Also in Dongying, a breeding platform for saline-alkali tolerant plants has been set up in the Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Area of the Yellow River Delta. Crops such as sweet sorghum, ryegrass and soybeans grow well in an artificially simulated environment, enclosed behind glass...
changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. These techniques have allowed for the introduction of new crop traits as well as a far greater control over a food's genetic structure than previously afforded by methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding. ...
For example, Xin Qiu seed industry, a local cotton seed business, is leasing breeding at a price of 850-900 yuan. In the interview, reporters found that the land rented out is after all a minority, and most cotton fields still remain in the farming condition of every household. With the...