Shree Padre reports on one farmer's ingenuity. In 2010, the monsoon that usually vanishes by September kept going until December. Signs of climate change were apparent in heavy rainfall areas of Karnataka where arecanut (betel nut, supari*) is mainly grown.Appropriate Technology...
A total of eight QTL were detected for GLB, and were localized on five chromosomes with two QTL each on SBI-01, SBI-03 and SBI-04 and a QTL each on SBI-02 and SBI-09. Of the eight QTL, four QTL were identified for average performance over the three seasons and three of them were...