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.
