerous uses, including foodgrain, animal feed, and ethanol generation, and that the government has significantly boosted the minimum support price (MSP) for maize to increase production of this coarse cereal. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Thursday that increased investment...
If insects want to approach a plant, they are forced to negotiate a maze-like path developed by North Carolina State University researchers. In comparison to an alternate crop cover, the design was more effective at preventing insects from reaching cabbage plants in repeated experiments. The Plant Armor, according to...
Researchers at Washington State University modified strains of the widespread nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter Vinelandii to produce ammonia and excrete it at high concentrations, allowing it to be transferred into agricultural plants instead of artificial fertilizers. "We gave conclusive proof that the released ammonia gets transported to the rice...
