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China: Breeding technology behind the "Seventeen Lianfeng" grain

Wheat
Published Jan 22, 2021

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11.3 billion catties, this is the increase in China’s grain production in 2020 over the previous year, achieving "seventeen harvests." Such results are not easy. A set of data recently released by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences shows that China’s wheat will be planted in 2020. The area is reduced by 27 million mu compared with 2011, but the output has increased by 13 million tons; the rice sown area in 2020 will be 3.936 million mu less than in 2011, but the output will increase by 8.97 million tons. Said Wan Jianmin, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering : "Behind one decrease and one increase is the power of science and technology." From breeding, cultivation, to irrigation, and disease and pest control, all aspects of food production need the help of science and technology. Among them, the cultivation of improved seeds is the most critical link. In recent years, China has cultivated a number of new varieties of food crops, which provide guarantees for improving the yield and quality of food from the source. In this issue, we started from the four major food crops that we have most contact with-wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans. See what new varieties have moved from the laboratory to the field, making China’s granary more substantial and dining tables more abundant. All wheat production varieties are domestic and self-breeding. China is the world’s largest wheat producer and consumer. "Wheat for six consecutive years The total annual output is more than 130 million tons, which is just right for the consumption of 127 million tons, and there is not much surplus." said Liu Luxiang, deputy director of the Institute of Crop Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. However, this is only for now." Just right".

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11.3 billion catties, this is the increase in China’s grain production in 2020 over the previous year, achieving "seventeen harvests." Such results are not easy. A set of data recently released by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences shows that China’s wheat will be planted in 2020. The area is reduced by 27 million mu compared with 2011, but the output has increased by 13 million tons; the rice sown area in 2020 will be 3.936 million mu less than in 2011, but the output will increase by 8.97 million tons. Said Wan Jianmin, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering : "Behind one decrease and one increase is the power of science and technology." From breeding, cultivation, to irrigation, and disease and pest control, all aspects of food production need the help of science and technology. Among them, the cultivation of improved seeds is the most critical link. In recent years, China has cultivated a ...
Source: Chinaeconomy
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