Agri Facts

Agri Facts

• Yellow colour of maize is due to Cryptoxanthin (Cryptoxanthin is a natural carotenoid pigment).
• Cotton plant was the first plant grown on the moon.
• Sugar beet is highest tolerance to "Boron toxicity".
• Mulberry plants cultivation is called Moriculture.
• Rose hips are the richest source of Vitamin C.
• Sindhu is seedless variety of mango.
• Bhutan is world first wholly organic country.
• In groundnut, thin skin that covers the seed or nut is called Testa.
• Maize is known as Backbone of America.
• Depth of water required by a crop is known as Delta.
• Pigeon Pea is a mini fertilizer crop.
• Sugar beet is the indicator plant for Sodium deficiency.
• "Kashi Lalima" is a red colour variety of okra which has antioxidant property and also rich in calcium and iron.
• First man made vegetable was Rutabaga.
• Arunachal Pradesh become India's 1st state to obtain Organic Certificate for Kiwi.
• Opium is known as God of Sleep.
• Sorghum is king of coarse cereals.
• First all India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) was initiated on Maize (1957).
• Black Garlic has 2x the antioxidant level of White Garlic. It helps in preventing 14 types of cancer and has powerful healing benefits.
• Mulberry plants are famous for their speed of pollen release which is about half of speed of sound.
• Gundhi bug insect attack on milking stage in paddy crop.