Chapter 640: Desert farming? This can be!

"As everyone knows, I am the world's top genetic scientist, not one of them!"
"Human gene map, I researched. Gene chip technology, I researched. New generation gene editing technology, I researched. Gene targeting technology, I researched!"
"I used genetic technology to overcome cancer!"
"I used genetic technology to overcome AIDS!"
"I used genetic technology to develop anti-aging drugs!"
"Now, I use genetic technology to research new marine crops and realize marine farming. Isn't that a matter of course?"
"You're welcome, no one knows genetic technology better than me!"
"What's more, in the genetic improvement of macroalgae, I only changed the nutrient storage mechanism of macroalgae, allowing it to store nutrients in the leaves, but it did not change its essence. It is still the original macroalgae."
"This is essentially the same as the grafting technology and hybrid seed technology that we have used for thousands of years!"
"Netizens who don't know the truth, please look at the problem calmly and rationally."
"If my technology is really problematic, then... why don't they boycott anti-cancer drugs? Why not boycott AIDS treatment drugs? Why not boycott anti-aging drugs?"
"Why are they boycotting my ocean farming technology? Think about it carefully, what are the benefits of this technology for us, and what harm is it for them, you will understand!"
"Our country uses less than 7% of the world's arable land and feeds a quarter of the world's population. This is not pride, but heavy pressure!"
"Strategic food security has always been the top priority we must face. Once ocean farming technology is popularized, we will never worry about food security anymore."
"Neither natural disasters, geological disasters, or even wars can affect our food security. Even if the ocean becomes a battlefield, don't we still have many salt lakes?"
"As for some people worry about the safety of macroalgae, let's put it this way! After the macroalgae is planted, I eat macroalgae every day. And... I have eaten macroalgae now, and it tastes good."
"The rich colloidal protein contained in macroalgae crops can make your skin more elastic. The rich trace elements contained in macroalgae are very beneficial to the human body. This is a better staple food than rice and flour!"
"Finally, remember one sentence: imperialism will never die! The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation requires you and me to work together!"
Lu Li's tough response stirred up waves with one stone!
"Professor Lu is mighty and domineering!"
"No one understands genetic technology better than me! Understand Wang Gan's favor!"
"This sentence, it is a joke when Wang Wang said it, and what Professor Lu said is a fact!"
"Professor Lu is the world's top scientist, not just a genetic scientist, but...no one!"
"Professor Lu's great achievements will surely shine through the annals of history!"
"Seriously, there are still people who don't believe in Professor Lu's technology? Are there any scientists in this world who are more powerful than Professor Lu? Are those people who discredit and slander, have their brains flooded?"
"You can never wake up someone who pretends to be asleep! They don't disbelieve Professor Lu's technique, but deliberately discredit and sing badly."
"Professor Lu was sprayed! Brothers, what are you waiting for? Fight! Break down those penny dogs!"
"Today, our generation rises up to smooth out the enchanting atmosphere, so that we can see and hear!"
Compared with the so-called public knowledge, Lu Li's reputation is not known how many times higher, and his appeal is also countless times stronger.
When Lu Li's blog post was published, countless netizens followed up and spontaneously became soldiers under Lu Li's command and went to war with Gongzhi on the Internet.
Suddenly, the whole network was a sensation!
Professor Lu became angry with the public and caused countless people to join the war. They sprayed the public with blood and stomped on the ground!
The online public opinion supervision department is quicker, and it will directly check the water meter!
It's just that... many so-called well-known people are no longer Chinese!
They are already the nationalities of other countries, carrying US bills to engage in trouble on the domestic Internet, deliberately distorting facts and creating negative public opinion.
In a cyber war triggered by Lu Li, the public confidants were sprayed into shit, their reputations became stinky, and they couldn't make any waves anymore.
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Although the macroalgae improvement technology has been successful, it will take some time to be fully promoted.
This is mainly a problem of insufficient number of seeds.
After all, the number of macroalgal spores modified by gene editing technology is limited. Compared with the spores produced by natural macroalgae, it is almost orders of magnitude worse.
The number of spores that a macroalgae normally reproduces is calculated in 100 million.
Under the natural conditions of the ocean, most of these spores are eaten by fish, and only a few can fall to the bottom of the sea and take root and sprout.
