Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 63 Accelerating Experiments

Jasmine didn't know who Sophie Lucia was.

She was completely unaware of the conflict and entanglement between the other party and Link.

All she knew was that her efforts over the past two weeks had been in vain, and the "thesis" she had written, which was more than halfway through, had been wasted.

She knew even better that the other party had followed the same ideas, conducted the same experiments, and produced the same results as Link had mentioned in his "paper" on the new germination method.

From childhood to adulthood (?), Jasmine had never wanted to accomplish anything as much as she did this time.

Unfortunately, someone beat them to it, and it didn't work out.

All I can do is sigh and lament that life is full of disappointments.

Jasmine also knew that Link couldn't really handle this kind of situation.

So she sniffed, suppressing her sadness, took her personal smart device back from Link, and went to a corner to calm herself down.

She didn't linger in front of Link, not wanting to pass on too much negative emotion to him.

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Link's eyes were deep and dark, his heart burning with anger.

That's absolutely shameless.

Even if someone is a habitual plagiarist, you can't just keep targeting one person and relentlessly exploiting them, can you?

This definitely needs to be addressed.

Link activated his "Brain Lockdown Technique" to calm his anger, took out his personal AI, and began to read Sophie Lucia's recently published "paper" in a neutral and objective manner.

If one were to evaluate this "paper" without any emotional bias or prejudice, Link would have no choice but to give it a positive review, even if he were unwilling.

The arguments are clear, the evidence is sufficient, the data is solid, the analysis is insightful, and the results are...

Hmm, the results seem to have some problems.

Sophie Lucia has taken very good care of all the factors that can be thought of, including the control group, the experimental group, the independent variable, the dependent variable, and the irrelevant/extra variables.

Her experiment covered seeds from all groups of Silver Star Flower from generation one to generation four, fully demonstrating the positive impact of the new germination method on the rate of high-quality Silver Star Flower seeds, as well as the scope of its influence.

This "paper" will undoubtedly drive the transformation of the economic benefits of the new germination method.

Even if Sophie Lucia only takes 30% of the rights to the new germination method, the input-output ratio may seem low, but she is still making a profit.

She earned "credits," magic stones, and added a touch of color to her research resume.

Such a harvest can be described as a huge profit.

After all, the most important research direction of this experiment did not require her to explore and make mistakes on her own; she simply picked up a ready-made solution.

The only thing that could make Sophie Lucia unhappy was this.

That means Link can sit back and reap the benefits without doing anything, and his profits from the new germination method will "automatically" increase.

Link judged that Sophie Lucia's experimental results were problematic because she had not solved the fundamental problem of the existence of the Silver Star Flower seeds.

To illustrate with numbers.

Assuming that the seed yield of silver star flower seeds produced without special germination methods is 50%, the success rate after seed collection is 50%.

The rate of good seed varieties after the seeds of *Silver Star Flower* germinated using conventional methods mature and fall is 65%.

The seed quality rate of Silver Star Flower germinated by the new germination method is 75% to 80% after maturity and seed drop.

A 10% to 30% increase in the rate of improved varieties is quite substantial in terms of economic benefits.

However, the problem of the survival rate of silver star flower seeds still exists and has not been solved!

Therefore, Sophie Lucia achieved results, but those results were not sustainable.

From an academic perspective, this is an opportunistic approach.

If Link's upcoming research experiment on hybridization breeding of silver star flowers is successful, its achievements will completely overshadow Sophie Lucia's.

The new germination method itself will not be affected in any way.

Before hybridization breeding can be carried out, new germination methods are needed to cultivate and screen seeds.

Link carefully examined the data in Sophie Lucia's "paper" and combined it with the records in his own experimental log, and immediately understood the situation.

Jasmine has conducted two rounds of cultivation and screening of silver star flower seeds, and obtained the third generation of seeds for various silver star flower varieties.

Later on, the impact of new germination methods on the rate of improved varieties became negligible.

They could easily cancel the planned third round of cultivation and selection and proceed with the formal experiment of hybridization breeding of Silver Star Flower ahead of schedule.

Link purchased seeds of five varieties of silver star flower, which, according to the single hybridization method between two varieties, need to be divided into nine experimental groups.

This step is known as parent selection in the entire hybridization process.

The next step is germination, which takes 6 days.

It only takes 3 days to grow from maturity.

During these three days, it is essential to promptly perform tasks such as emasculation, bagging, and pollination.

When bagging, strict labeling is required. The label should contain concise but essential information: date of emasculation, date of hybridization, and the name of the female parent * the name of the male parent, such as A * B.

A is the mother, and B is the father.

Then comes the harvesting of seeds, namely the F1 generation.

This F1 generation is called a single cross, denoted as A*B.

If the F1 generation seeds from the nine experimental groups have a good seed rate of over 80%, the experiment can be considered a success.

If the experimental results are unsatisfactory, meaning that the single cross cannot achieve the desired traits in the breeding,

Further hybridization can be used, which involves breeding two or more varieties through two or more crosses to select the best individuals that meet the requirements.

Complex hybridization can be divided into three-way crosses, two-way crosses, etc.

A three-way cross is a hybridization between a single cross and another variety, namely (A*B)*C;

Double cross is a hybridization between two single crosses, namely (A*B)*(C*D) or (A*C)*(B*C).

In short, the goal is to select F1 generation Silver Star Flower seeds that possess hybrid vigor and have solved the viability problem.

In terms of time, Link optimistically estimated 9 days, pessimistically estimated 27 days, and actually believed that the most likely time was around 18 days.

This is a very large project, and one person definitely can't handle it all.

therefore……

"Jasmine, come here."

Link beckoned to Jasmine, who was huddled alone in the corner, grieving. "I have a way to help you get revenge!"

"What?"

Jasmine sprang to her feet, instantly shaking off her grief and brimming with energy and fighting spirit. "What method? Tell me quickly, I'm going to teach that bitch a lesson!"

Once a girl's fighting spirit is aroused, the power she can unleash is terrifying.

"Personal attacks are definitely unacceptable; academic matters should be resolved academically."

Link drew a red line in advance, defining the tentative scope of retaliation, before continuing, "I mentioned to you before that what you're doing is preliminary work for a hybridization breeding experiment. Now, we'll officially begin the hybridization breeding experiment."

Afterwards, Link briefly explained the relevant matters concerning hybridization breeding.

"No problem! Let's get started!"

Jasmine didn't quite understand, but she knew a little bit.

If we succeed in hybridization breeding, we can give that bastard a good slap in the face.

What are you waiting for?

Go for it!

(End of this chapter)