FIRST it was tropical fish that underwent genetic engineering. Now, the
process could soon be applied to another major Singapore export - orchids.
Plant Therapy: Learn how to grow healthy orchids and take care of indoor
plants at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Researchers here have found a way to shorten the flowering process of plants
by controlling a key gene, which gives farmers an advantage in the
competitive orchid trade.
'By speeding up the entire process, we'll be able to shorten the time needed
to get blooms from each plant,' said Assistant Professor Yu Hao, the study's
main researcher.
That could spell big profits in Singapore. The Republic is the second
largest orchid producer after Thailand, and has a 15 per cent share of the
global market.

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