Newse Flowers

02/10/2023

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/famous-neanderthal-flower-burial-debunked-because-pollen-was-left-by-burrowing-bees

A new study debunks the idea that Neanderthals buried a man on a bed of flowers about 75,000 years ago.

26/09/2023

Moon flowers bloom only at night, closing during the day.

26/09/2023

The cornstarch-like powder known as arrowroot is derived from the plant, Marantha arundinacea, and is native to India. It was used by indigenous people to draw out the toxins from a poisoned arrow wound. Today, it is used to thicken pies and jellies.

26/09/2023

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/for-additional-income-small-farmers-in-odisha-jharkhand-take-to-marigold/article66494304.ece

NGO Pradan hand-holds them under the National Rural Livelihood Mission programme

26/09/2023

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/now-grow-gerberas-in-open-fields/article33823789.ece

ICAR-IIHR’s open gerbera varieties can cut down on royalties to the European breeders