If artificial cultivation is adopted, countless macroalgae strains can be reproduced in only one year, and then they can be cultivated in the vast sea.
Especially in the South China Sea, it is most suitable for growing macroalgae.
The garrison soldiers who guard the islands and reefs find it difficult to be self-sufficient on the islands and reefs. Especially for some islands and reefs that lack fresh water, everything is supplied by the fleet.
If macroalgae are planted near the islands and reefs, they are equivalent to fruit when eaten raw, and they can even be squeezed directly as water. When dried and cooked, it is food.
With this kind of crop, the garrison troops on the islands and reefs can be completely autonomous and solve the great logistical supply pressure.
Don't say that you are tired of eating. When this food is cooked and eaten, it tastes like eating. No one will be tired of eating.
In addition, macroalgae planting technology also has important significance in the western region.
The land in the western region is poor and the grain output is low. Many materials are all from the mainland blood transfusion.
In the arid and water-deficient western region, there is a shortage of fresh water, but there are still many saltwater lakes.
Qinghai Lake, Jasper Lake, Wulungu Lake, Namtso, Selincuo, these are the five largest saltwater lakes in my country, all in the western region.
These saltwater lakes add up to almost 20,000 square kilometers. Once macroalgae are planted in the western saltwater lake, the output is scary.
Lu Li was very satisfied with the new macroalgae he had researched.
It's just that... the biggest problem in the western region is not the problem of food production, but the desert!
my country’s desert covers an area of ​​1.7 million square kilometers, which accounts for almost one-fifth of the country's land area.
Netizens said that Professor Lu was going to farm in the desert, and Lu Li naturally saw it.
When talking about farming in the desert, Lu Li really wanted to say... the concubines couldn't do it!
Farming in the desert is too difficult.
What kind of crops can be grown in the desert?
Lu Li smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Lu Li felt a heavy weight for these statements made by netizens. This is what people hope for me. People hope that I can create miracles.
Needless to say, the great significance of desert greening.
Unfortunately, with Lu Li's current knowledge, this problem could not be solved at all.
Even Populus euphratica, the most drought-tolerant plant in the world, fails to meet the requirements and cannot green the desert at all.
In the forbidden zone of life, how to keep life alive?
Lu Li sighed, at least I still can't solve this problem.
Even if Lu Li tried to expose his strength, he called the wind and the rain in the desert... he still had to talk about science! Water vapour is scarce, and it's a fart!
Of course, this is still not enough.
If Lu Li was so strong against the sky, he would directly collect moisture from the ocean and drag it to the northwest desert to rain, then everything would be solved.
Use metaphysics if science is unsure!
Lu Li smiled and shook his head, then it might as well have a spiritual revival...Huh? and many more!
From the recovery of spiritual energy, Lu Li suddenly gave birth to a hint of inspiration.
At the beginning, when he was in the martial arts plot, Lu Li studied the "Linggen Gene" thoroughly.
The Linggen gene is essentially a plant gene similar to photosynthesis, and it was an accident that caused Lu Li to discover the existence of this gene.
If...if this gene is made in plants, photosynthetic protein can be produced by absorbing light radiation and nutrients can be produced, wouldn't it be able to greatly improve the viability of desert plants?
The Linggen gene itself is a gene similar to photosynthesis, and it can be edited and modified on the photosynthesis gene of the plant itself.
Anyway, plants don't have human rights, so it's okay to toss them anyway. Then try it!
Thinking of this, Lu Li thought and opened the virtual laboratory.
"Virtual desert environment!"
With an order, the reckless Gobi and the vast sea sand dunes appeared in the virtual laboratory.
"Virtual desert plants."
In the next moment, various drought-tolerant desert plants grew on the edge of the vast sea dunes on the Gobi Desert.
Populus euphratica, Mongolian leek, camel thorn, apocynum, Elaeagnus, Hexi chrysanthemum, four-winged Atriplex, Haloxylon ammodendron, Gymnocarpus, cactus... dozens of desert plants.
Lu Li took a branch of Populus euphratica and virtualized the genetic laboratory.
Sitting in front of the experimental platform, Lu Li stretched out his hand and touched the branches of Populus euphratica. His consciousness went deep into the branches and entered a microscopic state to analyze the genetic information of Populus euphratica.
