After six months in China's spacescraft under the first-ever Sino-Pak ‘Seeds in Space’ project, seven kinds of Pakistani medicinal seeds return to the earth and their motherland. [Photo/China Economic Net]
by Wang Kai, Meng Fanrong, Liu Qiyu
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 10 (China Economic Net) - After six months in China's spacescraft under the first-ever Sino-Pak ‘Seeds in Space’ project, seven kinds of Pakistani medicinal seeds returned to the earth and their motherland Wednesday.
The seeds, three kinds provided by the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi and four by Hamdard University, have made history as the first to aboard the Chinese space station and opened a new chapter for S&T cooperation between China and Pakistan.
An extraterrestrial way to enhance food production
Space-bred varieties have proved to be able to perform better in terms of production and resistance, and the return of seeds from space is only the start.
After Pakistan's medicinal seeds return to the earth, Pakistan and China will conduct joint research on their genetic stability, material basis, effectiveness and safety by comparing the seeds on board with their mother seeds on the earth to screen out new medicinal materials with higher quality and higher yield, Dr. Jiang Ning, Deputy Secretary-General of Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Center on Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, told China Economic Net...
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