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May 05 2024
[Xinhua] Seeds from China's space station applied in breeding experiments
With the return on Tuesday of the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft, a new batch of scientific experimental samples from China's space station have arrived on Earth, including seeds for breeding experimen... -
May 05 2024
[Xinhua] Seeds from China's space station applied in breeding experiments
BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- With the return on Tuesday of the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft, a new batch of scientific experimental samples from China's space station have arrived on Earth, including s... -
Apr 29 2024
[China Daily] China emphasizes importance of collaboration in barley resources
China has abundant germ plasm resources that are crucial for breeding better-performing varieties of barley, a crop widely used in animal feeding, the malting industry and human diet, a Chinese crop s... -
Apr 25 2024
[Xinhua] China, Germany strengthen barley research cooperation
Chinese and German scientists are working closely to promote international collaboration on barley research, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). Barley, known for its wi... -
Apr 23 2024
[Xinhua] China's new quality agricultural productive forces to be fully developed: report
In the coming decade, China's agricultural sector will witness the full development of new quality productive forces, accompanied by an accelerated pace of agricultural transformation and upgrading, a... -
Apr 22 2024
[China Daily] China's food yield to grow 1.1% annually over the coming decade
The nation's food yield will grow at an annual pace of 1.1 percent over the coming decade as hunger has risen worldwide, lowering the world's largest food importer's demand for overseas food products,... -
Mar 14 2024
[China Daily] Chinese know-how can boost African oil crop yields, says lawmaker
Chinese technological knowhow can help double the productivity of sesame, peanut and other oil crops in Africa, turning the continent into a global supplier of raw materials for cooking oil, a lawmake... -
Mar 13 2024
[China Daily] Breakthrough sets stage for next-generation high-yield rice
A group of rice researchers in Beijing have decoded the genetic puzzle behind the vexing trade-off between the average size of rice grains and their maximum number on rice ears, paving the way for ne... -
Mar 08 2024
[Xinhua] Chinese scientists decipher genetic mystery of clustered-spikelet rice
Chinese scientists have deciphered the genetic basis behind the formation of clustered-spikelet rice, which has been an interest of agricultural science for nearly a century, -
Mar 08 2024
[Xinhua] Pakistan-China wheat breeding cooperation ensures Pakistan's food security, UN SDGs: experts
ISLAMABAD, March 7 (Xinhua) -- With wheat being a staple food crop of Pakistan, dominating all crops in terms of acreage, production and consumption, cooperation between Pakistan and China in enhancin... -
Feb 01 2024
[China Daily] Food security net
SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Sino-African cooperation is helping African countries to become self-sufficient in food and end hunger on the continent Feeding the 1.4 billion people in Africa has been a ... -
Jan 29 2024
[China Daily] Discovery may boost production of cancer drug
Chinese researchers have managed to synthesize baccatin III using tobacco plants, hurdling an obstacle that limited the supply of the crucial raw material used to make the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel... -
Jan 26 2024
[Xinhua] China Focus: Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in biosynthesis of anticancer drug paclitaxel
Chinese scientists have broken through the critical technological bottleneck in the biosynthesis of the anticancer drug paclitaxel, paving the way for sustainable biomanufacturing of this medicine. -
Jan 22 2024
[Chinadaily] China beefs up crop diversity with 140,000 germplasm samples
In a significant stride towards agricultural innovation, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has amassed nearly 140,000 germplasm samples since 2015, emphasizing the pivotal role of genetic d... -
Dec 09 2023
[China Daily] Researchers find gene to enrich iron in corn
Chinese researchers have untangled a genetic puzzle that has long impeded global progress toward a commercially viable corn variety rich in iron, a crucial microelement for human health, according to ... -
Dec 08 2023
[China Daily] China decodes secret of iron-rich corn to address global anemia crisis
Chinese researchers have untangled a genetic puzzle long impeding global progress toward a commercially viable corn variety rich in iron, a crucial microelement for human health, according to a study ... -
Dec 08 2023
[Xinhua] China Focus: Chinese scientists discover genetic secret of iron-rich maize
Chinese scientists have discovered a key gene that regulates the loading of iron into maize kernels, providing a scientific basis for cultivating iron-enriched maize varieties and potentially helping ... -
Dec 07 2023
[China Daily] Nation tops list of agricultural academic papers, patents
An aerial photo shows wheat fields in Xiangfen county of Linfen, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Chinese researchers published over 300,000 studies from 2018 to 2022 An analys... -
Nov 24 2023
[China Daily] Funding program for agricultural research turns 10
The 10th anniversary of a program that has provided constant funding to lengthy agricultural research and allowed scientists to focus on the nation's strategic needs was marked by the Chinese Academy ... -
Nov 16 2023
[China Daily] Researchers develop oil-rich rice strain
A research team from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has developed a strain of oil-rich rice using gene-editing, opening up the oil-producing potential of starch-based grain crops ranging from rice to c...