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New high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean can help boost countrywide production
Indian Scientists have developed a high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean. This newly developed variety called MACS 1407 is suitable for cultivation…
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A tough novel species of Muraingrass identified by scientists in the plateaus of Western Ghats of Goa
A new species of Indian Muraingrasses known for their ecological and economic importance, such as fodder, have been spotted by…
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New wheat variety helps farmers in a village in Maharashtra double their yield
Farmers now have a wheat variety developed by Indian scientists with significantly high yield. The chapati from the flour of this wheat…
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Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute, Pune discover two new species of pipeworts from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra & Karnataka
Two new species of a plant group known for their varied medicinal properties have been discovered in the Western Ghats…
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Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, an excellent source of fuel methane
Methanosarcina sp. MSH10X1 bluish-green fluorescence under UV microscope As the world runs out of fossil fuels and looks out for…
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First synthethic path for tuberculosis & chikungunya inhibiting flavonoid molecules deciphered
Rosa rugosa (extreme left) and Podocarpus macrophyllus Flavonoid molecules, like rugosaflavonoids, podocarflavone, and isoflavone found to inhibit tuberculosis and chikungunya, have so…
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