{"id":652952,"date":"2017-01-23T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/23\/egypts-new-wheat-experiment\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T04:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:40:17","slug":"egypts-new-wheat-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/23\/egypts-new-wheat-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s new wheat experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt\u2019s National Center for Water Researches (NCWR) says it has successfully applied a new method to bring in an extra wheat harvest in Egypt, <\/strong>writes Marwa Yahya for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2017-01\/22\/c_136002675.htm\">Xinhua<\/a>. The technique is called vernalization which freezes seeds during germination to accelerate their flowering process, Chairman Hisham Mustafa said, and could double Egypt\u2019s annual harvest. 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