RICETUS by ERL LABS
Channel: Ricco Rodriguez
Date: 22/04/2017

RICETUS is a combination of RICE GRASS and CACTUS. The rice grass component is the normal Oryza sativa planted in the farms. The cactus component is the Saguaro, or Carnegiea gigantean. The two plants were combined using biotechnology and two of its techniques. DNA extraction and DNA recombination were the two techniques used. RICETUS is created in order to make rice grass plants survive the extreme heat in the Philippines by inserting a gene responsible for the survival of Saguaro cacti. In this way, its new ability to withstand high temperatures solves the problem of decreasing rice supply of the country.
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