Chapter 844 Don’t be kidding
It was completed in such a short time, Gao Yufeng couldn’t believe it.
The same is true for the four people behind him.
They are talents specially selected and trained by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, so they naturally understand the current domestic situation.
There are saline-alkali resistant corns, but they are definitely not grown on a large scale, and no one will grow corns on saline-alkali soil.
Because that would just be a waste of food.
However, in front of them, Yang Xiaotao actually carried two bags of seeds and said that they had just been researched and could grow on saline-alkali soil. How could they not be shocked?
"Xiao Tao, don't be joking."
"Brother Gao, do you think this is a joke?"
Yang Xiaotao raised the two bags, "I But it took a lot of effort to get such a few seeds, so I just took this opportunity to go to the northwest to try it.”
Wang Hao beside him nodded.
Those days, he could see that Yang Xiaotao was disheveled and looked like he was consuming all his energy. He must have been immersed in 'studying'.
Of course, I didn’t know that I was doing this at that time.
Now that I know what Yang Xiaotao has done, and heard that this thing can be grown in saline-alkali soil, and that more corn will be handed over to the country in the future, I have a special admiration for Yang Xiaotao.
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Gao Yufeng swallowed his saliva, and then asked with a little excitement, "Really?"
"Of course it is true, otherwise I would have to carry two bags of corn all the way there? It would be exhausting."
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, the door of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences fell silent for an instant.
The four people behind them all covered their mouths, feeling that the young man in front of them would be amazing if they weren't talking nonsense.
I thought I knew something about Yang Xiaotao, but now I realize that they only understood part of it.
"You, please tell me, what is going on?"
Gao Yufeng is about to take Yang Xiaotao to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to sit down. Such an important thing and such an important discovery must be explained clearly.
This is another major discovery of their Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Although it is not as amazing as hybrid corn, it is definitely an important measure.
Imagine that this kind of corn is planted in large areas of saline-alkali land in the northwest. Even if the yield per acre is only half of that of ordinary corn, it will be a waste of money.
As for farming, there may be limitations in manpower and material resources in other places, but in the northwest, he knows that with the use of a large number of tractors, productivity is increasing rapidly, and the biggest constraints are improved seeds and land.
Improved varieties can be cultivated and seeds can be stored.
But there is only so much land suitable for farming. No matter how hard you farm, without fertilizers such as chemical fertilizers, the yield will come to an end.
But now, with corn that can be grown on saline-alkali land, the large areas of saline-alkali land around the northwest farm can be used.
This is a huge leap in quantity!
“Brother Gao, I won’t be able to explain this for a while.”
Yang Xiaotao glanced at his watch, "It's getting late. We have to leave quickly, otherwise we won't catch the train."
"That's easy to say. I'll go to the train station with you. You can tell me on the way. Let's talk about it carefully." "
Gao Yufeng grabbed Yang Xiaotao, fearing that he would run away.
"Xiao Hou, bring your notebook and pen."
Gao Yufeng touched his body for a while, and finally spoke to the girl beside him.
The girl's name was Hou Lijing. She was short, thin, with big eyes and a pair of glasses. When she heard Gao Yufeng speak, she immediately took out a notebook and a pencil from her bag.
"Let's get in the car and talk."
Gao Yufeng simply didn't go back and pulled Yang Xiaotao to the truck aside.
Okay, Yang Xiaotao still wants to sit in the passenger seat, but now he can only squat in the side of the car.
A few people put their salutes into the car, and then they all crowded into the car. As a result, the co-pilot was vacated, which made the driver suspicious.
"Xiao Tao, tell me quickly."
"Yes, Teacher Yang, tell us how you made it."
"Yes, there is also this corn What form is it."
Several people surrounded Yang Xiaotao. Yang Xiaotao glanced at Gao Yufeng, then leaned on Che Bang and began to speak out his prepared remarks.
"Tetraploid?"
When Gao Yufeng heard the term Yang Xiaotao said, he quickly recalled it in his mind.
Since getting involved in the field of hybrid corn, he has read a lot of books and materials, including foreign research results.
As for the term tetraploid, he has indeed seen it in foreign articles, but those were all artificially induced polyploidy. Could it be that Yang Xiaotao has mastered this technology?
Thinking of this, I asked urgently, "Xiao Tao, how did you do it?"
"I remember that there was research in this area abroad, which was to artificially control the induction of polyploidy. .”
When Yang Xiaotao heard Gao Yufeng ask this, he sighed in his heart. Fortunately, he was prepared.
How else could you fool such a sensible person?
"This, I am not under human control."
Yang Xiaotao first gave the exact result, which disappointed Gao Yufeng.
“I think there are three ways to achieve polyploid genomes in plants. They are abnormal mitosis of somatic cells, failure to fuse gametes according to meiosis, and finally interspecific hybridization.”
"These three methods do not require the participation of human factors and are a natural phenomenon."
"The tetraploid corn I discovered is a natural phenomenon, natural tetraploid"< br>
Yang Xiaotao explained seriously and confidently, and then went through the research process.
The people below are desperately recording, and the shaking of the car can no longer stop their desire for knowledge.
Until the car stopped in front of the train station, Gao Yufeng was still asking questions.
On the platform, Yang Xiaotao was surrounded by five people and was still answering questions.
Of course, most of them were asked by Gao Yufeng.
