Basic research, often termed fundamental, frontier, blue-sky, curiosity-driven—or even useless—is the pursuit of knowledge ...

If you're seeing holes in your lawn, it's possibly being caused by skunks, raccoons, and/or birds digging for beetle grubs.

*The shorter day lengths will also slow down the growth of the lawn to the point where you may not need to mow more than every other week. If you have weeds, keep them mowed so they cannot produce ...

Tomato plants aren't particularly difficult to grow, but choosing the right companions can help. This herbaceous perennial ...

Grubs eat grass roots, and can quickly turn your yard into a brown, patchy mess. Learn how to identify and eradicate them ...

The national and international experts have warned that Pakistan’s soil health is deteriorating rapidly due to the excessive and ...

Nematicides Market Set to Soar with increasing use of nematicides for crop protection and yield improvement, Valued at ...

When the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans gets caught by its fungal predator Arthrobotrys oligospora, it doesn't just wriggle endlessly—it suddenly "freezes," stopping all movement and feeding as ...

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pest in U.S. soybean production. It affects more than 200,000 growers, and annual soybean cyst nematode yield loss costs growers an estimated $1.5 ...

Researchers from Academia Sinica, Taiwan and the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany, have revealed how the nematode gene nhr-66 controls the production of cuticular collagens that ...

Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are the most widespread soil-borne obligate endoparasites. They infect the roots of many crops and cause significant yield losses. There is only one commercially available ...

Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday launched the MIDC Industrial Land Application and Allotment Portal (MILAAP) to streamline the allocation of industrial, commercial, and residential plots in ...