Mancherial: Two persons were arrested for smuggling banned spurious cotton seeds at Surjapur village in Kannepalli mandal on Sunday. Police seized 140 kilograms of cotton seeds from the two. The value ...

Nagpur: Farmers from across Vidarbha, especially Yavatmal, have urged the govt to make available the latest Herbicide-Tolerant BT cotton (HTBt) seeds to improve the crop yield in the coming season.

Cotton lint yield is equal to the number of seeds per acre multiplied by the weight of lint per seed. Lint yield may be improved by increasing either seeds per acre or the weight of lint per seed.

In Arizona, cotton yields are five times higher than a century ago as farmers learn to grow more with less. The demands for seeds and organic cotton, along with changes in technology, has helped ...

Unexp­ec­ted rains in February and March last year, followed by heatwaves and further rains in July and September, have severely affected the germination of cotton seeds. The germination rate ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...