Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 342 Hainan Base
China is the country of origin of soybeans, and soybean breeding research started relatively early. In 1913, the Gongzhuling Agricultural Experimental Field was established, and systematic soybean research began; in 1916, systematic selection began, and in 1923, the modern soybean variety "Huang "Baozhu" was bred into "Xiaojinhuang No. 1934" in 1, which became an important popular variety in Northeast China in the 50s and 60s, with an annual planting area of ​​more than 700 million mu.

Hybrid breeding began in 1927, using "Huang Baozhu" as the female parent and "Jin Yuan" as the male parent to prepare a hybrid combination. In 1935, "Mancangjin", "Mandijin" and "Yuanbaojin" were bred. The first modern soybean varieties bred by hybridization.

Jinling University started soybean improvement work in 1924. Professor Wang Shou selected a pure line from the natural variation group and bred the "Jinda 332" variety, which was planted in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River before the Anti-Japanese War. This also established Nanjing Agricultural University's soybean breeding Gai Junyi's ability to become the only academician in the soybean field is also inseparable from this foundation.

After liberation, domestic soybean breeding mainly adopted the method of hybrid breeding. This technology is quite advantageous because there are many soybean varieties in China and the hybrid breeding system is relatively complete. From the beginning of the 60s to the end of the 70s, the National Germplasm Bank collected a total of 6814 cultivated soybean germplasms have been preserved, laying a good foundation for soybean breeding. Many of these soybean seeds are very rare wild soybeans. In the future, it is precisely because of the wild soybean seeds donated by the Chinese government that Monsanto can Successive breakthroughs were made.

In the 90s, as companies such as Monsanto and Pioneer began to apply transgenic technology to the field of soybean breeding and achieved many major breakthroughs, China's soybean breeding gradually began to lag behind. About 35 tons per hectare, the United States can reach more than [-] tons. If the increase in production brought about by large-scale industrial planting is excluded, the gap between the two sides in the field of seeds is not that big, but after that, the soybean production in the United States has increased to [-] tons per hectare. Brazil, Argentina and other countries that use American soybean seeds are similar, but China has only increased to [-] tons per hectare, which is a huge gap.

Li Lei knows that genetically modified technology can indeed have a significant effect on increasing soybean production, but he doesn't plan to use it, because the domestic control of genetically modified technology is very strict. There are only two kinds of insect-resistant cotton and disease-resistant papaya. He wants to plant genetically modified soybeans on a large scale, not to mention whether he can make breakthroughs in technology, and he can't pass the approval alone.

Fortunately, this is not the only path available for soybean breeding. You can also use methods such as systematic breeding, hybrid breeding, radiation breeding, chemical mutation breeding, and molecular breeding to carry out soybean breeding, especially molecular breeding, which will play an important role in the future. With the help of molecular markers, accurate and stable selection of breeding materials can be carried out at the DNA level, so as to accelerate the breeding process, improve breeding efficiency, efficiently increase crop yield and improve comprehensive traits such as quality and resistance. It can be used not only in crop breeding, but also in the field of animal breeding. He Zhanhai's team has mastered this technology, and then supplemented with gene editing, molecular design, computer simulation breeding and other technologies, it can also breed soybeans with superior performance Thoroughbreds come.

Li Lei introduced these technologies in detail, and then said, "You may not be familiar with these technologies, but it doesn't matter, I can send people from other research institutions of Huinong to support you, or I can invite experts from abroad Teach you! You are still young, you can learn things quickly, and it is not difficult to get started. Don’t worry about the equipment you need, I have already placed an order, and I will send it to you soon!"

Hearing that they have to learn so many things, Lin Weimin, Yang Huineng and others didn't have a look of embarrassment on their faces, but they were full of excitement. For technicians, it is a rare opportunity to learn world-leading technology. Learn, then they are the authority in this field in the country, do you want anything in the future?
"Boss, don't worry, we have to study hard even if we don't sleep, and strive to master these skills as soon as possible!" They repeatedly assured Li Lei.

