Durian helps rice plants thrive in salty soil Date: December 9, 2024 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Extreme weather and pollution have increased the salt content in some soil, making ...

HAINAN: From dawn to midnight, Huang Qijun nurtures and tends to 10,056 durian trees, every day. By late March, the mild weather in China’s southernmost province of Hainan – with occasional ...

The Malaysian government has cut down over 1,000 durian trees in recent days, claiming that they were illegally grown on state-controlled land, despite farmers’ protests.

Tropical Hainan province has defied sceptics and rewarded investors with China-grown durian, but it ‘simply cannot compete’ with booming imports from Southeast Asia.

Authorities in Malaysia’s Pahang, a major durian-growing state, have cut down more than 3,000 durian trees, including those of the prized Musang King variety, that they claimed were illegally planted.

Durian fruit is a tropical fruit known for its unusual, spiky appearance and strong smell. Durian is also highly nutritious and has several health benefits.

In lab experiments, researchers reporting in ACS Nano determined that coating rice seedlings with magnesium-doped carbon dots — derived from durian peels — increased the seedlings’ antioxidant ...