Chapter 79: It’s just a seed, why are you so nervous?

Listening to Chen Lu's statement, this figure appeared in many people's minds.

Many people have experienced hunger when they were young, and even now, there are still many people who cannot get enough food.

Especially people in some poor areas and countries.

More than five million people around the world are still suffering from famine.

The first thing they do when they open their eyes every day is to worry about what to eat.

Whether or not one can find something to fill their stomach is completely unknown.

But in China, what you need to consider is what you want to eat.

Is it fried dough sticks and soy milk, or roujiamo and tofu pudding for breakfast?

You may even get hung up on making decisions.

There are so many delicious foods to choose from that I don’t know what to eat.

All this is thanks to Grandpa Yuan.

It was he who made it possible for everyone in a big country with such a large population base to no longer suffer from hunger and to have enough food to eat!

[Wat? The appearance of one person can ensure that everyone in a country with a population of more than one billion can have enough food? ]

[I just Googled it and it’s actually true! China uses 7% of the arable land to feed 22% of the world’s population! All this is thanks to its hybrid rice! ]

[Not only does he feed the Chinese people, he also feeds the people of the world! ]

[If there is a Nobel Prize for Agriculture, I think he will definitely win it! ]

Since 1979, hybrid rice has been promoted and cultivated in more than 70 countries around the world.

Now, the global hybrid rice planting area exceeds 800 million hectares, with an increase in grain production of 1600 million tons per day, feeding at least 5000 million people in the world!

If half of the planting area is overseas, it will be able to feed at least 500 million more people!
Hybrid rice is printed on Madagascar’s largest-denomination banknote. In a major flood in 17, all other grain crops fell down, and only China’s hybrid rice stood proudly!

The Philippines is the country he has visited most often, where hybrid rice is cultivated on more than one million hectares, accounting for a quarter of the rice-cultivating area, and the yield per hectare is three times that of local rice varieties!
After Pakistan started planting hybrid rice, it became the world's fourth largest rice exporter!
We have truly realized the goal of taking shelter under the rice, with hybrid rice covering the entire world!

One seed feeds the world!
【Oh my God, it turns out that his contribution to the world is so great! 】

[I am a Pakistani. If it weren’t for China’s assistance, we would still be starving! ]

[I never thought that we have to thank the Chinese for having enough food to eat? ]

[Oh, just for this reason, I will never smear China again! ]

Drip!

A message popped up on the phone. Chen Lu picked it up and his eyes suddenly widened.

"What, the parent seeds were stolen!"

He frowned and quickly clicked on the news headline.

Anna had never seen him like this before, nervous, angry, and scared?

For a moment I couldn't figure out what was going on.

After reading it, Chen Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that the spy has been caught.

Fortunately, no greater harm was caused.

Today's media are really full of clickbait. They use exaggerated headlines to attract attention, but you have no idea of ​​the result unless you click on it.

Anna couldn't help but ask, "Dear, what is a parent seed? This thing seems to be very important?"

Her question was also the same as the one asked by the foreigners in the live broadcast room.

[It's just a seed, why are you so nervous? ]

[That’s right, when you harvest rice, aren’t there seeds all over the ground? ]

[Who would steal seeds? You must be kidding!] [No! As an agricultural expert, I can tell you responsibly that parent seeds are very important!]

Chen Lu took a deep breath and said, "Yes, parent seeds are very important."

Parent seeds are the starting point for hybrid rice experiments.

Hybrid rice is the offspring of two varieties, and will show stronger environmental adaptability and yield advantages.

For example, indica hybrid rice has the advantages of high yield, lodging resistance and pest resistance.

These two varieties are the parents, or the "parents" of hybrid rice.

Only after finding suitable parent seeds can hybridization experiments be carried out.

This is the most difficult step in the hybrid rice experiment.

In order to find suitable parent seeds, Grandpa Yuan traveled all over the motherland and spent a lot of time and energy.

Rice heading occurs in June, the hottest time of the year.

On sunny days, they would hold tweezers and magnifying glasses, bend down and lower their heads to carefully examine each rice plant.

Identify the flowering status of rice and the condition of anthers.

They screened more than 20,000 rice plants and finally found the male sterile plants, also known as wild abortions.

Finally, hybrid rice was successfully cultivated.

The parent seeds are very stable, often do not mutate, and can perfectly pass on the dominant traits to the next generation.

Therefore, the parent seeds must be preserved.

This is to continue the production of hybrid rice and carry out further hybridization experiments.

It can be said that whoever owns the parent seeds has the possibility of breeding higher-yielding hybrid varieties!
What’s even more frightening is that once the parent seeds are obtained by interested parties, they can conduct reverse research and develop special drugs or pathogens to deal with hybrid rice.

The high-yield advantage of hybrid rice will be completely destroyed, or even completely eradicated!
If this is true, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Even today, when we have hybrid rice, tens of millions of people still die of famine every year around the world.

Just imagine, if there were no hybrid rice, the death toll would increase exponentially!
Those who stole hybrid rice are truly despicable.

His actions are not just aimed at one country, but will threaten the whole world!
When Chen Lu thought of what he had done, he felt so angry that his teeth itched.

Fortunately, he was captured and further damage was prevented.

[So the parent seed is so important? I've learned something new! ]

[The person who stole the seeds really deserves to die. Does he want to kill people all over the world? 】

[I think it's a spy sent by your country? ]

[You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want! ]

Chen Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that the spy had been caught.

Otherwise, he might not even be able to sleep well at noon.

Lying on the bed, Chen Lu hugged Anna and took a nap.

The beds in the Asian Games Village are really comfortable. They are made of memory foam and come with a remote control.

There are eight modes in total to choose from, and the most exciting one is of course the zero-gravity mode.

A smart bed can sense even a feather falling.

It also has massage, zero pressure and alarm wake-up functions.

After setting the alarm, the bed can automatically rise and fall at the set time.

When athletes snore while sleeping, the system can identify and adjust the head height to relieve the problem!
Anna lay on the bed and rolled around comfortably.

(End of this chapter)