Health
Distinguishing common types of potatoes in Vietnam
Besides the familiar potatoes and sweet potatoes, Vietnam has many other types of potatoes that many young people may not know how to identify and distinguish.
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Health
The surprising health benefits of taro
Taro is a plant of the genus Colocasia, family Araceae, distributed mainly in South Central Asia, the Malay Peninsula and India. Over time, this plant was brought to Sou…
Medicine - Health
Foods that germinate absolutely should not be eaten and should be considered when eating
There are foods when sprouting will lose nutrients, produce toxins. However, there are also foods that increase nutritional value.
Biology
A huge dragon ball of 73kg weighs 73kg in Nghe An
The fact that the family of Nguyen Nhu Bac harvested a 73kg heavy potato is attracting the attention of the local people, because the first time people saw such a big po…
Scientific application
Breakthrough solution of breeding specialty crops
The Institute of Agricultural Genetics in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology of Bac Kan province has successfully applied tissue culture technol…
Scientific application
Breeding taro by tissue culture method
Ninh Binh province is applying tissue culture method to propagate native taro in order to take the initiative in clean seed sources to meet production needs.
Scientific application
Tissue culture helps preserve the gene pool of yellow-taro
The topic 'Application of tissue culture technology to produce yellow-floor sweet potatoes in Phu Tho province' not only preserves the source of the yellow-floor sweet p…
Videos
Video: Olympic torch is put into space
For safety reasons, the torch will not be lit when in the universe. Astronauts will walk out into space to receive the torch.
Medicine - Health
New Choice taro extract recall contains toxic additives
After discovering New Choice Foods company imported from Triko Foods Co.LTD (Taiwan), the opaque additive, the authorities have seized and sealed 100kg of this additive…