THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Council for Agricultural Research-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) and Indian Society for Root Crops will be jointly organising a two-day national ...

Mysuru: People should use naturally grown tuber crops to safeguard their health, said tuber crop conservationist Shaji MN, from Wayanad, Kerala, on Saturday. Tuber crops are historically integral to ...

The Indian Society for Root Crops (ISRC) and the ICAR- Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Sreekaryam, jointly celebrated Tuber Crops Day on Wednesday at the CTCRI. Former Agriculture ...

A two-day tuber and roots festival began in the city on Saturday and growers urged the government to promote the crops for their health benefits. M.N. Shaji, a tuber crop conservationist, said, ...

Roots and tuber crops are increasingly becoming popular on breakfast tables as health-conscious urban households turn to these varieties as an alternative to wheat-based products such as bread, buns ...

A team has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families ...

The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), in association with the Indian Society for Root Crops is organising an international conference on ‘Tropical roots and tubers for sustainable ...

As the effects of climate change become increasingly visible even in temperate regions, there is an urgent need to diversify our crops in order to address hunger and malnutrition. This has led to the ...

Vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs) and horticultural tree crops (HTCs) play an important role in food security and income and represent significant agricultural opportunities in most countries of ...

The most abundant soluble tuber protein from the Andean crop oca (Oxalis tuberosa Mol.), named ocatin, has been purified and characterized. Ocatin accounts for 40% to 60% of the total soluble oca ...