Chinese scientists clone flower that eats flies, mosquitoes
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14/05/2001
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Statesman (New Delhi)
Chinese scientists have successfully cloned Venus' flytrap, a rare flower that can catch and eat flies and drive away mosquitoes. Mr Wang Rongsheng, general manager of the Shanghai-based high-tech bio-company said his company introduced Dionea Miscipula, or Venus' flytrap, last year and has cloned 20,000 pots of the flower so far.