Top Headlines http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09 : 42 : 48 +05:30 indianexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/iep/images/logo.gif Indian Express logo http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by indianexpress.com Storing up a problem http://www.indianexpress.com/news/storing-up-a-problem/484292/ Soaring potato prices have returned to haunt farmers and average consumers this summer again. Potatoes: In black and white http://www.indianexpress.com/news/potatoes-in-black-and-white/484278/ They can be seen vying for attention in the local markets, but consumers eye them warily with sellers barely being able to persuade them to change their preference. Heat hits Himachal apples, huge drop in production predicted http://www.indianexpress.com/news/heat-hits-himachal-apples-huge-drop-in-production-predicted/484272/ The Himachal apples will not taste as they used to do in the best days of their harvests. A lifeline for suicide zones http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-lifeline-for-suicide-zones/478489/ Multiplicity of authorities with almost no coordination, absence of a symbiotic relation among beneficiaries, NGOs and private market players... Disease stalks Jammu’s strawberry, farmers worried http://www.indianexpress.com/news/disease-stalks-jammus-strawberry-farmers-worried/478486/ The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks. Coming soon: Mangoes, bananas that last longer http://www.indianexpress.com/news/coming-soon-mangoes-bananas-that-last-longer/478484/ The National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, is working to develop transgenic varieties of mangoes and bananas... Fungal attacks blight hopes of capsicum, tomato growers http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fungal-attacks-blight-hopes-of-capsicum-tomato-growers/478483/ Tomato and capsicum crops grown in the mid-hills of the state are increasingly being lost to collar rot and leaf blight diseases. No cold chain, litchi trade dips in Bihar http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-cold-chain-litchi-trade-dips-in-bihar/471367/ Come litchi season this summer, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would be ready with the customary packets of the fruit... The new apple of the Valley’s eye http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-new-apple-of-the-valleys-eye/471365/ When Ghulam Ahmad Khan, a part time farmer, decided to turn his paddy field into a strawberry plantation rather than the customary apple orchard. This parasite is a friend of cotton growers http://www.indianexpress.com/news/this-parasite-is-a-friend-of-cotton-growers/471363/ Farmers growing cotton have reason to cheer. They will not have to worry about mealybugs which severely damage the crop even before flowering.