Farmers have been continuously contributing to evolving crop varieties that fit specific locations and changing conditions. There are different possibilities for recognizing farm innovations in India. The Biological Diversity Act ensures equitable sharing of benefits to the conservers of biological resources, their by-products, creators or holders of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices associated with such resources. The National Innovation Foundation scouts and supports grassroots innovations that have been developed without any help from a formal sector.

The Hevea brasiliensis is the only commercial source of natural rubber. In natural rubber production, exogenous ethylene is widely used as a stimulant for increasing rubber latex yield. To reveal the potential regulation mechanisms for ethylene stimulation of natural rubber production in H. brasiliensis, we performed an integrative analysis of transcriptomics and proteomics for ethylene-stimulated rubber latex. A total of 35,306 genes and 3,620 proteins were successfully identified from the different latex samples upon ethylene stimulation.

Researchers from the University of Tennessee and partners pyramided cry genes in eucalyptus to control brown looper caterpillar (Thyrinteina arnobia) infestation. The findings are published in GM Crops & Food. In Brazil, the brown looper caterpillar is a major problem for eucalyptus farms. The pest causes severe defoliation and up to 40% reduction in biomass. To control this devastating pest, the research team used genetic engineering to transform trees to produce three cry insecticidal proteins (Cry1Ab, Cry1Bb, and Cry2Aa) from Bacillus thuringiensis.