[ad_1] SRINAGAR: In view of the wet spell forecast from 17th of April, the experts have advised orchardists to spray fungicide before rains to avoid scab-like diseases. Quoting experts, KNO reported that it is usually best to apply a fungicide before it rains, because rain causes leaf surfaces to be wet, a requirement for most … Read more
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K) has announced that it will be supplying potato chips making machines to farmers in Gurez.Quoting an official,KNO reported that the move comes as part of SKUAST-K’s efforts to address the marketing challenges that have been faced by the region’s potato farmers.He explained that the machines … Read more
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K) has announced that it will be supplying potato chips making machines to farmers in Gurez.Quoting an official,KNO reported that the move comes as part of SKUAST-K’s efforts to address the marketing challenges that have been faced by the region’s potato farmers.He explained that the machines … Read more
[ad_1] A junior scientist at SKUAST-K, Dr Khalid Zaffar Masoodi is an award-winning biotechnologist who has been working on cancer biology. Founder of Kashmir’s first faculty-led biotech company of Kashmir, Cashmir Biotech Pvt. Ltd, he has been working on low-cost, healthy, non-toxic, and safe designer foods to cure and prevent various disorders including cancer through … Read more
[ad_1] by Prof Riaz A Shah Genome editing in livestock has the potential to bring about significant improvements in productivity, health, and welfare, but there are still challenges that need to be addressed. A SKUAST-K scientist at work The livestock industry is facing a growing demand for animal-based foods to feed the increasing human population. … Read more
[ad_1] Working in SKUAST-K’s potato laboratory, a scholar was desperate for the MS media, a key ingredient for tissue culture but the lab lacked funds. It took her 28 months to discover a cheap alternative that is abundantly around the campus and it fetched her a prestigious grant to set up a unit for its … Read more
[ad_1] by Prof Abdul Majeed Ganai and Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Reshi SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley is set to have its own research-based animal feed supplement in order to meet the mineral needs of livestock. A group of herdsmen with sheep, milk storage and other accessories. An undated photograph from British archives. Named KashMin, the supplement feed would … Read more
[ad_1] Since 1997 when the first cloned mammal was born in Europe, there have been many abortive bids to use the technology in India. It was only in 2009, when Kashmir scientist, Dr Riyaz A Shah’s specially designed technique led to two cloned buffaloes in NDRI Karnal. Back home, after his PhD, he gave Kashmir … Read more
[ad_1] BARAMULLA Kashmir folklore has always talked about Kruhun Sheen, the black snow, as a mark of disbelief and a complete topsy-turvy of natural systems. The fact is there has been black snow around for the last half of the century in Kashmir. The soot that the industrial states of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi have … Read more