Giant embryo rice: giant embryo rice has entered the stage of rice breeding methods, and hypotension rice is expected to be put on the market.

  Atherosclerosis resistant red rice and giant embryo rice with blood pressure lowering function have entered the laboratory breeding stage and are expected to be on the public table in the near future. This is yesterday from the reporter "2007 Shanghai science and technology to the countryside" series of service activities on the opening ceremony to obtain the news. It is reported that the "high-protein rice breeding" undertaken by the Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Shanghai Normal University has been listed as a key project of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission.

  According to Professor Li Jianyue, director of the project and Shanghai Normal University, cultivating high-protein rice is of great significance in many aspects. The protein and amino acid content of ordinary rice is relatively low, so improving the protein content and quality of rice can make people eat at a higher nutritional level.

  More importantly, Professor Li added various "functions" to these rice. The special function of giant embryo rice is to lower blood pressure. In addition to being rich in nutrients, this rice also contains hyaluronic acid, which lowers blood pressure, in its embryo. "The breeding technology of this rice is relatively mature and is currently in the stage of expanding reproduction." Li Jianyue said.

  Red rice is a kind of natural colored rice, which has the functions of anti-atherosclerosis and improving the antioxidant capacity of the body. It is rich in bioactive substances such as carotene, flavonoids, alkaloids and mineral elements such as iron, zinc and calcium. Professor Li crossed red rice with high protein but low yield with ordinary rice and bred "high-yield red rice rice". It is expected that this rice technology will mature in the near future.

  At present, Professor Li is still cultivating "soybean rice" that may lower blood fat and plasma cholesterol. According to reports, this is a genetically modified food, in the development of full consideration of safety issues, excluding resistance genes and reporter genes, is expected to pass the Ministry of Agriculture safety assessment in a few years. The health function of this rice comes from the soybean globulin gene, which can prevent and treat "rich disease". Rice transferred with this gene has a foreign "health weapon".