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What are alkaline fruits and vegetables? Eating them regularly helps prevent and fight cancer
The main components of alkaline foods (calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium) are four elements essential for human movement and brain activity. Any food containing calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium and other metal eleme...
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High-quality new japonica rice lines successfully bred in Yixing, Jiangsu
The author recently learned from the Bokun Agricultural Research Institute in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province: the institute, in cooperation with the China National Rice Research Institute's National Rice Improvement Center and other units, has achieved a breakthrough in the work of "breeding new japonica rice varieties with multiple resistance, high yield and high quality," successfully breeding a group of high-yield, high-quality new japonica rice lines such as 4701 and 4714 that are resistant to brown planthopper, rice blast and other pests and diseases. It is reported that the bred high-yield, high-quality new japonica rice lines combine genes for resistance to brown planthopper, white-backed planthopper, rice blast and stripe leaf blight, as well as high-yield and high-quality
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New potato line Wuxuan No. 2 passes field evaluation by provincial and prefectural expert panel
The new potato line "Wuxuan No. 2", jointly bred by the Nanhua County Agriculture Bureau, the Chuxiong Prefectural Plant Protection Station, and the Wujie Town Agricultural Extension Center of Nanhua County, has passed field evaluation by a provincial and prefectural expert panel. The experts attending the meeting listened to introductions from the breeding units on the breeding process, regional trials, and production demonstrations, examined the relevant materials, and conducted on-site inspections in Wujie Town, carrying out actual harvests on two production plots. The expert panel gave full recognition, holding that the breeding process of this line is clear, and that it participated in and completed the 2003-2005 Yunnan Province
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Detailed Explanation of a Frozen French Fries Production Line
The frozen French fries production line, jointly developed by the Agricultural Products Processing Engineering Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences and China National Packaging and Food Machinery Corporation, has a production capacity of 350kg/h, an installed capacity of 450kW, a water consumption of 12m3/h, and a steam consumption of 3t/h. The quality of the French fries produced has reached the advanced international level. (Contact phone: 010-64862459)
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Guangxi Takes the Lead in Breeding an Aromatic Red Rice CMS Line
Recently, the Science and Technology Department of Guangxi Autonomous Region organized relevant experts to conduct a field technical appraisal of the wild-abortive type CMS line Betel Nut Red A, bred by the Xiangzhou Huang Family Rice Research Institute. After rigorous field investigation and indoor microscopic examination, and after hearing the breeder's technical report and questions and answers, the expert group determined that Betel Nut Red A meets the standards for a rice CMS line. It is the first aromatic red rice CMS line bred in China, with strong innovation. Betel Nut Red A has stable agronomic traits, stable male sterility, good flowering habits, relatively good grain quality, and a resistance level of highly susceptible.
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Purple-marked rice male sterile lines developed in Guangxi
The rice male sterile lines carrying the purple-leaf marker trait, Xianhong A and Zhihong A, developed by the research team led by Guangxi Outstanding Expert Researcher Liang Shirong and Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Vice President Researcher Deng Guofu, passed the field technical appraisal organized by the office of the Guangxi Regional Crop Variety Approval Committee and conducted by a relevant expert group on August 3, 2007. After strict field investigation and indoor microscopic examination, and after hearing the research team's technical report and answers to questions, the expert group unanimously concluded that Xianhong A and Zhihong A have stable agronomic traits, stable male sterility, and good flowering
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High-quality rice male sterile line successfully bred in Fujian
The provincial key science and technology project undertaken by the Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Tel: 0591-7884771) - the breeding of the rice male sterile line Jingfu 4A, passed the technical appraisal organized by the Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology on June 28, 2004. Jingfu 4A has an early maturity period, stable plant and leaf morphology and male sterility traits, and excellent quality, especially outstanding milling quality and appearance quality, good flowering habits, a high stigma exsertion rate, and the combinations it produces show strong field performance advantages. Its milled rice rate, head rice rate, chalky grain rate, chalkiness degree, transparency,
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Screening of 8 New Virus-Free Potato Lines
1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Experimental Materials A total of 9 new virus-free potato lines were used in the test, all introduced from the Bijie Region Potato Breeding and Virus-Free Center. Their line numbers were: B9904-2, B9904-1, B9901-33, B9911-1, B9911-3, B9907-4, B9910-9, BP26, and Mira (CK). 1.2 Experimental Methods The test was conducted on the contracted land of farmer Chen Guangyi in Fengshan Village, Fengshan Township, Dafang County,
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High-yield Cultivation Techniques for Line Pepper Hong'an No. 6 and Mexican Iron Pepper
I. Line Pepper Hong'an No. 6 1. Growth Characteristics This variety is a short-statured self-topping type, with a plant height of about 60 cm and a plant spread of 20-30 cm. It has strong lateral branching ability. The first flower is borne at the 12th-13th node. It sets fruit in a concentrated manner with strong fruit-setting ability. The fruits are mostly clustered, with a fruit length of 15-17 cm and a fruit diameter of about 1.4 cm. Each plant sets 30-40 fruits. The surface fruit is green and straight, and the mature fruit is dark red, easy to sun-dry, with a high rate of marketable fruit. This variety is early-maturing, with a growth period of about 140 days.
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Xinxiang No. 8, a hybrid long-line chili variety, high quality and high yield
1. Easy to grow: tolerant of rain, tolerant of high temperatures, highly disease-resistant. 2. Good quality: young and tender fruits are medium hot, tender green, crisp, fragrant and spicy when eaten fresh; mature fruits are strongly hot and suitable for both fresh eating and processing, do not separate into layers or fade when pickled, have low moisture, and are suitable for pickling and drying. 3. High yield: the fruits are long, straight and uniform, with a yield 50-100% higher than Erjintiao and 8819. Characteristics: early maturing, compact plant form, plant height about 55cm, plant spread about 56cm, strong branching ability, strong continuous fruit-setting ability, fruit length about 22cm, fruit width about 1.
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