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Thursday, June 08, 2006
Online edition of India's National Newspaper Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
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Global warming: nuclear power gaining acceptance Food by colour LYCOPENE — THE antioxidant that makes tomatoes red — may protect against prostate cancer. In a review published in the Nutrition Journal, researcher Michael Donaldson suggested that "frequent tomato intake is associated with ... IT TRENDS Code makers, code breakers `The Da Vinci Code' has rekindled popular interest in the classical science of secrecy Mother's diet can tinker with baby's genes A SIMPLE vitamin supplement in a pregnant mouse's diet can make her offspring fatter, according to research presented recently at the Human Genome Organization meeting in Helsinki, Finland. The effect is thought to be due to chemical changes ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Contract farming of Coleus forskholii gaining popularity The crop can be grown with a minimum amount of water Managing insect pests of cotton Avoid indiscriminate use of insecticides Low soil fertility Can you suggest any suitable intercrops for my mango and coconut gardens where the soil fertility is found to be low? Aasim Raza Ambur, Tamil Nadu * * * Before going in for intercropping you have to test your soil to check what ... Increasing fruiting * You may mix about 100 gm of urea and 0.5 gm of zinc sulphate diluted in one litre of water and spray over the plants once every 15 days for a month to increase the fruit ...
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