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Preserving potatoes with dry sand
The method of preserving potatoes with dry sand is very effective. After 5-month storage, tubers are not sprouted, not shrunken due to dehydration, loss rate is less tha…
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Thai Binh: Preserving seed potatoes with cold storage brings high economic efficiency
With the help of the Vietnam Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, after more than 10 years of implementation, Thai Binh has so far built 62 cold storage war…
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Create potato seeds like beans
Hundreds of seed potatoes fit in the palm of the hand, each bulb is just as small as a bean, but gives a very high yield. It is the product of Biotechnology Department,…
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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…
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Video: The reason the bag is always bulging
Batteries and chips are always filled with nitrogen to keep it crispy, flavorful and extend its shelf life.
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The first plant powered by potato energy
Cavaghan's ready-to-eat food factory in the UK has become the first factory in the world to run on metabolic energy from waste potatoes.
Science story
Deciduous disease causes heavy losses to North American agriculture
A noteworthy news for cultivators: this year, late deciduous disease is causing death of tomatoes and potatoes in gardens and farms in the eastern United States. In addi…
Science story
The history of using agar as a coagulant
Everyone doing research on microorganisms knows about environmental coagulants such as agar, agarose, gelatin, gellan gum ... and their use characteristics, but the hist…
Medicine - Health
Things to keep in mind when eating sweet potatoes in winter help prevent cancer
Everyone knows sweet potatoes are very nutritious, but more specifically, these tubers are at the top of the list of the 20 anti-cancer vegetables and fruits of the Japa…
Medicine - Health
Foods that keep your body warm in the winter
In winter, nutritious, antioxidant and immune-enhancing foods will help you stay warm throughout the cold season.
Medicine - Health
Nutritious food of the ancients
According to Mindbodygreen, the first doctor in the world Hippocrates said:
Medicine - Health
8 foods help kill cancer cells
In everyday life there are many types of foods that help kill cancer cells but we don't notice, these are the following foods.
Medicine - Health
Although I know how to eat fat, why are we so fascinated with fried potatoes?
There must not be many of us who will not be able to
Medicine - Health
Concussion detection: Potato chips can cure baldness
Many studies have shown the harmful effects of eating potato chips - can create unhealthy things, especially for those who are overweight and obese ...
Medicine - Health
Why potatoes grow germs are toxic to the body
When potatoes sprout, starch transforms into solanine and chaconine-alpha, which can cause poisoning to humans.