GLOBALink | Researchers start planting space-bred seeds returned by Shenzhou-13

STORY: Researchers start planting space-bred seeds returned by Shenzhou-13 DATELINE: May 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the seeds 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU SIYANG, Senior researcher at M-Grass STORYLINE: Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months. The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and fungi, were selected by multiple research institutions last year. They were brought back to Earth by the Shenzhou-13 on April 16. Space breeding refers to the process of exposing seeds to cosmic radiation and microgravity during a spaceflight mission to mutate seed genes and then send them back to Earth to generate new species. Researchers at M-Grass, a tech enterprise in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have conducted experiments on six grass strains onboard the Shenzhou-13. After further selection and planting, superior seed v

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