Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 844
It was completed in such a short time, let alone Gao Yufeng couldn't believe it.

The same is true for the four people behind them.

They are talents specially selected and trained by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, so they are naturally aware of the current domestic situation.

There are saline-alkali-resistant corns, but they are absolutely not planted on a large scale, and no one will grow corn on saline-alkali land.

Because that would just be a waste of food.

However, in front of them, Yang Xiaotao actually carried two bags of seeds, and said that the newly researched ones could grow on saline-alkali soil. How could he not be shocked?

"Xiao Tao, don't be joking."

"Brother Gao, do you think this is a joke?"

Yang Xiaotao held up the two bags, "It took me a lot of effort to get such a few seeds, and I just took this opportunity to go to the Northwest to try."

Wang Hao beside him nodded.

In those days, he could see that Yang Xiaotao was unkempt, with a look of exhaustion, and he must have been immersed in 'studying'.

Of course, I didn't know I was doing this at the time.

Now that I know what Yang Xiaotao has done, I heard that this thing can be grown in saline-alkali soil, and more corn will be handed over to the country in the future, so I have a special admiration for Yang Xiaotao.

咕咚
Gao Yufeng swallowed his saliva, and then asked a little excitedly, "Really?"

"Of course it's true, otherwise I'd go all the way to bring two bags of corn? I'm exhausted."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, the entrance of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences was instantly silent.

The four people behind them all covered their mouths, feeling that if the young man in front of him wasn't talking nonsense, he would be amazing.

They thought they knew something about Yang Xiaotao, but now they realized that they only knew part of it.

"You, tell me quickly, what is going on?"

Gao Yufeng was about to take Yang Xiaotao to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences for a sit down. Such an important matter, such an important discovery, had to be explained clearly.

This is another great discovery of their Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Although it is not as amazing as the hybrid corn, it is definitely an important move.

Just imagine that all the saline-alkali land in the northwest is planted with this kind of corn. Even if the yield per mu is only half of that of ordinary corn, it is a waste of money.

As for farming, there may be limitations in manpower and material resources in other places, but in the northwest, he knows that with the use of a large number of tractors, productivity is increasing rapidly, and the biggest constraints are improved seeds and land.

Improved varieties can be cultivated and seeds can be stored.

But there is only so much land suitable for cultivation. No matter how cultivated, without chemical fertilizers and other fertilizers, the yield will come to an end.

But now, with corn that can be grown on saline-alkali land, the large saline-alkali land around the northwest farm has a place to play.

This is a quantum leap!

"Brother Gao, this matter will not be clear for a while."

Yang Xiaotao glanced at his watch, "It's getting late, we have to leave quickly, otherwise we won't be able to catch the train."

"It's easy to talk about. I'll go to the train station with you guys. Tell me about it on the way, and talk about it well."

Gao Yufeng grabbed Yang Xiaotao for fear that he would run away.

"Xiao Hou, bring your notebook and pen here."

Gao Yufeng touched his body for a while, and finally spoke to the girl beside him.

The girl's name is Hou Lijing. She is not tall and thin, with big eyes and a pair of glasses. Hearing Gao Yufeng's words, she immediately took out a notebook and a pencil from her bag.

"Come on, let's get in the car and talk."

Gao Yufeng didn't go back at all, and pulled Yang Xiaotao to the truck beside him.

Well, Yang Xiaotao still wants to sit in the co-pilot, but now he can only squat in the back of the car.

Several people put the salute into the car, and then they all squeezed into the cabin, but the co-pilot was vacated, which made the driver suspicious for a while.

"Xiaotao, tell me quickly."

"Yes, Teacher Yang, tell us how you did it."

"That's right, and what kind of corn is it?"

Several people surrounded Yang Xiaotao, Yang Xiaotao glanced at Gao Yufeng, then leaned on Che Bang, and began to speak out the speech he had prepared.

"Tetraploid?"

When Gao Yufeng heard the term Yang Xiaotao said, he quickly recalled it in his mind.

Since he was involved in the field of hybrid corn, he also read a lot of books and materials, including foreign research results.

Regarding the term tetraploid, he has indeed seen it in foreign articles, but those are all artificially induced polyploids. Could it be that Yang Xiaotao has mastered this technology?
Thinking of this, I urgently asked, "Xiaotao, how did you do it?"

"I remember that there are studies in this area abroad, that is, artificial control induces polyploidy."

When Yang Xiaotao heard Gao Yufeng's question, he sighed in his heart. Fortunately, he was prepared.

Otherwise, how can you fool this sensible person?

"This, I didn't control it artificially."

Yang Xiaotao first gave the exact result, which disappointed Gao Yufeng for a while.

"I think there are three ways to polyploid genomes in plants. They are abnormal mitosis of somatic cells, failure to fuse gametes according to meiosis, and finally interspecific hybridization."

"These three methods do not require the participation of human factors, and are a natural phenomenon."

"And the tetraploid corn I discovered is a natural phenomenon, a natural tetraploid"

Yang Xiaotao explained seriously and firmly, and then even explained the research process.

The people below were desperately recording, and the shaking of the car could no longer stop their thirst for knowledge.

Gao Yufeng was still asking questions until the car stopped in front of the train station.

On the platform, surrounded by five people, Yang Xiaotao was still answering questions.

