Coconuts have risen to around 3.20 ringgit in Malaysia, or 213.77 Sri Lanka rupees, from 1.80 reports said, with officials ...

Most legumes are pollinated by insects such as bees producing Acacia or clover honey. Pollination by birds (ornithophily) and bats (chiropterophily) is relatively uncommon in flowering plants, though ...

In Sri Lanka, the ideal temperature for coconut trees is around 27–28°C. When temperatures exceed 33°C, coconut pollination declines, leading to reduced yields. About 10% of the country’s coconut ...

Sri Lanka also 39,883 acres of coconut state plantations but they also have not got fertilizer for the past five years, Minister Viddyarathna said. “Where there is no fertilizer the crops decline,” he ...

The news serves as a major victory for the coconut industry. Through a series of specific points, "Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens, Including the Food Allergen Labeling Requirements of ...

Move over bees, MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the future. The robot’s lifelike flapping wings ...

Imagine a world where robotic insects take over the critical task of pollination, freeing farmers from relying on the whims of nature or resorting to manually pollinating crops with paintbrushes.

The robot reaches 35 cm/s, performs flips, and traces paths like “M-I-T,” highlighting control and endurance advances.

A man strained to look through the glass windows of a store at the Ridgeview Plaza shopping center Reno on Tuesday, his eyes fixed on a pink box of mochi donuts and jars of coconut jelly laid out ...

With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while mitigating some of agriculture's ...

The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and vegetables. With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future ...

so if we continue to lose really large numbers of these individuals then we lose the important pollination and seed dispersal services that they provide," Dr Peel said. "This is a really ...