After finding the photosynthesis gene of Populus euphratica, Lu Li took a seed of Populus euphratica and installed it on the test bench, preparing for a gene editing experiment.
Naturally, a sample of the Linggen gene could only be taken from Lu Li himself.
A virtual drop of Lu Li's own blood was extracted and a fragment of the spirit root gene was extracted on the genetic experiment platform. Lu Li used gene editing technology to combine this fragment of the spirit root gene into the gene of the Populus euphratica seed.
In this step, Lu Li thought of two options. The first is to directly replace the photosynthesis genes of Populus euphratica with Linggen genes. The second type is to connect the spirit root gene and photosynthesis gene in series.
Soon, Lu Li produced all the Populus euphratica seeds that were genetically edited by the two schemes.
Picking up two seeds, Lu Li walked into the virtual desert environment, found a random place, and threw the two seeds in the desert.
No watering! Directly expose the seeds to the sun.
With the spiritual root gene, it can directly absorb light radiation to produce photosynthetic protein, which is converted into nutrients, and it can grow without water, right?
In fact...cannot!
In the accelerated virtual time lapse in the virtual laboratory, the two genetically edited seeds of Populus euphratica showed no signs of rooting at all.
Well, after all, it can't be against the sky!
Seeds need to be exposed to sunlight, breathe oxygen, absorb water, and provide a certain temperature for seed germination. This is a necessary condition.
Lu Li smiled, stretched out his hand, and a virtual stream appeared and poured on two seeds.
Because it is a desert, water loss is extremely fast. Lu Li could only wait to the side, and continued to water the two seeds at intervals.
Slowly, the two seeds swelled by absorbing water, the spores inside began to germinate, and their vitality was blooming.
Both seeds have sprouted!
Lu Li waved his hand, "Virtual time accelerates!"
In the virtual time acceleration, the two seeds take root visible to the naked eye.
Then... the seedling born from a seed soon died.
This is the seed where Lu Li replaced the photosynthesis gene with the Linggen gene. The seedlings just gave birth and died immediately.
Replacing photosynthetic genes with spiritual root genes simply does not work.
Lu Li shook his head and focused on another seedling.
In this seedling, Lu Li connected the spirit root gene and the photosynthesis gene in tandem. There were both photosynthesis genes and spirit root genes, and both worked at the same time.
This seedling is growing well.
The growth rate far exceeds the normal Populus euphratica.
The growth rate of normal Populus euphratica is very slow, and it can grow for more than a thousand years. Now this Populus euphratica seedling grows much faster.
This is because of the spirit root gene.
Even in the barren desert, even if the nutrients are not absorbed, and the existence of the spiritual root genes, the nutrients can be obtained in the sun.
Lu Li discovered that the Linggen gene fits well with photosynthesis!
We know that photosynthesis is when plants absorb sunlight, convert carbon dioxide and water into organic matter, and release oxygen.
Linggen genes absorb light energy to produce photosynthetic protein. Photosynthetic protein needs to absorb oxygen for oxidation in order to generate biochemical energy.
So... Populus is self-sufficient!
The oxygen produced by photosynthesis is absorbed by the photosynthetic protein produced by the Ling root gene, converted into biological energy, and integrated into the plant cells of Populus euphratica to accelerate the growth of Populus euphratica.
As a result, Populus euphratica's demand for land has become polarized. It hardly needs to absorb fertilizer and can grow as long as it is exposed to the sun.
But... it still needs water.
Although the need for water has been reduced a lot, Populus euphratica still needs water to participate in photosynthesis when photosynthesis ~EbookFREE.me~.
This is not a disadvantage!
The nutrients and energy generated by the spirit root genes and photosynthesis genes provide the material basis for growth.
The demand for water causes the roots of Populus euphratica to grow rapidly and deepen into the ground. The root system has become more developed.
A Populus euphratica planted alive in the dry desert!
The combination of the spirit root gene and the photosynthesis gene can make Populus euphratica completely break away from the demand for soil fertility. It only needs to bask in the sun and root in the ground to absorb part of the water used for photosynthesis.
It does not need water as a means of transport to transport nutrients to the cells! The biochemical energy produced by the Linggen gene directly penetrates into every cell of Populus euphratica.
The wood structure of this new Populus euphratica will be terribly dense, comparable to steel.
It seems... something amazing has been made!
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