Friday, May 7, 2010. Cultivation Practices of Aloe Vera. Aloe vera is a succulent, almost sessile perennial herb growing up to 1 meter. The leaves are radially arranged in two or three circles. Each leaf is 30-50 cms long and 10 cms broad at the base having an indented margin. The leaves are pea-green coloured with occurrence of white spots when young. Bright yellow tubular flowers appear in a spike. Aloe Vera is generally propagated by .

Bio pesticides and their use in Agriculture. Saturday, April 24, 2010. Available Biopesticides and its use in Agriculture.

Brinjal? Sunday, January 17, 2010. India is the Centre of Origin and Diversity. You thought brinjal was one more vegetable with not too much significance in India? Think again. Brinjal was first found and domesticated in India almost 4000 years ago. India is the Centre of Origin and Diversity for brinjal, as per the CGIAR. Did you know that in Orissa, there are some 226 varieties of Brinjal grown and consumed even now? Why say NO to Bt brinjal.

Fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo treatments. It is highly effective against peritonial cancer,prostrate cancer treatment and other forms of cancers prevailing in human beings today. Sunday, June 27, 2010. Guyabano, The Soupsop Fruit. The Sour Sop or the. Fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo treatments.

Friday, January 22, 2010. Impact of Fertilisers on Indian Agriculture. The whopping government subsidy of Rs 12,000 crore in India is a financial millstone around our neck. By encouraging unrestrained use of fertilisers, it is destroying our soils and agriculture. The subsidy encourages widespread fertiliser use, so much so that from only 0.

Friday, April 30, 2010. Vegetable soybean is popular in Japan, Korea,China and Taiwan, and consumption is increasing very rapidly. The green-shelled beans can be cooked to make a tasty and nutritious meal or snack. The seeds of vegetable soybean are commonly larger, sweeter and more tender than grain soybean. Such green seeds are commonly used in most countries. Even grain soybeans at green pod stage can be used as a vegetable. In addition to domestic consumption.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010. The scientific name of the jackfruit tree is Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. A mature tree produces up to 700 fruits per year, each weighing 0. The rind of the compound fruit is greenish yellow when fully ripe. Inside, the fruit is made up of large, yellow bulbs enclosing an oval light-brown seeds. There are 100-500 seeds in a single fruit. When fully ripe, the opened jackfruit smells of pineapple and banana. Where does jackfruit tree grow? Cleft .

Sunday, April 18, 2010. I had been writing on hub pages since last 12 months and now was thinking of mentioning it on my blogs. This Blog page is devoted to the hubpages which i had written during these 12 months. You can very well click on the link of the article to read and view them. My Profile on Hub pages. Gardening tips for beautiful flowers. These photos would make your day cool and beautiful . Hot and cool - -akshay! How to identify menace in the garden.

Monday, May 09, 2011. on net! Do we Need Bt. How to take care of a Rose Garden. Biodyanamic Farming For Planting and Growing Vegetables. Bio pesticides and their use in Agriculture. Cultural Practices for Vegetable Soyabean. Plant Growth Regulators in Vegetable Production.

Saturday, April 3, 2010. The disease spreads on a tree very slowly, but if left unchecked, can reduce yields in orchards. The main spread of MMD to new areas is by infected pruning equipment or vegetative planting material. Mango is the only known host of the disease. It may be associated with the bud mite, Aceria mangiferae but the mites have been shown to. Spread the disease within a tree and not between trees.