"Sea rice" science and technology, Yuan Longping said

how to carry out salt-resistant rice (commonly known as "sea rice") variety cultivation and core technology research?
Yuan Longping,
Chinese Academy of Engineering, put forward the latest guidance: "Continue to explore the salt-resistant gene of rice and transfer it to high-yield hybrid rice, especially the third generation hybrid rice." On April 14, at the National Salt-Lyne Rice Technology Innovation Center's test site observation and construction promotion meeting in Sanya Bay, Hainan, Science and Technology Daily reporters obtained the above information.
" saline-resistant rice research is being done in many countries, including India, Japan, South Korea and other countries, and even some countries have been studying for decades, but not much progress. Why do we make a breakthrough in just a few years of research? Yuan Longping said, "Because we combine the salt-resistant gene of rice with the advantages of rice hybrids." "
Yuan Longping
proposed the development of salt-resistant rice goal, in 10 years, the selection of salt-resistant rice varieties in three to six thousandths of a thousand, alkali-resistant in pH9 or more, and the annual extension area of 100 million mu, an average yield of 300 kg per mu, so that an increase of 30 billion kilograms of grain per year.
"What is the concept of 30 billion kilograms of grain?" This is equivalent to Hunan's total annual grain production, can feed nearly 80 million people. Speaking of which, 89-year-old Yuan longping
excited about the news.
1.5 billion mu of barren saline land in China, which is an important reserve arable land resource for the country. China's rice researchers, with Yuan Longping
as the vanguard, are committed to breaking through the space of "hiding grain in the ground" and expanding the reserve of "hiding grain in technology" in order to ensure national food security and ecological security, and to promote the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative.
based on this, the National Salt-Lyne Rice Technology Center, initiated by Yuan Longping
, is stepping up preparations for construction with the goal of taking the leading position in the use of international saline-alkali land and cultivating new growth points in food production.
It is understood that the center is led by Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center (National Hybrid Rice Engineering and Technology Research Center), jointly with Hainan University, Sanya City Nanhua Science and Technology Research Institute, Qingdao Hai Rice Research and Development Center Co., Ltd., Hunan Province Agriculture
, Guangdong Ocean University, Hunan Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province Agriculture
, Heilongjiang Province Agriculture
and other units.
For China's salt-alkali distribution, diverse types, research advantage units, platforms and personnel scattered, difficult to concentrate the characteristics of the center will implement the "headquarters, research centers, regional sub-centers and test stations / base" model of construction, to the greatest extent to achieve the national advantage of relative concentration of power, docking local government support, fully mobilize human, material and platform coordination to build this major project.