Scientists in China have developed a new technology for monitoring plant diseases
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Last Update: 2013-06-06
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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The global economic loss caused by crop diseases is as high as 60 billion US dollars every year, but due to the diversity of crop diseases, the detection and prevention of diseases has been lack of universal and efficient means and methods Recently, a new biochip developed by our country and Dublin University College in Ireland can successfully solve this problem This new biochip can detect hundreds of plant viruses and viroids in crops efficiently and quickly The chip was jointly developed by the research teams of Dr Yin Jun, who studied in Dublin University College, Ireland, Zhu Shuifang, Zhang Yongjiang, Chinese Academy of inspection and quarantine Sciences, and Dr Li Shihou, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Dr Zhu Shuifang, an expert in plant virus detection and quarantine, said: "this new biochip can be widely used in the field of agricultural biotechnology Because of the high efficiency and generality of biochip, we can detect new crop virus and viroid infection and prevent diseases in time This achievement can also be applied in the field of import and export of agricultural products to prevent and quarantine alien crop diseases, which will greatly avoid economic losses "
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