Spatial Data Objects. The geometry and geography data types support sixteen spatial data objects, or instance types. However, only eleven of these instance types are instantiable; you can create and work with these instances (or instantiate them) in a database.
Rewiring the grain. Metabolic engineering. Golden Rice technology is based on the simple principle that rice plants possess the whole machinery to synthesise Î²-carotene, and while this machinery is fully active in leaves, parts of it are turned off in the grain.
Known for its luxurious nutty flavor and chewy texture, wild rice isn't really rice at all. Instead, it's a long-grain marsh grass native to the northern Great Lakes area, where it's harvested by the local Indians. There's also now commercial wild rice production in California, as well as several Midwest states. It's important to clean wild rice thoroughly before cooking it.