While the aerospace aircraft on the side of Tiangong technology are conducting intensive test flights, several projects are also being carried out in the biological gene Laboratory of Tiangong technology.
Among these projects, there are both gene optimization projects and various plant transformation projects.
Naturally, it includes desert reconstruction projects.
In fact, Tiangong technology has already started the research on the desert reconstruction project, and has achieved some results until now.
Now Tiangong technology is preparing to establish a super large Aerospace Center in the desert. Naturally, it is necessary to transform the desert environment to make it full of green and make it more suitable for the survival of humans and various animals.
Therefore, Wang Bin naturally pays more attention to this project.
To this end, they Tiangong technology, also specially transported sand from the great northwest desert, and imitated the desert environment in a huge and laboratory.
In fact, Wang Bin is pleased with the achievements of the desert environment transformation project in recent months. You know, Tiangong technology was not ready to go to the desert to establish an Aerospace Center before.
Therefore, this project was only approved by Wang Bin due to the application of biological R & D center and R & D personnel.
However, although Wang Bin approved the project, the investment is very limited, only 10 or 20 million. After all, the development of Tiangong technology was still in aerospace. Even if there is investment in the biological field, the biggest one is R & D Based on Optimization and strengthening.
However, the R & D staff of this project did not give up because Tiangong technology invested little in it, but chose to meet the difficulties, overcome a series of problems, and finally achieved the current results.
At first, the R & D personnel put on green clothes for the desert. The plants they chose were naturally plants that can survive in the desert in nature, such as Elaeagnus angustifolia cactus, etc.
At the same time, in order to find suitable plants to survive in the desert, they also climbed mountains and rivers, personally went to several big deserts in China, looked for plants in the desert, and even went to deserts abroad.
Finally, a variety of plants were selected as the goal of improvement, and none of these plants have developed roots, strong drought resistance and good economic value.
In addition, Tiangong technology has also collected a large number of plants with very good economic value from home and abroad.
Of course, these plants are not the plants of the desert itself, and some even have very strict requirements for the environment, so they can''t survive in the desert at all.
Therefore, the purpose of collecting these plants in the biological laboratory is not to plant these plants in the desert. After all, these plants cannot survive in the desert. As professionals, they know better than anyone.
The reason why they collect these plants is actually to obtain the genes and data of these plants. In this way, the biological gene laboratory can establish a large number of plant gene banks, and then obtain the plants they attract through a series of means, including based on means.
Of course, if other companies or organizations want to transform these plants to make them survive well in the desert, it is impossible to succeed without a few years or even decades of R & D and countless human and material resources.
However, Tiangong technology is different. On the spot, although Tiangong technology has not invested much in the laboratory, only tens of millions, Wang Bin has spared no effort in the investment in equipment, and even did not hesitate to buy a large number of advanced equipment from the technology mall system.
At the same time, in terms of gene technology, he also purchased a large number of theories and technologies from the science and technology mall. After all, these things have great uses not only in plant projects, but also in previous gene drugs.
Of course, even with the equipment, theory and technical data provided by Wang Bin, it is impossible for the biological laboratory to get the plants they want immediately. It still needs the R & D personnel of the laboratory to explore and develop in a down-to-earth manner.
It is precisely because of Wang Bin''s investment that the biological laboratory did not disappoint Wang Bin. In just a few months, they developed several desert improvement plants with good economic benefits.
For example, genetically modified Elaeagnus angustifolia 01, Populus euphratica 01, bamboo, cactus, alfalfa, etc.
These plants have very good economic value.
Take Elaeagnus angustifolia 01 for example. Although this kind of Elaeagnus angustifolia is called Elaeagnus angustifolia, it is actually very different from the real Elaeagnus angustifolia.
Although wild Elaeagnus angustifolia has strong vitality, it is very difficult for Elaeagnus angustifolia to survive in the desert compared with the harsh environment of the desert environment.
However, the Elaeagnus angustifolia developed by the biological laboratory of Tiangong technology has stronger vitality. Not only the fruit of Elaeagnus angustifolia is several times larger than the original, but even the taste of Elaeagnus angustifolia fruit is sweeter and more nutritious, and the trunk of Elaeagnus angustifolia tree is taller than the wild.
According to the experimental data, because this Elaeagnus angustifolia will absorb a large number of metal elements in the desert during its growth, the maximum diameter of this new Elaeagnus angustifolia can reach more than one meter, and the height can even reach tens of meters. Moreover, because the trunk contains a large number of metal elements, the trunk is very hard and straight.
And it has good resistance to moths. It is a very good wood, so its economic value is very high.
In addition, there is alfalfa. Because the improved alfalfa has the same huge root system as other desert plants, has the same rapid growth characteristics as bamboo, is juicy like cactus, has rich nutrition, is very suitable for cattle and sheep, has a strong ability to transform the desert environment, and is a very good forage, It is an ideal desert plant.
Normally, with these improved plants, the scientific researchers in the laboratory should be satisfied. After all, with Elaeagnus angustifolia and high-quality forage that can grow in the desert, their Tiangong technology can plant a large number of Elaeagnus angustifolia and forage in the desert. Then the desert may not be able to play another game in the South of the Yangtze River, and the desert may not be able to become grassland and forest.
But in fact, this is not the case. The R & D personnel in the laboratory are not satisfied with this.
So the R & D personnel turned their attention to the subject of energy plants.
The so-called energy plants naturally refer to plants that can directly convert carbon dioxide in the air into oxygen-free hydrocarbons during their growth.
Therefore, this category is also called energy tree.
The molecular structure synthesized by these plants is similar to petroleum hydrocarbons, such as alkanes and cycloalkanes. Plants rich in hydrocarbons are the best source of plant energy, with low production cost and high utilization rate.
Therefore, their biological laboratory of Tiangong technology also hopes to develop an energy tree suitable for living in the desert through a series of experiments.
And their goal is higher. They hope that the energy trees they have developed can not only be used as energy, but also the energy generated by these energy trees will not pollute the atmosphere and water after combustion or in the original state.