Stop studying 'ancient rice' Thanh Den

The authorities will stop further research on the 'ancient rice' seeds in Thanh Den, representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said yesterday afternoon.

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Dr. Le Huy Ham, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Genetics, said that the results of the recent radioactive carbon assessment by Japanese scientists and previous research results in Vietnam have concluded rice Amaranth is not ancient rice.

' It is likely that these grains of rice have somehow reached the relics of Thanh Den. Previously due to scientists' expectations on ancient grain, they also wanted to clarify the science. But after careful consideration, authorities and scientists believe that it is necessary to stop the research of grain seeds in Thanh Den ", said Ham and added that the rice and the" ancient rice "seeds were stored.

The authorities will stop researching on grain seeds found in Thanh Den. (Photo: Nguyen Hung)

Mr. Tran Duy Quy, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, affirmed that no seeds can exist for several hundred years, apart from lotus seeds and dates. In a rare gas environment, at a depth of 1.2 m, a grain of 3,000 years is still possible. " Rice seeds exist in natural conditions after 50 - 100 years but still flowering is too extraordinary ," Mr. Quy commented.

The research conclusions in Vietnam and in Japan, where the most modern technology also shows, clearly the rice in Thanh Den is not ancient rice.

According to Mr. Quy, like many other scientists, grain seeds may be mischievous by children and put in or dropped by sky birds, while archaeological conditions are not strictly protected.

Before that, after the conclusion that Thanh Den rice was not ancient rice but modern rice, Dr. Lam Thi My Dung - who discovered the grain of rice into germinated amphibians - and many archaeologists said that it was necessary to have the research. save more.