U90 Scientists and the Green Dream of Agricultural Greening with Duckweed

Collecting 15 Duckweed Samples Nationwide Previously, from her private home in Hanoi's inner city, Associate Professor Dr. - Labor Hero Nguyen Thi Tram would travel to the suburbs to the Crop Research and Development Institute (under the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture) with rice and her students, spending 3 hours on the bus, but recently doctors prohibited her from doing so as it would be tantamount to torturing her joints in old age. After 3 months of staying at home, today she was able to put on her sun-protective clothing and familiar duckweed-patterned hat, looking very animated and cheerful... She led me to the outdoor experimental area with rows of trays and containers closely arranged, containing water with duckweed samples numbered in order from small to large: A1-1 is a large-winged duckweed mutation developed from spores (asexual reproduction, commonly seen in fungi, algae); A2 is duckweed preserved in the department with green wings and purple edges; A2-1 is a duckweed ...