Today is a harvest festival for Chinese farmers
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Watermelon breeding expert Wu Mingzhu
Blessings were sent to farmers across the country
Today, 91-year-old Wu Mingzhu
It is no longer recognizable because of Alzheimer's disease
But I can't forget the melon
"My life is to want to make more melons
Give the sweetness of the melon to the people."
Let the majority of netizens moved
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Rooted in melon fields
It has been more than 60 years
In 1930, Wu Mingzhu was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province
After graduating from the Department of Horticulture of Southwest Agricultural College, majoring in fruits and vegetables
She was assigned to the Central Rural Work Department
However, Wu Mingzhu took the initiative to ask Miao to go to Xinjiang
"I want to fly my dreams in the hardest places"
Since then, Wu Mingzhu has begun
A business that takes root in melon fields and breeds melons
This work has been more than 60 years
Cantaloupes ripen at the turn of summer and autumn
At that time, the maximum daily temperature in Turpan was 40 to 50 degrees Celsius
The 1950s and 1960s
Wu Mingzhu and her colleagues braved the sweltering heat for 3 years
Walked all over the melon fields of the Turpan Basin
"One day without going to Guadi
I just felt bad."
Breeding is extremely hard
It takes 8 to 10 years to breed a variety
Some scientists can only breed a few varieties in a lifetime
Wu Mingzhu, on the other hand, has cultivated more than 30 varieties in 62 years
"Fragrant Concubine" honeydew melon, "Queen" honeydew melon,
"Kirin" melon, "8424" watermelon...
The melons and watermelons we can eat now
A lot of it came from her hand
When she was in her 70s, Wu Mingzhu was still racing against time
Summer and autumn in Xinjiang, winter to Hainan
Experiment every day in Guatemala
What others see as monotonous and arduous breeding work
In her eyes it was a great pleasure
"Melon is my life,
One day without going to Guadi, I feel very uncomfortable,
It's like a mother can't see her child for a day. ”
Netizen: Thank you
Let's have endless watermelons
Netizens have left messages to pay tribute to Grandma Wu Mingzhu:
"The melon you cultivated."
Brought us a lot of sweetness."
"My favorite fruit is watermelon
Thank you Grandma."
Hats off to "Grandma Melon" Wu Mingzhu!
Source: CCTV News