"In addition to studying, there is still an important job to do. Weimin, you can contact Professor Xiagai and tell him that Huinong is willing to pay for his team to carry out the in-depth identification and evaluation of soybean germplasm resources and the analysis of soybean gene maps." Drawing work." Li Lei asked Lin Weimin to be in charge of this project. In addition to his ability, he also took a fancy to his background. Although China has the most resources of soybean varieties, due to various reasons, insufficient in-depth research has affected breeding. The progress of the research, but it is definitely impossible to rely on private companies to complete this work, and only a national team can take the lead in doing this, so Li Lei wanted to contact Gai Junyi, an academician of soybeans, through him and let him come Take the lead in completing the work.

"The teacher has been talking about this work, but because of insufficient funds, he can't carry out it on a large scale. If you are willing to help, he will be very happy!" Lin Weimin agreed, "I will call the teacher later, oh, yes , How much do we Huinong plan to donate?"

"Look at the needs of Professor Ge! But I also have a little request! Since Huinong has paid for it, the project team should share with Huinong if the results are produced, and what seed resources do you need in the breeding process? Professor Gai also needs to provide some!" The seed reserve of the Dongfeng Farm Breeding Station is still too small, and this reserve alone will definitely not be able to complete the breeding work, but if Professor Gai is handled, basically soybean seeds from all over the country I used it.

"And the last point, you can ask Professor Gai, can we let Huinong go to Nannong to recruit some of your juniors and sisters to help you!" Nanjing Agricultural University has accumulated a lot in the field of soybean breeding, and the soybeans cultivated here The quality of breeding talents is very high, and being able to dig more will be of great help to the improvement of the strength of the entire team. Naturally, Li Lei will not let go of this opportunity.

Lin Weimin thought for a while, the first two requirements are very normal, and the last one is also a good thing for his juniors and juniors. He knows what other research institutions in China are like now, even the State Key Laboratory is also facing funding. It is also a great thing for them to bring juniors and younger sisters to benefit farmers due to the problems of tension and insufficient personnel treatment. Who would not want to do research with generous salaries and sufficient funds?
"Okay, there shouldn't be any problems with these. The teacher is definitely willing to agree. I'll talk on the phone first, and then make an appointment with him to go back to my alma mater! It's almost the end of the year, and the students who graduated this year have already started to assign jobs If you go late, you will be robbed!" Lin Weimin calculated the time and said, nowadays college graduates still enjoy the treatment of assigned jobs, but it is much easier for private enterprises to recruit people than in previous years At that time, he only needs to show Huinong's treatment and equipment list, and he will definitely be able to recruit people.

"When the time comes, we will go there together, and I will donate some money and equipment to Nannong on behalf of Huinong!" Li Lei added that in the future, Huinong will definitely go to Nannong to recruit people every year, and it is not limited to the field of soybean breeding, feed production, Animal breeding and other fields also need talents. In addition, you can stop by to see what good projects Nannong has that Huinong can participate in, or what projects Huinong can cooperate with Nannong. You have to do it yourself.

Before the meeting adjourned, Li Lei announced the last news. He raised the level of the breeding station and appointed Lin Hongmei as the deputy director of Dongfeng Farm. For him, this breeding station is more important than Dongfeng Farm, and it will be the same as Denghai Seed Industry in the future. Independently set up a subsidiary company, so it is necessary to gradually separate from Dongfeng Farm.

After the meeting, Lin Weimin contacted Professor Gai. Professor Gai was very happy when he heard that Huinong was willing to provide funding, and immediately proposed to have an interview with Li Lei. Unfortunately, he is currently doing breeding research in Hainan and is not in school for the time being.

"It's okay, let's go to Hainan to talk about it. Anyway, I plan to take you to Hainan to have a look. The company has its own breeding base in Hainan, and there are also offices, dormitories and experimental fields that belong to you; Shibin, you go to book a ticket. Let's go to Hainan as soon as possible!"

Now the flights from Northeast to Hainan are not as frequent as in the future, so they stayed at Dongfeng Farm for another two days before flying to Haikou. It was the first time for Lin Weimin and Yang Huineng to fly, and they felt that everything was fresh along the way. At the same time, I also have a more intuitive understanding of the strength of the company. If it is placed in other research institutes, it must be at least the level of deputy director or above, and you can only travel by plane, right?It has to be a larger research institute, a breeding station like theirs is simply impossible.

