Yuan Longping's wish came true! A new world record of 1326.77 kg of rice planting yield was born in China.
In the book "China's Food Security: Strategy and Countermeasures", Academician Yuan Longping said that he strongly supports the major decision of "ensuring food security" put forward by the Party Central Committee, and believes that the goal of "total grain output of 800 million tons" can be fully achieved through efforts, and the yield of the third generation of hybrid rice per mu is expected to reach 1200 kg or even 1300 kg.
On October 23, Handan, Hebei Province, under the guidance of the Cultivated Land Quality Monitoring and Protection Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, organized by the Science and Technology Department of Hebei Province, the National Agricultural Science and Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alliance, Huazhong Agricultural University, the Hebei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, the Hebei University of Engineering and other units composed of 7 experts, in Yongnian District, Hebei Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute "hybrid rice" high yield demonstration base, through on-site actual measurement, mu yield reached 1326.77 kg, and then set a record for large-scale rice planting in the world.
Science and Technology Daily reporter Ma Aiping /photo
Bright sunlight sprinkled on the golden rice fields, and the villagers happily brandished their scythes to harvest. This 100-acre demonstration field sowed the latest scientific and technological achievements of Academician Yuan Longping's lifelong research - the third generation of hybrid rice "Sanyou No. 2" seeds, although the rice harvest was delayed by one month due to the rainy climate, it still appeared very majestic.
At the "Hybrid Rice" demonstration base of the Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute in Hebei Province, villagers are harvesting hybrid rice. Science and Technology Daily reporter Ma Aiping /photo
According to Li Tieshen, the leader of the production measurement team and vice chairman of the China Agricultural Science and Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alliance, in the 102 mu rice field of the demonstration base, 3 plots of land were randomly selected, with an area of 1.014 mu, 1.010 mu and 1.006 mu, respectively, and manual harvesting, machine threshing, and solid harvesting, and the final average yield per mu reached 1326.77 kg.
"This experimental project in cooperation with the Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute in Hebei Province is a project personally handed over by Academician Yuan Longping during the 'Hybrid Rice High Yield Research Work Conference' in Hainan in December 2020. Academician Yuan arranged for the third generation of hybrid rice new varieties 'Sanyou No. 2' to cooperate with the Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute of Hebei Province, giving full play to the advantages of strong and strong seed fertilizer, hoping to achieve the goal of yielding 1300 kilograms per mu and presenting a gift for the centenary of the founding of the party. Li Xinqi, director of the Key Laboratory of Saline-tolerant Rice Biology and Genetic Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, told the Science and Technology Daily reporter.
Before his death, Academician Yuan Longping went to the Silicon Valley Academy of Agricultural Sciences to guide production in the demonstration rice fields three times, and also participated in a production measurement activity. On October 29, 2018, the average yield was 1203.36 kg per mu, creating the highest and latest record for hybrid rice yield in the world.
Yuan Longping listened attentively to a report by Song Furu (right), honorary president of the Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute in Hebei Province, on the management of hybrid rice. Handan Baorong media reporter Li Lei/Photo
On October 15, 2017, when Yuan Longping heard the preliminary birth test results, he happily gave a thumbs up to the villagers. Handan Baorong media reporter Li Lei/Photo
"Academician Yuan and I met at the National Two Sessions. Academician Yuan always arranged the latest research results to the Silicon Valley experimental base for high-yield demonstration of seed fertilizer support, and today we have the honor to realize his long-cherished wish that the old man's rice yield has exceeded 1300 kilograms, which is the fourth time that this test field has created a world record for rice yield. Song Furu, honorary president of the Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute in Hebei Province, said affectionately.
Song Furu, honorary president of the Silicon Valley Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Hebei Province, (right) observes the growth of hybrid rice. Science and Technology Daily reporter Ma Aiping /photo
In the past 8 years, hybrid rice and silicone functional fertilizer "seed fertilizer matching" to create high yield research, because silicone functional fertilizer has a regulatory effect on acidic soil, saline and alkaline soil, promote the formation of arable land agglomerate structure, high fertilizer utilization rate, deep plant rooting, robust growth.
On October 23, Handan, Hebei Province, created a high yield demonstration base for "hybrid rice" at the Silicon Valley Agricultural Science Research Institute in Hebei Province, Yongnian District. Science and Technology Daily reporter Ma Aiping photographed
"After testing and comparison, this demonstration base has changed from the original third place to a first place, achieving the goal of hiding grain in the land and hiding grain in technology, and promoting the sustainable development of agriculture." Li Rong, deputy director of the Farmland Quality Monitoring and Protection Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, happily told the Science and Technology Daily reporter.
Editor: Zhang Shuang
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