Visiting the "ballast stone" of food security in Hunan Province's crop germplasm resource bank - Xinhua English.news.cn

On April 12, the staff of the Hunan Provincial Crop Germplasm Resource Bank in Changsha was busy.

Diversified germplasm resources are the source of innovation in the seed industry, and contain various potentially usable genes to improve the shortcomings of existing varieties.

In the crop germplasm resource bank of Hunan Province, there are more than 30,000 copies of various germplasm resources from 59 countries (regions) and 30 domestic provinces (cities), and nearly 100,000 copies of various parents and intermediate materials. The "ballast stone" of national food security.

The picture shows Dr. Tang Xiao checking the traits of rice seeds in the crop germplasm resource bank of Hunan Province.

Photo by Yang Huafeng

Release time: 2022-04-12 20:04:22 【Editor: Li Jun】