Chapter 63 Saving Seeds
Three days later, Guo Yang, who had tried thousands of different combinations, finally completed the directional breeding of corn, wheat, sweet peppers and screw peppers.
The respective information is:
Corn, Tianyu No. 1, consumes 47 points of natural energy. The special traits are density-tolerant varieties, high yield, and strong stress resistance.
Wheat, Tianmai No. 1, consumes 30 points of natural energy. Its special characteristics are high gluten and high protein content, which is suitable for processing high-gluten flour.
Bell pepper, Red No. 1, consumes 26 points of natural energy. Its special traits are high yield, strong resistance to stress, and good marketability.
Screw pepper, Tianjiao No. 1, consumes 23 points of natural energy. Its special characteristics are high yield, good fresh taste, and can be used for processing.
The four varieties are all blue-level seeds, and 126 of the 138 natural energy points are consumed at once, leaving only 12 points.
For the sake of rapid promotion, the corn, sweet pepper and screw pepper varieties Guoyang have all selected the characteristics of high yield.
For growers, when choosing seeds, high yield must be the first factor, and then other considerations will be considered.
Based on the data given by the seed store, Guo Yang made a simple calculation.
The average yield of Tianyu No. 1, Chihong No. 1, and Tianjiao No. 1 is more than 20% higher than the yield of seeds currently on the market.
Especially Tianyu No. 1 is a seed that consumes 47 points of natural energy, and its average yield is as high as 1,000 kg/acre!
This surprised and delighted Guo Yang.
You must know that even by 2023, it will be difficult to produce thousands of kilograms of corn per mu.
Not to mention that this was still 2002, and the corn yield per mu in various provinces across the country was still within the range of 400-500kg.
For example, the average corn yield in Henan Province this year is 437kg!
Excluding material costs, labor prices and taxes per mu, the net income per mu is only about 70 yuan.
Of course, there are also super-high-yield fields. For example, in Northeast China, there is a national demonstration base with a yield of more than 800kg per mu.
The 1000kg of Ketianyu No. 1 is an average yield per mu!
If it is the same land and the same management level, the yield per mu of Tianyu No. 1 will definitely increase significantly!
But in fact, although Guo Yang hopes to lead in technology, he does not want to lead too much at once.
The company's higher-quality corn seeds should be launched at the right time so that the company's products can continue to maintain vitality.
And if you hit someone too painfully all at once, it will inevitably attract higher-level covetousness.
Among the several varieties, the only one that does not have a high yield is the wheat variety Tianmai No. 1.
However, it has high gluten and is suitable for processing into flour. It is also the most scarce wheat variety in China, and the market space in the future is not small.
After these few days of cultivation, Guo Yang also has a deeper understanding of the seed store's breeding methods.
The breeding method is similar to cross-breeding, which requires the provision of parental materials. However, the seeds cultivated are not hybrid seeds, but conventional seeds.
This made Guo Yang discover a problem, what should farmers do if they save seeds?
Hybrid breeding is by screening the advantages of each variety and then combining them to produce more advantageous seeds.
Yuan Lao studied hybrid rice for many years during his lifetime, which was actually a process of selecting and cultivating improved varieties.
But if we want to use artificial technology to break through the barriers of genes and biological traits, the difficulties are self-evident.
And because of the separation of seed traits, once the seeds continue to be bred to the second and third generations, the advantages of hybrid seeds will decrease significantly. Therefore, hybrid seeds kept by farmers often die due to poor yield. Give up saving seeds.
Therefore, whether seeds can be saved has a lot to do with whether they are hybrid seeds, but has nothing to do with the genetically modified technology speculated by the public.
The most intuitive example is the mule.
For thousands of years, horses have been used as foot power by humans. Although horses are powerful, they are fierce and difficult to raise. Although donkeys are relatively docile, they have limited strength.
So through crossbreeding, the mule appeared.
The mule is strong and obedient, but he cannot reproduce.
Whether it is the breed produced by the mating of a male donkey and a female horse, or the offspring of a male horse or a female donkey, there is only one generation. To continue using mules, we must continue to crossbreed donkeys with horses.
Although it is a bit inappropriate to use this example to explain seed cultivation, the most essential situation is the same.
Although hybrid seeds have great advantages, they are full of disadvantages in breeding the next generation.
Compared with hybrid seeds, conventional seeds are equivalent to farmers saving their own seeds in the past. It is a natural selection process. The quality of varieties is selected by nature.
The seeds cultivated by seed stores are conventional seeds, and farmers can save the seeds themselves. Even if the performance of the offspring is reduced, it will not be too obvious.
Thinking of this, Guo Yang felt a little melancholy for a moment.
Conventional seeds reduce the difficulty of seed production for seed companies, but also leave room for growers to save their own seeds.
When farmers can save their own seeds, will they still buy seeds from seed companies?
This has already involved the life and death of Tianhe Seed Industry!
Guo Yang was thinking about the solution, but his eyes were wandering in the seed store.
Suddenly, he remembered that the seed store also had after-sales service, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
yes! After-sales service!
The seed store definitely has a solution!
Guo Yang hurriedly inquired and found out: conventional seed (sweet pepper) self-propagating sterile breeding technology, priced at 2 points of natural energy!
Corn, wheat, sweet pepper, and hot pepper, each variety has corresponding breeding technical information.
Buy!
There is nothing to hesitate about.
Sterile breeding technology is currently researched and mastered by only a few countries in the world, and the varieties involved are very limited.
From the perspective of technical information alone, these documents must be purchased.
Just like this, there are only 4 points of natural energy left.
It’s really useless!
After the seeds were cultivated, Guo Yang got busy with the two companies.
The organizational structure and personnel recruitment of Tianhe Seed Industry have also been basically completed.
At present, the newly recruited production personnel and technical personnel have participated in the construction of the company's expansion base and production base.
Because the project was launched in a hurry, the city only approved about 3,000 acres of land for Tianhe Seed Industry in the early stage.
In addition to building a seed production and processing plant, these 3,000 acres also involve the expansion base of original species such as corn, wheat, pepper, etc., and the rest is the seed production field.
The area is definitely small for Tianhe Seed Industry.
Because Alfalfa also needs to establish its own logistics and delivery system.
Jiuquan is located in the northwest border, with obvious geographical disadvantages, and it is not attractive to talents at all.
Tianhe Seed Industry and Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry have already suffered losses in talent recruitment, but they do not want to suffer further setbacks in their marketing network and logistics system.
In Long Province, the leader of the seed industry is Shazhou Seed Industry. A joint-stock enterprise established by the government to integrate and reorganize Jiuquan's state-owned seed companies and cotton companies.
Relying on the geographical advantages of the Hexi Corridor, we are currently expanding and establishing a hybrid corn seed production base in the province.
But in fact, Guo Yang did not regard Shazhou Seed Industry as an opponent at all.
Although it is a state-owned enterprise, the main business of Shazhou Seed Industry is still seed propagation, and it only occupies a large market share in the province.
But outside the province, it’s not enough.
As for Tianhe Seed Industry, the goal set from the beginning was to develop into a large corn planting area.
(End of this chapter)