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the final pot-bellied pig?
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the final pot-bellied pig?

In the latest set of maps of livestock breeds in Vietnam issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the fat pig breed (also known as the wrinkled pig)…

December 16, 2018
Process of daisy flower breeding
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Process of daisy flower breeding

Plants caused by pruning buds often grow strong, thus ensuring the quality of the mother plants for good flowers, but the flowering time is relatively longer than that o…

December 16, 2018
Balance chemical reaction with EBAS
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Balance chemical reaction with EBAS

For those who are studying the Chemistry program, the balance of chemical reactions has become very familiar. Simple reactions, you can easily learn equilibrium but for…

December 16, 2018
Turn metal into 'black gold'
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Turn metal into 'black gold'

Now, 'Black Gold' is not just another idiom. Scientists at Rochester University have created a technique that can change the properties of almost any metal to transform…

December 16, 2018
Growing KT2 potatoes on 2-crop land
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Growing KT2 potatoes on 2-crop land

KT2 potato variety was created by Center for Research of tuberous plants - Institute of Food Plants - food plants. Through SX wide area in Ha Nam province, we have some…

December 16, 2018
Keeping freshwater prawn through the east
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Keeping freshwater prawn through the east

Winter in the north of our country usually lasts 4 - 5 months, low temperatures not only have a big impact on cold-tolerant fishes (tilapia, white pomfret) but also affe…

December 16, 2018
Lantern flowers - Fuchsia
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Lantern flowers - Fuchsia

Log flowers or lantern flowers, grown well in Da Lat, in the article below Prof. Ton That Trinh mentioned details about this flower, adapted from the document of the Agr…

December 16, 2018
White cotton aphids damage sugarcane
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White cotton aphids damage sugarcane

The white leaf hopper under sugarcane leaves is actually a white cotton aphid, whose scientific name is Ceratovacuna lanigera is a dangerous pest not only for the growth…

December 16, 2018
Water rash in pigs
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Water rash in pigs

High fever, acute viral infection is clinically differentiated from foot and mouth disease, vesicles and vesicular stomatitis in pigs. The pathogenic virus is antagonist…

December 16, 2018
EM probiotics with garden-pond-barn-field model
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EM probiotics with garden-pond-barn-field model

Agricultural by-products such as straw, corn stalks ... are incubated with an appropriate amount of EM probiotics to become nutritious food for cows. The cow dung is aga…

December 16, 2018
Sowing in the mosquito net
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Sowing in the mosquito net

To deal with yellow dwarf diseases and twisted leaves dwarf diseases on rice due to spread of brown plant hopper, winter-spring crop 2006-2007 seed rice farms as well as…

December 16, 2018
For a clean, high-yield coffee garden
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For a clean, high-yield coffee garden

Mr. Nguyen Van Du, working at Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development due to his passion for research, self-study, has drawn a lot of experience in growi…

December 16, 2018