{"id":152605,"date":"2026-06-08T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152605"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:00:12","slug":"chinese-team-injects-desert-moss-gene-into-xinjiang-cotton-to-beat-fungus-boost-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152605","title":{"rendered":"Chinese team injects desert moss gene into Xinjiang cotton to beat fungus, boost output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists who inserted a gene from desert moss into cotton say their innovation can boost yields by nearly a quarter through protection against a pervasive fungal disease that threatens crops worldwide.<br \/>\nThe team, led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences\u2019 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), inserted a stress-resistance gene from a species of steppe moss that thrives in the deserts of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region into cotton plants.<br \/>\nThe resulting&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3356308\/chinese-team-injects-desert-moss-gene-xinjiang-cotton-beat-fungus-boost-output?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists who inserted a gene from desert moss into cotton say their innovation can boost yields by nearly a quarter through protection against&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152605"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}