It’s snowing good news for apple

Friday 16 February '07

Late snow and rain might bring down temperatures just enough for the right harvest chill

Dry spell still, Himachal faces Rabi rout

Friday 19 January '07

Low rainfall since September, unusual frost condition could hit fruit, vegetable harvest

Mite attacks bring down honey yield

Friday 10 November '06

The Indian bee keeping industry is struggling hard to fight the attack by Varroa mites. The attack has reduced honey production by almost 50 per cent in Himachal Pradesh.

Friendly predators to help Himachal apples

Friday 13 October '06

There’s good news for horticulturists in Himachal Pradesh. The growing menace of mites damaging apple crops year after year may soon be a thing of the past.

Container to increase life of ginger

Friday 28 April '06

Rhizome rot disease need not plague ginger growers any more. Scientists of Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan...