date:Dec 29, 2012
A room with a microscope, networked computer and drugs appears at first glance to be in a hospital.
But the equipment isn't for ill people. Instead, it's for sick vegetables and grain crops.
China has recently introduced plant clinics, a new way to prevent and control plant diseases and insect pests on farmland.
Nine plant clinics to date have been jointly set up by CABI, a research group in the United Kingdom that focuses on agriculture and the environment, and agricultural authorities in Be