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Earth-Friendly Wrapping for Holiday Gifts

Dan December 22, 2017 Environment, This Land of Ours

Cathy Isom has some great ideas for some earth-friendly ways of making and wrapping your holiday gifts this year. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Earth-Friendly Wrapping for Holiday Gifts This year in the spirit of the season why not try giving back to Mother Earth by doing things a little different when it comes to giving gifts. …

Taking a Closer Look at CRISPR in Citrus Breeding
By Manjul Dutt Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series outlining how genetic technology can be using in citrus breeding. Traditional methods for improving citrus, such as crossbreeding different varieties, can be time-consuming due to the creation of a random mix of genes from both parents through a process called genetic introgression. […]
New Chinese Citrus Hybrid Sells Out in Seven Days
A team of graduate students from the Citrus Research Institute of Southwest University sold out 5,000 boxes of a newly developed hybrid citrus variety in just seven days. The Citrus Research Institute in Chongqing, China, is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It all started when Li Shunxin, a graduate student under researcher […]

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