BEIJING - Chinese scientists have completed sequencing the tropical sage genome, which will help with breeding and growing other coordinal plants, valuable for their aroma and appearance.Tropical sage, as well as mint and lavender, is a labiate plant.Xin Haibo, senior engineer with the Beijing Institute of Gardening Science and a member of the research team, said establishing the plant's genetic mechanism is valuable for breeding and editing the genomes of other coordinal plants.Tropical sage is a tender herbaceous perennial widely used in public gardens all over the world. The Beijing institute has developed over 10 varieties of tropical sage.Xin said through genetic technology, they can control the colors and timing of blossoming, and extract essential sage oil and other aromatic and medicinal components from coordinal plants. hen do wristbandsrubber wristbandscustom livestrong braceletswristbands online
BEIJING - The Chinese public will be able to watch three rounds of the International Army Games 2018 in Northwest China for free, by booking tickets at www.damai.cn, the army said Tuesday.The International Army Games, initiated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, will start on July 28, with 28 competitions this year.Four competitions will be held in China - three in Korla, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and one in Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province.The competitions in Korla from July 29 to Aug 11 are open to the public.Chinese armed forces will also attend another 18 competitions overseas.China has been invited to take part in games for five years in a row, and started to organize part of the competitions in 2017.
