China Research in the New Era: Looking at the Region·Central Chapter｜Three scenes of the Central Plains Agricultural Valley
More than 10 categories of seeds, including wheat, rice, and peanuts, are carried on 30 acrylic columns on the wall, shaped like waves of wheat blown by the wind, welcoming the harvest season. In the Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley Exhibition Hall located in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, important grain rations from various counties and districts in Henan Province are displayed here in an orderly manner, like a "Great Wall of Grain", guarding the "rice bowl" of the Central Plains.
This is a display of important grain rations from various counties and districts in Henan Province, taken on May 31 at the Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley Exhibition Hall in Xinxiang, Henan Province.
"Dr. Han, are you in the field or in the laboratory right now? There is a test result that you need to take a look at." On the other end of the phone at the Shennong Seed Laboratory not far away, laboratory researcher Han Suoyi answered his colleague. , "Please wait, we will return to the laboratory in twenty minutes." Since the establishment of the laboratory, a total of 82 new varieties of crops have been cultivated, and another 135 new strains are participating in various experiments. In November 2023, the laboratory transferred the operating rights of a new wheat variety "Zhengmai 918" at a high price of 19.18 million yuan, setting a new record for the transfer price of a single wheat variety in my country. A scientific research project on peanuts that Han Suoyi participated in also won the special prize of the Henan Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2023. “The two high-oil varieties cultivated in the project, Yuhua 9326 and Yuhua 47, effectively combine high yield, high oil, and early maturity. , The characteristics of large fruits meet the demand for high-oil varieties for post-wheat peanuts in the Huanghuai region. With the help of this smart greenhouse, our variety breeding can reach three to four generations per year," he said.
This is a picture of wheat seedlings on a culture rack taken in the artificial climate room of the Shennong Seed Industry Laboratory of the Zhongyuan Nonggu National Biological Breeding Industry Innovation Center in Xinxiang, Henan Province on May 31.
Under the sunlight, the plump ears of wheat shine. It is the critical period of production during the "Three Summers". In the endless high-standard farmland, water canals crisscross and roads lead directly to the fields. "Fields become squares, forests become networks, and droughts It can be watered and waterlogged can be drained." Next to the high-standard farmland in the Xinxiang Plain Demonstration Zone, Zheng Xiaofan, head of the Modern Agriculture Section of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of the demonstration zone, said, "The overall growth of wheat is very good, and this year's output is expected to increase compared to last year."
Zheng Xiaofan introduced that the high-standard farmland in the plain demonstration area mainly has the "three highs", namely, high construction standards, high public benefits, and high disaster prevention and reduction capabilities. In the high-standard farmland six-sentiment early warning monitoring station surrounded by railings, various monitoring information scrolls in real time on the LED display. "This monitoring station monitors seedling conditions, disasters, disease conditions, insect conditions, moisture conditions and fertility conditions in real time. We can keep track of the field conditions at any time."
This is the high-standard farmland six-sentiment early warning monitoring station taken on May 31 in the high-standard farmland of the Zhongyuan Nonggu Plain Demonstration Zone in Xinxiang, Henan.
Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley is mainly located in Xinxiang City, Henan Province. With grain and oil crop breeding as its core, it strives to build a regional agricultural science and technology innovation carrier that is "based in Henan, serves the Huanghuaihai Sea, and radiates across the country." It has currently settled in 53 scientific research platforms at or above the provincial level.
This is a high-standard farmland in the Zhongyuan Nonggu Plain Demonstration Zone in Xinxiang, Henan Province, taken on May 31.
Recently, the reporter and his delegation saw here that from seed sources to wheat harvest, from large-scale to intelligent, grain is stored in the ground, and grain is stored in technology. This agricultural valley of hope is creating a highland of innovation and shouldering the heavy responsibility of food security. .
