Ever since the visit to the cashew Farm in Vaibhavwadi, Maharashtra- INDIA the scientists from the Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (BSKKV). Dapoli, Maharashtra, INDIA were fascinated by the luxuriant growth of the cashew trees which generated a curiosity to know which factors contributing to such a growth and development of high immunity and diseases resistance in the trees. The cashew trees were transformed not only in morphology or physiology but were genetically altered with a miraculous DNA polymorphism up to 55 and 58% between control and treated trees of V4 and V7 varieties respectively.
(Click the link http://www.divinelife.us/Genetics/Cashew_Genetic_Report.htm).
Guruji had visited Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (BSKKV) on 19th Jan 2006 and blessed the pure cell lines, seeds and plants selected for the experiment by Dr B.B.Jadhav, HOD Agriculture Botany. The 8 selected crops consists 6 seeds and 3 plants viz. mustard, cow-pea, horse gram, and two varieties of groundnuts, water melon and chili, brinjal (egg plant) and pachouli (Aromatic plant). These were sowed and planted in two plots on the 20th Jan 2006. The control plot size was 60 x 22 m while the blessed plot size was 48 x 24 m. Both the plots were divided into eight small areas of different sizes for cultivating each crop. These plots were located in the same environmental and climatic conditions and were 15 feet apart from each other. In the blessed plot only water was permitted and no chemical or organic fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides were allowed to be used. The irrigation was done to both plots by sprinkler and flood irrigation.