Yuan Longpinghai Rice Team: Demonstration of salt-tolerant rice planting in China in 2020 is expected to reach 1 million mu

China News Network, Qingdao, March 5th (Reporter Yang Binghu Yaojie) At the groundbreaking ceremony of the demonstration base for rice improvement in the saline-alkaline land of Chengyang District, Qingdao City on the 5th, the father of hybrid rice Yuan Longpinghai rice research and development team said, The area for planting saline-tolerant rice in China this year is expected to reach 1 million mu.

According to reports, Yuan Longping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, plans to carry out experimental demonstration of 10,000 mu of sea rice in China, to promote the promotion of more than 10,000 mu of saline-alkali rice in Shandong, and to promote more than 5,000 mu of rice in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. The demonstration planting area in China will reach 1 million mu.

Demonstration base for improved rice cultivation in saline-alkali land in Chengyang District, Qingdao. Photo by Hu Yaojie

Zhang Guodong, executive deputy director of Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, said that the 10,000 mu experimental demonstration of sea rice will be planted with salt-tolerant rice including "Super Excellent 1000", and the first stage of 10,000 mu experimental demonstration will be settled in Chengyang District, Qingdao.

Zhang Guodong said that his team plans to transform 100 million acres of saline-alkali land in 5 to 8 years, add 100 million acres of good land to China, and support 500 million more people in the world. At present, the team's land improvement business has achieved good results at home and abroad. It has been promoted and applied in 7 characteristic areas such as Qingdao, Shandong, Yanan, Kashgar, Xinjiang, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Daqing, and Dubai. Improved demonstration platform, with a total demonstration area of ​​20,000 mu, a contract value of 150 million yuan, and an improvement area of ​​more than 500,000 mu of reserved land.

Plant protection drones patrol soil conditioners in different areas. Photo by Hu Yaojie

At the start of the ceremony, Yuan Longping stated in a letter that in 2019, 500 acres of "Super Excellent Thousand" salt-and-alkali-tolerant rice will be tested on saline land in Dongying City, Shandong Province, with relatively good results, with an average yield of 600 kg per acre and high-yield fields. Up to 800 kilograms. In order to further increase grain production, it is planned to expand the planting area of ​​"Super Excellent Thousand 1000" to more than 10,000 acres in 2020.

The reporter saw on the spot that in the R & D laboratory, scientific researchers were intensively testing rice seed samples, testing the seed germination rate, and analyzing the water and soil climatic conditions at various bases in China to select varieties and materials that meet local light and heat conditions and screen the seeds. , To prepare and package for the production of sea rice at various bases in China.

It is reported that China has 1.5 billion acres of saline and alkali, and about 300 million acres have the potential to be transformed into farmland. By promoting the cultivation of sea rice, 100 million acres of barren beaches can be turned into grain silos. Academician Yuan Longping believes that if China can develop 100 million acres of saline-alkali land to grow rice, which can produce 300 kilograms per mu, it can increase the total output by 30 billion kilograms, which is conducive to ensuring food security. Most saline-alkali lands are distributed in poor areas, and investment in construction funds can be effectively used. Promote precision poverty alleviation work, and truly realize "storage of grain on the ground and technology of grain." (Finish)