by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 3, 2020 | Agriculture
Introduction As reported on October 9, 2020, some startups have come up with the idea of using artificial intelligence (AI) for on the spot quality assessment of different farm produces. This innovative technological intervention will help farmers to determine the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 18, 2020 | Agriculture
In May 2020, the population explosion of swarms of desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria became a cause of serious concern due to their Propensity to destroy crops. The swarms came from Didwana in Nagaur district and entered Jaipur through Kishangarh Renwal and...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 15, 2020 | Agriculture
The genomes of 2 members of the basmati rice group, a variety of basmati rice, called Basmati 334 and the sadri rice variety Dom Sufid, have been sequenced and analysed. Scientists from New York University, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, and the New York Genome Center...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 14, 2020 | Agriculture
As per a report released by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, on November 21, 2019, over 18,000 birds in and around Rajasthan’s Sambhar lake were killed due to avian botulism, a neuro-muscular illness, which affects the nervous system of birds...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 11, 2020 | Agriculture
Introduction Come harvest season and you will see woman working on the farms in Bihar—all busy cutting and gathering the ripe wheat crop while the men are missing. The women who do the farming belong to either small landholders or sharecroppers. As per the Economic...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 8, 2020 | Agriculture
According to a report of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, released in 2018, India ranks fifth in global cultivation of GM crops. Bt cotton is the only GM crop approved for commercial cultivation in the country. Approval of...