After the plane landed smoothly, the people from Huinong Hainan Branch had already brought their car and waited outside. After boarding the car, they didn't stop in the urban area and went directly to Huinong's breeding base in the suburbs. On the way, Li Lei gave them an introduction , "There are mainly four teams here now, the corn breeding team led by Mr. Li Denghai, the peanut breeding team cooperating with Luhua and Denghai Seed Industry, the wheat breeding team cooperating with Huinong and Weinong, and the rice breeding team cooperating with Wuchang local , you have come to five teams, and there may be other teams in the future!"

When he arrived at the place, Li Lei stretched out his hand and said, "The large area in front of us belongs to Huinong. There is a lot of land, which is enough for you! Each team has its own experimental field and research center, which ensures that we can communicate with each other and improve. Work efficiency, without interfering with each other's experiments! This is all planned with the help of experts."

Although they are different breeding teams, their work has something in common, so it is beneficial to communicate frequently, which can bring new inspiration; at the same time, different crops have different needs for pesticides and fertilizers, so the experimental field must also have There must be a certain interval so as not to affect the experimental results, so the breeding base must also carry out scientific planning in order to achieve advantages and avoid disadvantages.

"Station Master Tian, ​​are you here so early?" Entering inside, Li Lei met Tian Yongtai from Wuchang, and quickly introduced him, Lin Weimin and others.

"Oh, I see that the fruit is about to come out, so I want to come here sooner. If there is no problem with this batch of rice, then next year our Daohuaxiang can be planted on a large scale!" Tian Yongtai's face was full of joy, "It's all thanks to you We paid for the equipment and the venue, and even invited experts like Professor Wu to come and give advice, otherwise the progress would not have been so fast!"

"You're welcome. I'm just helping to beat the side drums. The main thing is that you have done solid foundation work!" Professor Wu was also beside him, also with a happy face, and made a new request like Li Lei, "Mr. Li, I want to try Let's crossbreed our Daohuaxiang with my Thai-type fragrant rice to see if we can breed a better variety, do you think it is possible?"

"You are an expert in the research of Thai-style fragrant rice. Since you think this direction is worth exploring, then let's do it! If you make a good plan and budget, I will ask someone to arrange funds, venues and manpower for you!" Li Lei I promise that such an attempt, whether successful or not, will produce something of value.

In addition, Li Lei is very pleased with the arrival of Professor Wu. Since he came to Huinong, he can avoid the tragedy in the original history. Professor Wu is a professor of South China Agricultural University and a well-known rice breeding expert in South China. There are a variety of high-quality rice varieties suitable for planting in South China, but the end result of such a professor who has contributed a lot is not very good.

After he retired, he has not let go of the work at hand, and he is still cooperating with research institutions across the country to cultivate rice seeds. One day, he spread several kinds of rice seeds he cultivated downstairs to dry. Doing so would affect the environment of the school, so these rice seeds were swept together and collected.

This made Professor Wu very angry. These are different kinds of rice seeds, and it would be bad if they were mixed together. It took a lot of effort to separate them. He quarreled with the security guard. During the dispute, the security guard made rude words. Professor Wu He didn't come up in one breath and just left.

There are too many such tragedies in the field of agricultural breeding. Grape breeders waited for several years to finally see grapes bearing fruit, but they were stolen by others; wheat breeders, wheat seedlings just headed but were eaten by sheep. These things To outsiders, it is a joke, but to agricultural workers, it is full of blood and tears.

Now that Professor Wu is here, the surrounding security guards have undergone strict training, so there will definitely not be such a problem. Presumably, Professor Wu can live a few more years and make more contributions to China's rice breeding cause!
"Boss, Professor Gai's experimental field is about ten kilometers away. Would you like to invite Professor Gai over today? Or rest for one night and call tomorrow?" asked the staff of the breeding base.

"We should pay a visit to Professor Gai. Let's get some food first, and we'll go there after filling our bellies!" Li Lei ordered.

(End of this chapter)