China to Spread Bio-technology in AgricultureBiological and information technologies may be widely employed in agriculture in the coming years in China, an expert is quoted Saturday at the ongoing Shanghai Science and Technology Forum.After the bio-engineering pharmaceutical industry, agriculture will be the next pilot field for gene technologies, said Shi Yuanchun, an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Gene technologies have been used for producing pesticides and farming vaccines, Shi said. Meanwhile, computerized networks characterized with information technology will also help agricultural sector proceed in establishing information network for agricultural specialists, agricultural information network, and network for macro monitoring and control technology in agriculture, he said. |
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