“Last question, you said that the tetraploid has better stability than the diploid. Does that mean that this blood jade and this corn can reproduce on their own? And what is its yield? "
Yang Xiaotao touched his nose and ignored these two questions. Instead, he saw the train slowly approaching the platform with smoke in the distance, and decided to briefly talk. "Tetraploid means that there are four chromosomes that determine the same trait. Therefore, genetic traits are more stable than diploid. There is no problem in making seeds, and future generations can continue to be seeds."
"The specific yield needs to be measured actually, but the yield of corn cultivated during this period is about half lower than that of ordinary corn."
"Half? That's two to three hundred kilograms."
< br>Gao Yufeng did not feel disappointed. After all, the corn in the saline-alkali land had never been handed over to the country as food, so it was just extra money.
This matter must be reported, and as soon as possible.
The train stopped slowly, emitting a burst of white smoke.
Gao Yufeng put away the notebook, then reached out and shook hands with Yang Xiaotao.
"Everything goes well, I'll wait for you to come back here."
"Don't worry, I promise to complete the task."
The two shook their hands, and then Yang Xiaotao walked into the carriage with the items. .
Same as last time, it was still a separate carriage, with two soldiers on duty on both sides.
But this time it was a different group of people from the last time.
Yang Xiaotao put down his things, then found a place by the window, opened the window and said goodbye to Gao Yufeng.
Kuka Kuka
The train began to move forward, slowly drove out of the platform and disappeared from sight.
Gao Yufeng turned around and ran to the car. He wanted to quickly meet with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to tell Dean Deng the good news.
Perhaps with this good news, Dean Deng's illness will be cured.
Back at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gao Yufeng wanted to report to Dean Deng.
Remembering that Dean Deng was still recuperating at home and without a phone, he thought of reporting to his superiors first, and then going to Dean Deng’s house to tell him the good news.
Thinking of this, Gao Yufeng picked up the red phone on the table.
In the busy office, Mr. Tao was looking at the report handed over by his secretary.
"Why hasn't it arrived? The place is ready, and the seeds are still on the way. What should I do if the farming season is delayed?"
"Chief, this train can run through, but other roads..."
< br>The secretary explained on the side that during this period, in order to allocate high-quality seeds from the northwest, they had coordinated with the Transportation Department in many ways, but there were always some unsatisfactory things.
Just like those mountain roads, if you want to transport things to places, you can only rely on trucks quickly.
But the roads these days are not as easy to walk as in later generations. The dirt roads are uneven, and if it rains, the potholes will make it even more difficult to walk.
"In order to speed up the process, the local armed forces have also joined in the transportation. I believe that the farming season will not be missed."
The secretary said, Mr. Tao nodded, knowing that this matter was not urgent, so he simply continued to read the documents.
Ring ring ring
At this moment, the red phone in front of the table rang.
The secretary looked at it, turned around and left, closing the door behind him.
After the secretary left, Mr. Tao picked up the phone.
Be cautious when using the red phone at any time.
"Hey!"
"Chief, I'm going to Gao Yufeng at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to report something to you."
"Xiao Gao, what can I do for you? Say.”
"Chief, today I am going to send Comrade Yang Xiaotao to the northwest. During this period..."
Gao Yufeng explained the incident in detail on the phone. After a while, Mr. Tao knew what was going on, but the more he listened, the more The brows get tighter.
Until Gao Yufeng finished speaking, he was still a little unsure, so he asked, "Xiao Gao, this kind of thing is not a joke."
To Gao Yufeng's ears, these words were It sounded so familiar, and before he could explain, Tao Lao's voice sounded again.
“There is no such thing as corn that can grow on saline-alkali land. I also saw it when we were opening up land. It just grows smaller, less, but it can still grow!”
"But what are you talking about, that tetraploid, that blood jade that Yang Xiaotao made, what on earth is it?"
Gao Yufeng was not surprised when he heard this, after all, he only learned about these things recently. , or deliberately looking for information.
“Chief, I have seen these tetraploids in journals published abroad. Through artificial means, some polyploids can be obtained.”
“The plants obtained in this way are in certain It has more advantages than ordinary plants in many aspects, so I believe Yang Xiaotao."
Gao Yufeng said a few words on the phone, and Mr. Tao was silent for a while.
In fact, his silence was not Gao Yufeng's explanation, but his last sentence, which was to believe Yang Xiaotao.
That guy is the guy who invented hybrid corn and changed the status of the Ministry of Agriculture.
After a long time, Mr. Tao took a sip of water and then asked seriously.
“Did he say how he did it again?”
“Yes!”
Then Gao Yufeng explained to Mr. Tao for a while, basically telling what he heard from Yang Xiaotao.
At this moment, Tao Lao believed even more, because this time Yang Xiaotao also brought corn to the northwest. If he didn't have confidence, how could he do this?
"By the way, he said that he accidentally discovered a naturally occurring tetraploid corn when he was studying hybrid corn a few years ago."
For this explanation, Gao Yufeng is Skeptical.
How could you have such good luck that favors you all day long, only for you to discover it?
Is it possible that your courtyard house is a geomantic treasure?
So he is more inclined to think that Yang Xiaotao has mastered some kind of technology, similar to the colchicine reported abroad, which can act on the spindle to become polyploid.
But, Yang Xiaotao said so, and there was nothing he could do.
After all, he was just guessing.
(End of this chapter)