Innovation in Orbit  

作　　者：Xiao Junyong Fu Xing 

机构地区：[1]the Center for Science,Technology and Human Rights at the Beijing Institute of Technology

出　　处：《Beijing Review》2024年第42期24-25,共2页北京周报（英文版）

摘　　要：By sending seeds on short trips into space,China is developing new crop varieties,contributing to the advancement of agricultural science and bolstering food security.This process,known as space breeding,exposes seeds to cosmic radiation,which mutates their genes and leads to the creation of new varieties with greater diversity.

关 键 词：BREEDING VARIETIES SEEDS 

分 类 号：S33[农业科学—作物遗传育种]