China News Service, Sanya, December 17 (Reporter Wang Xiaobin) The main forum of the 2021 International Seed Scientists Conference opened in Sanya on the 17th.
With the theme of "Focus on the technological innovation of the seed industry to build the foundation of modern agriculture", the conference was led by more than 20 Chinese and foreign academicians, and hundreds of Chinese and foreign scientists, experts and scholars, business leaders, and industry elites gathered to discuss the development of the seed industry.
In the keynote speech session of the conference, Xie Huaan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the International Seed Scientists Consortium, Zou Xiaofeng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Hunan Agricultural University, Cao Xiaofeng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and researcher of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc., respectively Focusing on technological innovation and seed industry safety, pepper breeding, apparent variation and crop trait improvement, technological innovation and the development of selenium-enriched industries, rice science and technology cooperation in countries along the "Belt and Road", China's food security and development strategies, and the third-generation hybridization of staple food crops The topics of breeding technology, gene editing breeding industrialization, oats and buckwheat seed industry technology, rice nutrition quality and ear germ resistance related gene cloning and breeding application, wheat quality breeding and other topics were shared.
The scene of the conference.
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In addition, the conference organizing committee also prepared "Pre-Conference Forum One-Leaders Forum", "Pre-Conference Forum Two-Corn and Biotechnology Sub-forum", "International Seed Industry Scientists Conference", "Conference Special Recommendations and International Reports" "Special Session" and many other forums, a total of 45 theme reports, 45 theme reports covering China's agricultural development, the creation and utilization of germplasm resources, orchid seed industry, livestock and poultry seed industry, modern agricultural biotechnology, corn seed industry, Stem cell breeding, genetic engineering breeding, grass variety breeding, japonica rice variety breeding, crop epigenetic regulation and design, blueberry germplasm, planting resource protection and other fields of seed industry status and cutting-edge breeding technologies.
"The Seed Industry Scientists Conference integrates universities, scientific and technological circles, and enterprises to work together to tackle key problems with improved varieties." Zhang Weiguo, president of Southwest University, said that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwest are the places with the richest animal and plant resources in China.
Beginning in the first half of last year, a joint team led by Southwest University has collected, protected and used germplasm resources in this area.
"In the operation of the project, combined with the southern propagation and generation breeding in Hainan, scientific researchers can select good varieties through industrialization and engineering breeding models."
Wang Hanzhong gave a speech entitled "Science and Technology Innovation Leads the Green and Efficient Development of Selenium-rich Industry".
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The conference was co-sponsored by the China Association for the Promotion of International Cooperation in Agriculture, China Crop Society, Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City Administration, and Shixin International Convention and Exhibition Group. Guidance and support from the International Corn and Wheat Improvement Center and the International Rice Research Institute.
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