Gansu Province recently approved its technology of growing peppers from space seeds. Experts believe that Gansu Province has reached China's advanced standards for similar study and research.
It is learnt from Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Department that Tianshui Lupeng Agricultural Science and Technology Co .LTD, Chinese Research Institute of Space Technology and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly started to grow No. 4, 5 and 6 space peppers in 2001.
They selected good quality plants of Gansu bell peppers and Gannong thin peppers (thin peppers grown by Gansu Agricultural University) and sent them to the space by Shenzhou-3 spaceship. The plants were then returned to the earth after one-week traveling to the space for breeding.
The three new varieties of space peppers now can be found in some of the markets in Tianshui and will be grown and sold in large order in Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia Provinces and Autonomous Regions next year.
By People's Daily Online
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