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Science and technology support wolfberry "cross-border" and want to be more crazy
"Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" opens a new round and solves problems
◎Reporter Wang Yingxia
In addition to soaking in water and boiling soup, what is the use of wolfberry?
Beer, fruit cake, sprouts, chocolate, lollipops, nectar, glycopeptide tablets, lipstick, facial mask, eye soothing spray...
It turns out that wolfberry can not only be soaked in a thermos, but can also be processed into various foods, health products and even cosmetics.
Statistics show that at present, Ningxia wolfberry and its derivatives have reached more than 100 species in 10 categories.
Recently, the 4th Chinese Wolfberry Industry Expo closed in Ningxia.
At the new product launch and purchaser signing ceremony, all kinds of "cross-border" products were amazing.
A total of 74 purchase and sale contracts were reached at the meeting, with a total amount of 1.25 billion yuan.
However, Ningxia wolfberry has to take the road of high-value development and utilization, and the relevant research and development capabilities are still very weak.
How to polish up this "red business card" has become a difficult problem for the people of Ningxia.
Ningxia red wolfberry has "72 changes"
"We must pay attention to the intensive processing of products and the scientific and technological cooperation between the East and the West. If we only cover the head and make dried fruits, it will block the road for development." Nie Zhengbao, the head of Ningxia Xizan Manor Wolfberry Co., Ltd., was deeply moved.
At the closing ceremony, Xizan wolfberry and Fujian Zhengshantang tea released a joint product with the theme of "Minning courtesy" to consumers across the country. Xizansai fresh wolfberry and Zhengshan Souchong black tea were used to help the east and the west. Continue the love of mountains and seas.
Ningxia wolfberry is very popular, and technology is indispensable.
The wolfberry industry is a key agricultural industry with the most local characteristics and brand advantages in Ningxia. For many years, the technological innovation of the wolfberry industry has been the focus of the region's scientific and technological work.
Germplasm resources, breed selection, pollution-free disease and insect pest control, standardized cultivation... Ningxia has always strengthened the scientific and technological support of the wolfberry industry, prompting a number of major scientific and technological achievements to come out one after another, and a number of technologies have taken the lead in the country.
"Our clinical trials have shown that: after taking Lycium barbarum glycopeptide for 6 consecutive weeks, the cognitive impairment, blockage, and helplessness of people at high risk of depression can be greatly improved." Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jinan University, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Central Nervous Regeneration Research Dean Su Guohui introduced.
He also said that the team has confirmed that Ningxia wolfberry extract-wolfberry polysaccharide has multiple effects such as protecting the retina, anti-fatty liver, and promoting hippocampal neurogenesis.
In addition to Academician Su Guohui, former vice president of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academician Duan Jinyao of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of Wolfberry Science and Technology of Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, and director of National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center Cao Youlong are the "platforms" for Xiaohongguo. Professor Wang Xiaoxu of Nanjing University of Science and Technology and other academicians and experts.
Indigenous research occupies the right time, the right place, and the people.
They all say "Ten years to sharpen a sword."
The wolfberry genome project of Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences has completed the whole genome sequencing of wolfberry after 10 years. The results were published online in the sub-Journal of "Nature" "Communication-Biology" on June 3 this year, and for the first time "wolfberry" appeared in the paper in the form of Chinese characters. in.
Cao Youlong said that the team has unearthed key regulatory genes related to stress resistance, medicinal use, fruit size, color and other traits. Based on gene editing technology, new varieties can be oriented to cultivate new varieties to meet market demand and increase the added value of medlar deep-processed products.
High-quality development opens up a "technological side"
During the expo, two major scientific and technological achievements of the wolfberry industry were released, which is sufficient to demonstrate the recognition of Ningxia's scientific and technological innovation work.
"Since the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, we have cultivated 59 excellent new varieties (lines), built a green, high-quality and efficient production technology system, built a database of 700 metabolites of wolfberry, and built 12 various innovation platforms such as the National Wolfberry Engineering Technology Research Center. , Establish 2 autonomous regional innovation teams and cultivate 61 technological enterprises of various types.” said Liu Changqing, deputy director of the Ningxia Science and Technology Department.
At present, Ningxia has established the world's largest Lycium barbarum germplasm resource bank-the National Lycium barbarum germplasm resource bank, which stores 2660 copies of Lycium barbarum germplasm resources, which is the world's largest collection of Lycium barbarum germplasm resources and the largest number of living preservation And an important strategic resource reserve base.
At the beginning of this year, the autonomous region identified nine key industries for development, with Little Wolfberry at the top of the list.
Ningxia plans to increase the planting area of wolfberry to 700,000 mu during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, increase the processing conversion rate to 40%, and achieve a comprehensive output value of 50 billion yuan.
How to lead the industry to the middle and high end of the value chain?
High-value utilization is the only way, but Ningxia still has obvious shortcomings in intensive processing of wolfberry, development of functional substances, genomics research, research and development of high value-added new drugs and series of products, processing technology, quality control, and integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy.
"Science and Technology" came into being at the times.
The Science and Technology Department issued the "Action Plan for Scientific and Technological Support for the High-quality Development of the Modern Wolfberry Industry", proposing to focus on the construction of the modern wolfberry industry's technological innovation system and to improve the technological level of the industry's high-quality development.
By 2025, Ningxia will strive to deploy and implement more than 30 scientific and technological research and development projects, cultivate more than 3 new varieties of wolfberry, achieve more than 30 scientific and technological achievements, develop 5 "healthy" brand products of wolfberry, 10 special diet and special medical foods, and hospitals. There are 2 preparations, a new breakthrough in "medicine" brand products, and more than 10 high-tech enterprises of various types have been cultivated.
Establish a new type of open and cooperative research and development institution, and a high-level innovation team within the United Nations to coordinate scientific and technological research and achievement transformation.
This is a good strategy.
"Through the newly established Wolfberry Research Institute, science and technology will surely become a more powerful engine for the "Chinese wolfberry hometown" brand." Guo Bingchen, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Ningxia Science and Technology Department, is full of confidence.