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Plants glow to report lack of water
Students from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have created a new plant that can
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Transgenic plants - a decade of losing and winning
When Monsanto Corporation introduced to the world 10 genetically modified (GM) crops 10 years ago, it was predicted that biotech progress was the dawn of a new era, whic…
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Creating grafted tomatoes with disease resistance
The creation of grafted tomatoes to combat bacterial wilt has won one of the first four prizes of the National Technical Innovation Contest for the eighth time. The awar…
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Water hyacinth - Water purifier
Water hyacinth originating from Venezuela, South America is currently distributed in more than 50 countries around the world. In Vietnam, people still use water hyacinth…
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Kingdonia uniflora one-leaf grass - The most lonely tree
In the world of luxuriant leafy plants, one leaf can be said to be the most lonely in the world. About flowers, it has only 1 flower, only 1 leaf is left. One-leaf grass…
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Cannabinoid-containing cannabis plants are caused by an infection with an ancient virus
Marijuana plants receive genes that encode proteins to synthesize cannabinoid active substances from ancient viruses, which have infiltrated the plant's DNA and are ther…
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32 species of terrestrial plants are the most dangerous
The black glue mearnsii is an evergreen, poisonous plant, often reaching a height of 20m. In addition to producing a very large number of seeds, growing strong, this tre…
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Production of growing media for orchids from agricultural residues
Biologists at Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute have studied and completed the production process of growing orchids from agricultural waste products in Lam Dong. Curren…
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High cabbage is almost the size of a human
With a height of 1.47 meters and a weight of 34.2 kilograms, this cabbage has been recognized by Guinness as the world's largest cabbage plant. Appearing at the Alaska s…
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4 species of the most dangerous invasive aquatic plants in the world
Caulerpa seagrass is an aquatic plant introduced to the Mediterranean region around 1984, possibly in the form of sediment in the marine aquarium of the Monaco Aquarium.…
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Japan creates hard, high-yield rice varieties
Japanese scientists have just created a hard-leaf rice variety, which helps boost yields, reducing the amount of fertilizer used in fields. Hard leaf allows sunlight to…
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Giant succulents desert areas
The American desert has a giant cactus, called saguaro, as high as 50 feet and weighs 6 tons. The outer shell of this giant tree is green, covered with plastic wax makin…
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China: Plant detoxification for soil
For the first time in the world, Chinese scientists have launched a pilot plantation project to extract toxic arsenic from farmland.
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The poisonous tree species causes many deaths in Vietnam
Cat eye tree also has many other names such as mimosa, virgin brown or virgin swamp. This tree has relatives with many virgin trees growing in Vietnam.