The Technology Tree of Xueba

After the meeting, Zhou Yu and Wang Xiaoxiao came to the Institute of Genetics together.

He wants to take a look at the crops that will be applied to the water city. The effect of these aquatic crops will directly lead to the success or failure of the blue ocean project.

When Zhou Yu came to the laboratory, he saw that scientists were planting crops in seawater, and several crops were already growing luxuriantly.

It saw common grains and vegetables such as rice, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, eggplant, kidney beans, and cucumbers in the laboratory.

This is completely different from what Zhou Yu thought. Zhou Yu thought that the aquatic crops were a special edible crop re-edited by Wang Xiaoxiao and the others through gene editing.

Director Wang, I saw that the grains and vegetables in your laboratory are all common plants.

It's nothing more than growing using hydroponics, a method not commonly used by farmers but a common technique in industrialized vegetable production in developed countries.

These plants can be grown in seawater. Have any of their genes changed? .

Wang Xiaoxiao pointed to a scientific researcher next to him and said: This is Qin Ming, a researcher who specializes in aquatic crops. He is not a major, but graduated from Xinghuo University founded by our company.

With his unconstrained innovative thinking and good scientific research quality, he was recruited by me to the Institute of Genetics.

Zhou Yu looked at Qin Ming. He was a very young man. The entire research staff of Xinghuo Technology was very young, with an average age of only 38 years old.

In Xinghuo University, a virtual university founded by Xinghuo Technology, many people can master very rich professional knowledge after only the first year of study.

Artificial intelligence can teach students in accordance with their aptitude, which can perfectly excavate a person's talent. The difference in IQ between people is even greater than the difference in IQ between humans and monkeys.

Some people have talents that no one can match in a certain industry.

Artificial intelligence can dig out a person's talent through scientific means. It is precisely because of this that graduates of Xinghuo University are very popular in society.

Qin Ming introduced with a smile: Mr. Zhou, we mainly modify the genetic composition of plant roots so that plant root cells can adapt to the high osmotic pressure environment.

The roots of these plants were genetically modified, which also enhanced their adaptability to growing in water.

The root system of aquatic crops has the ability to filter seawater, and it only absorbs water molecules in seawater and ions needed for plant growth.

In this way, the genetically modified aquatic crops can live normally in seawater.

We did not modify the gene expression of edible nutrients in aquatic crops, so that aquatic crops still maintain their original nutrition.

Our human body has adapted to the nutrients of these crops for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Hastily modifying the expressed genes of the edible parts of aquatic crops, newly formed proteins and other substances may cause discomfort to the human body, and we must try our best to avoid this situation.

Zhou Yu nodded. He understood Qin Ming's introduction. These aquatic crops were genetically modified crops.

However, except for the root system of this aquatic crop, the protein expressed by the genes of other edible parts has no difference from the original crop.

Zhou Yu looked at these aquatic crops and asked: How fast are they growing? Do these crops need to be fertilized?

Qin Ming introduced: Mr. Zhou, we have improved the genes of aquatic crops. The speed at which aquatic crops absorb nutrients is accelerated, and their growth speed is also accelerated, which is 1 to 2 times faster than the original production speed.

The growth time of aquatic rice is one month. It is a food crop with a relatively fast growth rate. The growth rate of aquatic lettuce is only 10 days, and it can be eaten after three days.

It is precisely because of the fast growth of aquatic crops that they need to be fertilized for intelligent industrial fertilization management.

When Zhou Yu learned about the situation of aquatic crops, he smiled and was quite satisfied with aquatic crops.

The aquatic crops you developed have a relatively good growth rate. The ingredients are the same as the original crops, and the nutritional content should be similar. How does the aquatic crop taste?

Hearing Zhou Yu's question, Wang Xiaoxiao said with a smile: Mr. Zhou, the taste of aquatic crops is somewhat different from the original crops. They taste crisper. Now it is almost lunch time. We want the chef to fry some dishes with aquatic crops. Everyone Taste the taste of aquatic crops together.

They rushed to the cafeteria of the scientific research center and continued to discuss genetic technology during their break.

The growth rate of aquatic crops can reach 1 to 2 times that of the original crops, and the related growth genes should also be transplanted to the original crops. Zhou Yu suggested.

Qin Ming heard Zhou Yu's suggestion, and immediately replied: Mr. Zhou, this is not difficult at all. You don't even need to modify the genes of the roots of the crops on a large scale, but only modify some genes that control the rate of nutrient absorption.

We produce active plant cells through cell replication, and when we give the active cells of the plant as nutrients, it can grow into a normal plant.

These living cells are wrapped with organic materials to form artificial seeds.

Genetically modified crops are no longer able to reproduce in the natural environment, and will not contaminate other plants with their modified genes.

At the same time, we also guarantee the safety of our technology, only our company can produce the seeds of the corresponding plants.

Rice, potatoes, and some common vegetables can grow 1-2 times faster than before, which plays a major role in ensuring China's overall food security.

As the most populous country in the world, China accounts for 23% of the world's population, but only 7% of the world's arable land, and most of the land is relatively barren.

Western scholars have long predicted that China will fall into a food crisis sooner or later.

Whether in ancient times or now, as long as a country falls into a food crisis, it is not far from political turmoil and war.

In ancient times, there were thousands of peasant uprisings in China as evidence, and in modern times, there are the Arab Spring and the Ukrainian crisis that swept the world.

One of the reasons for the Arab Spring was that food exporting countries such as Europe and the United States raised food prices by 10%.

International food prices have increased by 10%, directly bankrupting people in the slums of these countries. As long as people can't fill their stomachs, unrest will not be far away.

If there is a food crisis in China and more than one billion people suffer from starvation, no country will have the surplus food to satisfy more than one billion people.

The only way to get through the food crisis is to starve to death and starve to death.

China uses 7% of the barren land to feed 23% of the population. That is because agronomists represented by Yuan Longping developed hybrid crops such as hybrid rice and hybrid corn, which greatly increased the production of food.

Academician Yuan's contributions would have been enough to make people immortal in the age of mythology.

Now it is their group who have taken over the responsibility. If the growth rate of crops is increased by 1~2 times, it means that the grain production will be increased by 1~2 times, which can perfectly defend the national food security.

The country can even use food, a weapon with great lethality, to achieve what it wants.

Soon, meals made of aquatic crops were served. They finished the meal together.

Zhou Yu praised after eating: The taste is very good, the rice has a kind of fragrance, and the taste of the dish is crisper than the original dish.

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