In order to break the monopoly situation of foreign seeds, in recent years, Shouguang has made the modern vegetable seed industry develop rapidly through "internal cultivation, external introduction + support". Nowadays, a "national brand" seed and seedling scientific research center has settled in Shouguang, a batch of seed and seedling enterprises have developed and grown in the hot land of Shouguang, and more and more vegetable seeds have been installed with high-quality "Chinese core".
"Camphor Xiaobai" varieties into "explosive products"
Recently, in The Village of Waziqiao, Tianliu Town, vegetable farmer Lu Jinxiang is busy colonizing tomato seedlings, before this, Lu Jinxiang asked around what varieties of tomatoes are of good quality and strong disease resistance, and finally chose the "Shouyan 909" independently developed by Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group. "Plant a stubble first, look at the growth of fruit setting, it is estimated that it will be on the market in three months." Lu Jinxiang told reporters.
More and more vegetable farmers recognize domestic varieties and identify "independent research and development", not only because these independently developed domestic varieties have excellent characteristics and good commerciality, but also reduce the input cost for vegetable farmers. At the 2021 China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Seed Industry Autumn Expo, 418 exhibitors displayed 4221 excellent varieties representing the highest level of current vegetable breeding, among which domestic vegetable varieties such as "Kimberley" and "Camphor Xiaobai" shined and became "explosive products" in recent years.
"'Camphor Xiaobai' this variety taste is relatively strong, aroma is sufficient, our market promotion efforts are also relatively large, high recognition, the current market share of 35%, especially online sales are very hot, the network can sell to more than ten yuan, twenty yuan a pound, vegetable farmers are very willing to plant." Liu Xinqing, chairman of Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group, said.
"Zhangxiaobai" is just a microcosm of the independent research and development product system of Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group, which set its sights on "seed industry research and development" as early as 2011, and built the largest vegetable germplasm resource protection center in the province last year, and currently has more than 70 vegetable varieties with independent intellectual property rights. "In the next step, our group will continue to increase investment in scientific and technological research and development, introduce domestic and foreign seed industry talents and scientific and technological innovation platforms, strengthen the construction of commercial breeding systems, and develop more excellent new varieties, so that vegetable farmers can really plant with confidence and the masses can eat with peace of mind." Liu Xinqing said.
In the new variety demonstration shed of Shouguang Sanmu Seedling Co., Ltd., more than 3,000 experimental varieties of vegetables are neat and robust, and an ear of fruit hangs from the branches, and the growth is gratifying. "In the past, foreign tomato varieties have strong disease resistance, good taste, and are loved by vegetable farmers, while some varieties in China are of good quality, but the fruit is softer and not suitable for long-distance transportation, we have improved the hardness of the fruit through new breeding methods, on the basis of maintaining the taste, and the quality is not lost abroad." Liu Shusen, chairman of Shouguang Sanmu Seedling Co., Ltd., said.
Seeds are the "chip" of the agricultural industry, and it is also the "lifeblood" of agricultural development. As one of the leading enterprises in shouguang seed industry, Sanmu Seedling has been engaged in the seed agency business before, and has been well aware of the importance of seed industry research and development and building independent brands for many years. In 2006, with the support of a series of favorable policies of Shouguang, the company embarked on the road of independent research and development. At present, enterprises have declared 95 varieties for protection, and 59 varieties have been certified for protection. The market share of varieties such as "Long Sword" pepper, "Baolu" tomato, "Black God" eggplant and other varieties independently developed and bred by Sanmu Seedlings has increased year by year, and many of them have broken the monopoly of foreign countries.
Since 2012, Shouguang City has been committed to the innovation and research and development of the seed industry, and has continued to make efforts towards the goal of building the "Silicon Valley" of China's vegetable seed industry. It has successively issued 4 support policies for the development of the vegetable seed industry, taken out special funds to promote key promotions, and cultivated 7 leading seed industry enterprises such as vegetable seed industry group, Sanmu seedlings, and Lushou seed industry, and 29 Weifang municipal standardized seedling breeding bases such as Jinbaili and Lusheng. At present, Shouguang has protected and registered 160 independently developed vegetable varieties, with an annual breeding capacity of 1.7 billion seedlings, and initially built a commercial seed industry development system of "breeding and multiplication integration".
Source: Shouguang Rong Media Center
Reporter: Gao Bin
Editor-in-charge: Circle