Smart idea. Episode 2 /
Hoodia Plant: Take a look at how this plant may be the cure for obesity. Natural Cures: Examining the worlds forests and ocean may lead to a new generation of drugs. Seed Hunters: Collecting seeds, the most efficient and practical ways of conserving many species. Tearless Onion: A new super sweet on...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Geelong, Victoria :
Switch International,
2008.
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| Series: | VAST: academic video online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Hoodia Plant: Take a look at how this plant may be the cure for obesity. Natural Cures: Examining the worlds forests and ocean may lead to a new generation of drugs. Seed Hunters: Collecting seeds, the most efficient and practical ways of conserving many species. Tearless Onion: A new super sweet onion that wont make you cry. Experimental Poppies: These plants are producing a new compound which promises new advances in medical treatment. Plant Thythms: This group is looking at manipulating plants so they can bear fruit or set seed earlier. High Tech Greenhouse: This new glasshouse is designed to keep its plants dry. Floating Greenhouse: With sensors that tell the windows when to open or the shades to drop. Fungus To Protect Tea: A fungus that will attack the weed that threatens tea growers. Genetically Modified Food Crops: These seeds are genetically modified to resist pests. New Growing System: A new method for growing food clean, safe and pesticide free. Organic Farming: The new scheme that may stimulate organic food production. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 21, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (24 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:23:55 |