Lin Quan thought about it, it seems that this is indeed the truth, it stands to reason that the survivability of trees should be stronger, but why is it difficult to see them in the desert and the Gobi Desert, while some grasses are more common?

"Mr. Lin, we have found a grass that is very suitable for planting in the mountains, called Resurrection Grass!"

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"Resurrection grass is a plant native to the Mexican desert, and after its introduction, it can now be seen in the deserts of Central Asia and North Africa.

Seeing that Lin Quan didn't understand very well, Ackerman explained further.

"This resurrection grass grows in a special environment, often growing in dry rock crevices or on barren rocky slopes. In such a place, the supply of water is not guaranteed, you know, like the mountain before us, although the mountain is not very big, not very high, but the soil layer on the mountain has been peeled off by the wind and sand, and it is all bare rocks, ordinary plants do not grow on it, it is possible to be directly scorched by the rocks, and the saplings we planted before, although they survived by luck, but most of them can't grow, the rocks are too strong, their roots can't penetrate into it, so in the end they can't be planted, and the dead saplings we have analyzed, most of them are lack of water, and a very important reason is the lack of nutrients！”

Lin Quan nodded, the things on the mountain were basically blown away, and there were not many useful things left, so when planting trees, they would dig a pit on the mountain and fill in a part of the soil, which was very rich in nutrients, but this only raised the soup to stop the boiling, and could not solve the fundamental problem, because this nutrient was only enough for the growth of the small sapling, and when he grew up, it would be far from enough, but many times there was no need to think about this problem, because these small saplings died quickly.

"This resurrection grass does not have high requirements for water and nutrients, it can quickly restore its green when there is water, and stretch out, so that it can quickly photosynthesize and store energy, and when the water is reduced, their leaves will quickly close, and then reduce the evaporation of water, so as to minimize the loss of water, and reduce their metabolism, so that they are in a dormant state!"

Ackerman said as he handed over a small pot of plants and placed it in front of Lin Quan.

Lin Quan took it with some curiosity, and took a look, this thing looked like a ball of dead weeds, there was no green on his body, there was no life at all, he reached out and picked a leaf, this leaf looked very wilted, he picked it with his hand, and found that it was a bit like a sponge, although it was soft, but it was not like those completely dry dead leaves that he picked into small pieces.

This shows that the leaves are not completely devoid of water, and they are indeed not dead, if they die, the dehydration will be very bad, and the yellowing of the leaves will change from fake death to real death.

He increased his strength slightly, and the leaves were finally crushed by him, and there was a little bit of liquid on his hands, which was much less than that of ordinary plants, which showed that there was really not much water in the body of this plant, and this little bit of water looked more obvious in the light, Lin Quan put his hand under his nose and smelled it, the taste was not very good, with a little bitter taste, but the taste was not very big.

"How long has this resurrection grass been dehydrated?"

According to Ackerman, this thing only shrinks to protect itself when it is short of water, and the more it shrinks, the longer it will be starved of water.

"This resurrection grass has been short of water for at least two years, originally this is a batch of alien species that we bought back for research by the Ministry of Agriculture, you know, we are in a desert area, how to find ways to get a little bit of other desert plants from all over the world, seriously study it, to see if these plants can adapt to our environment, can we live on our side, is also the focus of our research!"

Lin Quan nodded, although sometimes invasive alien species will cause damage to the local ecological environment, but if it is a desert area, a place with no ecological environment at all, even if it is invaded by alien organisms, the situation will not be much worse, because there is nothing in the first place, no matter how much you toss, it will not be worse than this.

"Well, you're going to spread the Resurrection Grass, but how can I help?"

Lin Quan didn't understand, if Ackerman wanted to do this kind of thing, shouldn't he find the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture and report it to the top level by level?

"That's right, this resurrection grass is suitable for planting in the mountains, but it is not very suitable for planting on flat land, and it won't work very well that way!"

Lin Quan was a little curious, this thing could grow even in such an unfavorable environment on the mountain, why was it not suitable for growing on flat land?

"Ahem, because this grass will run away on its own!"

After Ackerman's words came out, Lin Quan's expression became exciting!

Grass, will you run? Are you serious?

"Indeed, this resurrection grass has a lifespan of several decades, and the glycosyl trehalose in their body has a strong water-locking function, which can be lost in 98% of the plant The last drop of water is still retained, so that they do not die, and this thing is actually similar to algae, its main weight is water, after dehydration, the weight of the plant will become lighter, and then it will curl itself into a ball, and will run around when the wind blows, running to find water, where the water source is abundant, where they will settle down, in this way, the value of our planting this thing will not be very large, because they will run out of themselves within a few years after planting, and on the mountain because there are always a lot of stones that the wind can't blow into, they will be hooked by the stones if they want to run, so they can save a large partThat's why they're so common in the mountains!"

As soon as Lin Quan heard this, he naturally understood in his heart that this thing looked like chicken ribs, and it was a pity to discard it if it was tasteless.

It's not that there are no plants in the desert, there are oases where the water is abundant, and these resurrection grasses go to the oasis, and then absorb the water as soon as they suck it up, and the plants on the other side of the oasis may suffer, after all, there is still too little water.

So they started researching it very early, but it has not been promoted, maybe that's why.

"Ackerman, I don't understand, what are you looking for me for?"