Of course, most of them were Gao Yufeng's inquiries.

"The last question. You said that the tetraploid is more stable than the diploid. Does that mean that this blood jade, this corn can reproduce by itself? And what is its yield?"

Yang Xiaotao rubbed his nose, ignoring these two questions, but saw the train slowly entering the platform with smoke in the distance, and decided to briefly speak.

"Tetraploid means that there are four chromosomes that determine the same trait. Therefore, compared with diploid, the genetic traits are more stable. It is no problem to make seeds, and the offspring can continue to be seeds."

"The specific yield still needs to be measured, but the yield of corn cultivated during this period is about half lower than that of ordinary corn."

"Half? That's two to three hundred catties."

Gao Yufeng didn't feel disappointed. After all, the corn in the saline-alkali land had never been handed over to the country.

This matter must be reported, and as soon as possible.

The train stopped slowly, emitting a puff of white smoke.

Gao Yufeng put away the notebook, then stretched out his hands and shook hands with Yang Xiaotao.

"Everything is going well, I'll be here waiting for you to come back."

"Don't worry, the mission is guaranteed to be completed."

The two shook their hands, and then Yang Xiaotao walked into the carriage with the items.

Same as last time, it was still a separate compartment, with two soldiers on duty on both sides.

But this time it was not the same group of people who came back last time.

Yang Xiaotao put his things down, then found a place by the window, and opened the window to bid farewell to Gao Yufeng.

Kuka Kuka
The train begins to move forward, slowly pulls off the platform and disappears from view.

Gao Yufeng turned around and ran to the car. He wanted to meet with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and tell Dean Deng the good news.

Perhaps with this good news, Dean Deng's illness will recover.

Back at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gao Yufeng wanted to report to Dean Deng.

But thinking that Dean Deng was still recuperating at home and had no phone, he thought of reporting to his superiors first, and then going to Dean Deng's house to tell him the good news.

Thinking of this, Gao Yufeng picked up the red phone on the table.

In the busy office, Elder Tao was looking at the report handed over by the secretary.

"Why hasn't it arrived yet? The place is ready, but the seeds are still on the way. What should I do if the farming time is delayed?"

"Chief, this train can run over, but other roads..."

The secretary explained that during this period of time, they had coordinated with the traffic department in order to deploy fine seeds from the Northwest, but there were always some unsatisfactory aspects.

Just think about those mountain roads, if you want to transport them to places, you can only rely on trucks quickly.

But these days, the roads are not as easy as those in later generations. The dirt roads are uneven, and if it rains, the potholes are even more difficult to walk on.

"In order to speed up, the local armed forces have also joined the transportation, I believe we will not miss the farming season."

The secretary said, Tao Lao nodded, knowing that this matter was not urgent, so he just continued to look at the document.

bell bell

At this moment, the red phone on the desk rang.

The secretary took a look, turned and left, and closed the door by the way.

After the secretary left, Tao Lao picked up the phone.

At any time, the red phone should be cautious.

"Hey!"

"Chief, I'm going to Gao Yufeng of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and I have something to report to you."

"Xiao Gao, what can you say?"

"Chief, today I will send Comrade Yang Xiaotao to the northwest, during the period..."

Gao Yufeng told the story in detail on the phone, and after a while Tao Lao knew what was going on, but the more he listened, the more he frowned.

After Gao Yufeng finished speaking, he was still a little uncertain, so he asked, "Xiao Gao, this kind of thing is not a joke."

These words were so familiar to Gao Yufeng's ears, before he could explain, Tao Lao's voice sounded again.

"It's not like there is no corn that can grow on saline-alkali land. I saw it when we opened up wasteland. It's just a little bit smaller, but it can grow the same!"

"But what are you talking about, tetraploid, and the blood jade that Yang Xiaotao made, what exactly is it?"

Gao Yufeng was not surprised when he heard this. After all, he only learned about these things recently, and he was looking for information on purpose.

"Boss, I have seen this tetraploid in foreign journals. Some polyploids can be obtained through artificial means."

"The plants obtained in this way have advantages over ordinary plants in some aspects, so I believe in Yang Xiaotao."

Gao Yufeng said a few words on the phone, Tao Lao listened and fell silent for a while.

In fact, his silence was not Gao Yufeng's explanation, but his last sentence, trust Yang Xiaotao.

That guy is the guy who created hybrid corn and changed the status of the Ministry of Agriculture.

After a long time, Tao Lao took a sip of water, and then asked seriously.

"Did he say how he did it?"

"said!"

Then Gao Yufeng explained to Tao Lao for a while, basically telling everything he heard from Yang Xiaotao.

At this moment, Tao Lao believed it even more, because this time Yang Xiaotao still took corn to the northwest, if he didn't have confidence, could he do this?
"By the way, he said that he accidentally discovered a naturally occurring tetraploid corn when he was researching hybrid corn a few years ago."

Gao Yufeng was skeptical about this explanation.

How can such good luck favor you all day long, and let you find out?

Could it be that your courtyard is a treasured place of geomantic omen?
So he is more inclined that Yang Xiaotao has mastered a certain technology, similar to the colchicine reported abroad, which can act on the spindle and become polyploid.

However, Yang Xiaotao couldn't help it when he said that.

After all, he was just guessing.

(End of this chapter)