Chapter 192: Perform 'sterilization surgery' on trees?
Wu Hao was really speechless about this. This was just an idea of his, basically just an imagination, and it was almost impossible to realize it.
As a technology company, he doesn't want to spend too much energy in other industries, let alone imitate a certain technology giant to raise pigs. Although it is scientific pig raising, no matter how you raise it, pigs can't fly.
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Moreover, this kind of large-scale project involving more than 100,000 acres is likely to affect the overall situation of the industry, so we must be cautious. Especially since it involves the interests of the majority of farmers, we must consider it carefully to ensure nothing goes wrong.
However, no matter how he explained it, Xu Xiaoya became very interested in this project. So she hurriedly said goodbye to him and returned to the city. It seemed that she wanted to communicate with the division leaders.
This also made him somewhat relieved, at least he didn't have to worry about being pulled into it.
After Xu Xiaoya left, Wu Hao became much more relaxed. Then he drove with Du Xiuming and the others in the desert where the farm was located. Not to mention, the whole process was quite enjoyable. It was completely different from driving on the highway.
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After walking around for a while, I actually didn't see anything, except sand. I occasionally saw one or two dry poplar trees, but nothing else.
"Wind protection and sand fixation are the key. I don't want the farm we worked so hard to develop to be buried in the sand." Wu Hao said to Du Xiuming who was following him.
Du Xiuming nodded and said, "Don't worry, we already have a preliminary plan.
Next week at the latest, the first batch of 50,000 fast-growing poplars and 10,000 Populus euphratica seedlings we ordered from Tulupan will arrive.
Once we arrive, we will hire workers to start planting, and strive to complete this 1,500-hectare separated shelterbelt planting plan before winter comes."
"Fast-growing poplars, isn't this a bad thing? Flowering lint pollutes people, makes people allergic, and can easily cause fires. And I seem to have heard that the lifespan of this kind of tree is relatively short, only thirty or forty years. When it comes
It will die on a large scale." Wu Hao frowned and said.
Some time ago, he also saw a news article saying that the Sanbei Shelter Forest was planted with this kind of fast-growing poplar. Now that the trees have reached their age, they are beginning to die on a large scale, and there is an urgent need for new tree species to replace them.
"It's not very good, but it is the most common sand-fixing and windbreak tree species here. Mainly because it is drought-resistant, grows fast, and is cheap.
What we urgently need now is that these trees can grow quickly and protect the farm from wind and sand. As for other shortcomings, we can only slowly improve them.
No, we have also ordered 10,000 Populus euphratica seedlings. This is a local tree species that is extremely drought-resistant, has a well-developed root system, hard wood, and is very effective in windproofing and sand-fixing. But there is also a disadvantage, that is, this kind of Populus euphratica tree grows slowly.
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It takes more than ten years for a seedling as thick as a thumb to begin to grow. It is too time-consuming for us, and water from afar cannot quench our thirst for nearness.
That's why we use the combination of these two saplings to complement each other. In this way, we can not only achieve the effect of rapid wind protection and sand fixation, but also achieve long-term development." Du Xiuming explained to him.
Wu Hao nodded when he heard this. This is indeed a good idea. Fast-growing poplars grow quickly, but have short lifespan and have some disadvantages. They are suitable for planting and quickly establishing forests. Poplar euphratica is drought-resistant, has a well-developed root system, hard wood, and is good at windproof and sand-fixing.
It also has certain landscape value. However, the growth rate is slow and it is difficult to establish a forest, so it is suitable for cultivation slowly.
Therefore, mixing these two types of trees can perfectly solve the shortcomings of these two types of trees, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.
Suddenly, another idea came into Wu Hao's mind. If the fast-growing poplar gene was extracted and then inserted into the gene of Populus euphratica, wouldn't Populus euphratica grow as fast as the fast-growing poplar?
Plant gene editing technology actually involves interfering with and rehearsing the growth characteristic genes of plants or adding new genes to achieve related purposes.
This technology seems to be relatively cutting-edge and difficult to reach, but in fact, we ordinary people have been in close contact with it for a long time.
In fact, many agricultural and sideline products we currently use use this technology, which is what we often call genetically modified technology.
In fact, this technology is not a scourge. In fact, everyone's fear of it still comes from their lack of understanding, especially their doubts about its safety.
The unknown creates fear, and as long as people fully understand it, this fear will slowly be eliminated. Whether you accept it or not, genetically modified agricultural and sideline products and even livestock and poultry are the general trend in the future.
After all, as the population on the earth increases, the available arable land area becomes less and less, and the land is becoming increasingly depopulated. The existing agricultural technology has basically come to an end. Only genetically modified technology can promote the rapid development of agricultural and sideline products in a short period of time.
To grow on a massive scale to keep up with the rate of human growth.
Therefore, for us ordinary people, it is only a matter of time before genetically modified agricultural and sideline products become popular.
What various scientific research institutions and relevant national departments are currently doing is, on the one hand, to gradually eliminate public panic, and on the other hand, to step up experiments and related risk control.
These genetically modified agricultural and sideline products will not be produced and entered the market until they are confirmed to be safe and harmless. Of course, this is only under normal circumstances.
Compared with getting the public to accept related agricultural and sideline products, it should be easier to accept this kind of genetically modified trees. Not only these two kinds of trees, but also can be applied to other grasses and trees.
Or directly cultivate a super plant that combines various advantages? For example, it has the growth speed of bamboo, the drought resistance of Haloxylon ammodendron, the hard wooden body of Populus euphratica, flowers like azaleas, and floral fragrance like jasmine.
Thinking of this, Wu Hao couldn't help but look forward to it. If this kind of super plant is really developed, the desertification problem in the northwest will be completely solved.
It seems that we need to consider establishing a biological research institute.
"Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu?"
"Ah?" Wu Hao quickly came to his senses and coughed twice to relieve the embarrassment of being lost in front of everyone.
"Go on," Wu Hao said to him.
Du Xiuming glanced at him curiously, not knowing what his boss was thinking. But since he said that, Du Xiuming had to continue: "The fast-growing poplars you just mentioned produce lint, which is prone to allergies and
We have also considered the disadvantages of causing fires.
So after these fast-growing poplars survive, we will perform sterilization operations on them. In this way, they will not produce lint when they bloom."