Researchers’ cut time required to modify a tomato's genes

This Persea americana variety (in flowering group A) from the cross between Hass and Horshim flowers about 2-3 weeks later than Hass and, unlike either parent, has short and compact inflorescence racemes. The fruit shape resembles that of Hass with fruits weighing about 230 g. The flesh is pale...

Cost effective Xyleborus glabratus repellent developed

Evolutionary stepping stone to beet colouration discovered

New control method identified

New research shows that wild mango butter displays equivalent physiochemical properties to cocoa butter and could be a unique cocoa butter alternative

The branches and twigs of certain, but not all, species of citrus in Assam are affected by felt disease caused by Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum. The development of felt appears to bear a relation to the incidence of scale insects. The damage caused by it is slight.

The soft date palm cultivars Halawy, Khadrawy, Medjool, Shamran and Zahidi are in great demand for cultivation in India and lack of sufficient planting material is an important limiting factor. At the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, a method for the mass propagation of date palm has...

Growth monitoring indicated that the height of 'Kanshu' plants with 'Nantong-xiaofangshi' as an interstock was significantly shorter than that of 'Kanshu' plants with no interstock. A transcriptome analysis of the two graft combinations ('Kanshu'/Diospyros lotus and 'Kanshu'/'Nantong-xiaofangshi'/...