The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the outbreak of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict on October 8, 2023 has risen to 2,412, and the number of wounded individuals has increased to 11,285, according to a report released by the Lebanese Council of Ministers on Thursday.
The report said that during the past 24 hours, 96 airstrikes and shellings were recorded in various areas of Lebanon, bringing the total number of Israeli attacks to 10,246.
According to the report, about a third of the Lebanese people have become displaced, and there is a risk of epidemic spreading among the displaced.
The Lebanese government has set up 1,096 shelters to house displaced people, with 900 of them already running in full capacity. Currently, 190,882 displaced individuals are staying in the officially established shelters.
According to the Israeli military, its forces conducted strikes on Hezbollah targets in eastern and southern Lebanon on Thursday, with loud explosions heard and thick smoke observed in certain areas.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday announced the killing of a Hezbollah commander in the southern Lebanese district of Bint Jbeil.
Hezbollah said they attacked multiple concentration areas of the Israeli army in southern Lebanon and struck Israeli Merkava tanks in different locations on Thursday, causing casualties among Israeli soldiers.
The IDF on Thursday said that five Israeli soldiers were killed during combat in southern Lebanon.
Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon rises to 2,412
China’s first intelligent field plant phenotype precision identification platform went into operation recently in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, which is a milestone in the country’s development of intelligent breeding.
The phenotype of a plant is a term used to describe observable characteristics of the plant, such as its appearance, and some inherent physiological characteristics, such as resistance to drought and diseases.
In an experimental field of the National Nanfan Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a large piece of equipment is moving across the field. The equipment, called the field plant phenotype precision identification platform, can move according to the preset track and can be remotely controlled. While moving, the equipment can scan the plants with its six sensors, just like a CT machine for plants.
"The ultimate goal is to achieve high-throughput, large-scale, efficient and precise collection of germplasm resources, which can be four to five times higher than the efficiency of the traditional manual collection," said Jin Xiuliang, a researcher at the institute.
Although the equipment looks simple from the outside, it contains six high-precision image acquisition devices such as multi-spectral, thermal infrared, and chlorophyll fluorescence devices. Data can be collected at fixed times and points according to experimental needs, and the collection of a germplasm material can be completed within 30 seconds.
After the data collected through this platform is transmitted to the data analysis center, researchers can more quickly and accurately screen out germplasm resources with excellent traits, laying the foundation for subsequent crop breeding.
"The plant phenotype identification facility at the National Nanfan Research Institute is a milestone in the field of crop science in China. It can greatly enhance the independent innovation capabilities of germplasm innovation, gene mining, and variety breeding, and enhance the international competitiveness of China's seed industry," said Li Huihui, vice president of the institute.
China makes major progress in smart crop breeding
