Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that unique fungi strengthen the immune systems of wheat and bean plants against aphids. Fungi enter and influence the amount of a plant's own defenses, resulting in fewer aphids. The results could serve to reduce agri...

CABI scientists and a consortium of four French partners have stepped up the search to find a natural enemy for the invasive western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) having 340 novel proteins from over 2,600 bacterial strains screened for insecticidal properties aga...

Since 2015, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has initiated the zero-growth program on the use of fertilizer and pesticide. After five years of implementation, up until the end of 2020, China's objective of reduction of use of fertilizer and pesticide has been ach...

Recently, prices of 12 kinds of pesticides in Chinese market has risen again, including glyphosate 1.95%, acetochlor 4.92%, butachlor 5.92%, emamectin benzoate 9.70% and avermectin powder 8.95%.Analysts say that the current round of pesticide’s price rise for the second time, on ...

The Pesticides Management Bill (Amendment), 2020 has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The bill will regulate the business of pesticides and compensate farmers just in case of any losses from the utilization of agrochemicals (chemicals utilized in agriculture, like a pesticide ...

Pesticide and agrochemical makers have sought a reduction in the GST in the Budget to spur the use of crop protection chemicals by farmers in the country.The Pesticide Manufacturers & Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) has suggested reducing GST on pesticides to 5 per cent ...

The agriculture sector is criti­cal for the Indian economy con­tributing to ~15 per cent of the country’s GDP and employing half of the country’s working pop­ulation. Despite the fall in GDP in the April to June quarter owing to Covid-19, the agricul­ture sector managed to clock ...

Among the agricultural pests causing crop loss, weeds rank first with a loss value of Rs. 2000 crores annually in India. Annual loss of nutrients due to weed amounts to a staggering 4.5 million tons. Although the extent of crop loss due to weed competition might vary from 20-50 p...

India’s supreme court has suspended a series of controversial new agriculture laws that had prompted hundreds of thousands of farmers to stage a months-long protest in Delhi over fears their livelihoods were at stake.Since November, upwards of half a million farmers had marched t...