Chapter 695: Genetically Modified Plants
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After returning from SpaceX's headquarters, Henry has been thinking about building a first-class factory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info?? A spacex-level factory must be established, and only in this way can the pace of the space show be accelerated!
We don't know how many advanced civilizations were born during the 4.6 billion years of the earth's birth, but there are various signs unearthed from various places that there must have been prehistoric civilizations. But where did these advanced civilizations go in the end? The only guess must be that for some reason, such as a meteorite collision, a volcanic explosion, or a change in the earth's environment, etc., eventually led to the extinction of civilization!
It has only been more than 10,000 years since the exhibition of mankind that such a glorious civilization was born, which shows what kind of intelligent life human beings are. However, if you can't get out of the earth, everything is empty talk, and no matter how glorious the civilization is, it will eventually be wiped out!
Dinosaurs ruled the earth for three geological epochs, a total of 165 million years, who would dare to say that in this long life, dinosaurs did not evolve advanced intelligence. Anyway, Henry firmly believes that dinosaurs must be intelligent. However, when a large meteorite collided with the earth, causing a big explosion and leading to a huge disaster, the age of dinosaurs was simply ended.
If we can't get out of the earth, human civilization will eventually disappear in endless years! However, judging from the current situation, it is very likely that human beings will leave the earth.
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At the moment, the transformation of the Sahara Desert is in full swing, the preliminary laying of the submarine pipeline has been largely completed, and some areas are already using seawater to irrigate large areas of the desert. The plant seeds opened by the gene umbrella company have been sown.
While looking at the information, Henry said to himself: "Not bad, 251,000 square kilometers of desert have been renovated, and with the advancement of the submarine pipeline project, the transformation will be faster." It's just that the seeds opened by the gene umbrella company can't grow quickly, and now the desert is still bare, and it is not convenient to build a factory...... Is it possible to prescribe a phytoauxin that will promote the rapid growth of these plants?!"
Henry immediately called the CEO of Gene Umbrella and told him about his idea.
"Dr. Steve Huggins, is it possible for Gene Umbrella to prescribe a phytollin that allows plants to grow quickly, grow into a small tree in a month, and grow into shade within a year?"
"Your Majesty, auxin has a great influence on plants, but it is not too much. And Gene Umbrella does have a plant auxin, but it is not as exaggerated as you say. However, even though we have such auxins, we have plants that can grow in shade within a year!"
"What kind of plant?" asked Henry.
Dr. Steve Huggins asked, "Your Majesty, do you know what the absolute champion of woody plant growth length is?"
"Woody Plants Grow Length Champion?" Henry muttered to himself, thought carefully for a while, and said with some uncertainty, "Could it be bamboo?"
Bamboo is not resistant to heavy salt, seawater and high temperatures. Henry had planted bamboo in his hometown in his previous life, and knew that bamboo still had high requirements for the environment, and it must be a warm and humid climate, with an average annual temperature of 15--2oC and an annual precipitation of 12oo-18oo mm. The soil requirements are also higher than those of ordinary tree species, which require abundant water and humidity conditions, and are not tolerant of stagnant flooding.
"Yes, Your Majesty, it's bamboo, and it's the moso bamboo of the bamboo species!" Dr. Steve Huggins explained, "It takes only two months from the time the bamboo shoots emerge to the time the bamboo grows, and it is about six or seven stories tall. At the peak of growth, it can rise by 1 meter a day and night, so there is a saying that 'mushrooms after rain'. From the very beginning of the desert environmental transformation project, we have identified the plant Moso bamboo, hoping to use genetic engineering to modify it. At present, everything is going well, according to the introduction of the person in charge of genetic modification of moso bamboo, the genetic modification of moso bamboo has come to an end, and it is expected that genetically modified seeds will be manufactured in batches in April this year!"
As Henry listened, a picture of a bamboo forest came to mind, and then a small house was built in it, which was so beautiful. Shiyun: "The ease of air is fake, and the breeze is in the bamboo forest." Da is the fun in the wine, and the piano is accidental. ”
This is really wonderful! If you build a hotel there, you will be very popular!
At this time, Dr. Steve Huggins continued on the phone: "At present, we are planting salt-tolerant plants such as jujube, white wax, begonia, wolfberry, white thorn, sand holly, licorice, burdock, psyllium, Chinese blood-tonic grass, single-leaved vitex, daylily, star grass, tall fescue, and shearweed.
There are also salt-tolerant tomatoes, salt-tolerant asparagus, salt-tolerant sugar beets, and seawater-watered barley to solve local food problems!! and we have introduced salt-tolerant lawns from the United States to turn the desert into a grassland!"
Henry nodded frequently, so many plants, I want to come to the desert after the successful transformation is also a beautiful scenery, very good!
"Dr. Steve Huggins, there are 5oo square kilometers of desert to be planted, and I think the seed breeding base of the gene umbrella should be expanded!"
"Yes, we are also considering this issue, and we plan to establish a seed breeding base on the edge of the desert, first, to facilitate research, and secondly, the desert area is large enough. ”
"Well, okay, I will then notify the relevant departments to grant land to the gene umbrella company, is 1ooo square meters enough?"
"Enough, absolutely enough!"
In the future, the gene umbrella company will make persistent efforts to develop more genetically modified plants!"
"Yes!"
The conversation ended quickly.
After Henry hung up the phone, he called Wellett over, and then told her what had just happened, and asked her to handle it. Then, with his eyes slightly closed, Henry leaned back in his chair and began to imagine the world after the desert was transformed. However, his daydream was interrupted not long ago.
Karina came to his office at this time and told him three things, the first about the census and the second about the comic platform.
The census has just begun, and there is not much to say.
Kailina told Henry that after Williams Royal Investment acquired the Youqi original platform, it successively merged five original comic platforms, and then integrated resources to officially launch the Youyouqi original platform app today.
"How many cartoonists are there now?" asked Henry.
"2,413!"
Henry pondered for a moment and said, "Compared to the number of cartoonists in the world, the number 2413 is still too small. ”
Kailina smiled and said: "There is a demonic original platform app, which has just been deployed, and we haven't really done it yet!Next, we are ready to launch the 'Great God Factory Plan', using our huge resources to build a high-level IP, and train comic artists to become great gods with an annual income of more than 1ooo dollars!!"
"The Great God Factory Project?