CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-SPACE-EXPOSED POTATO SEEDS-EXPERIMENTAL PLANTING STAGE (CN)

(240115) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member records information of potato seeds at the technology innovation center of Xisen Potato Industry Co., Ltd. in Shangdu County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2024. Chinese researchers have started breeding experiments on 66,500 potato seeds that were taken into space aboard the Shenzhou-16 crewed spaceship and stayed for over 180 days. TO GO WITH "Space-exposed potato seeds enter experimental planting stage in N China" (Xinhua)