Source: People's Daily - People's Daily
"This year, the 120 acres of wheat planted by my family have a bumper harvest, and this new variety will be planted in the coming year." At the demonstration base of aviation and aerospace seed industry in Zaozhuang Village, Xiaoqi Township, Baofeng County, Henan Province, Wang Fengxia, a large planter, said happily.
The new variety in Wang Fengxia's mouth is "Hangyu 19" cultivated by local breeding expert Chang Tianyou for 8 years, and has recently passed the approval of the National Crop Variety Approval Committee. According to the relevant person in charge of the County Institute of Agricultural Sciences, "Hangyu 19" wheat is a new variety with good resistance and high yield, and the trial planting results of more than 200 demonstration sites in more than 100 counties in 4 provinces of Henan, Anhui, Suzhou and Shaanxi show that the average yield per mu is 1356 jin.
Grain should be abundant, and seeds are the foundation. In Baofeng County, by strengthening the protection and utilization of germplasm resources and the selection and promotion of excellent varieties, we have vigorously introduced key core technical talents in agriculture to provide strong support for the high-quality development of the seed industry. In recent years, the county has increased investment in scientific research, accelerated the breeding process, and cooperated with Northwest A&F University for 16 consecutive years to build a demonstration party for new varieties of wheat in the Xinong series, promote a number of high-quality wheat varieties, and promote more than 50,000 mu of high-quality wheat.
People's Daily (2021-10-08 18th edition)