Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 27 (Reporter Yu Wenjing) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently organized the third national crop germplasm resources survey in the first batch of 6 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Hunan, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hubei, Hainan and Chongqing. Acceptance with collection work.
6 provinces passed the inspection and collected a batch of excellent, rare and characteristic resources such as Baimaya corn, Diling Hongnuo, Chengkou cupping persimmon, and Baoting pigeonpea.
This is what the reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the 27th.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, since the launch of the third national crop germplasm resources census and collection action, all localities have implemented the relevant deployment of the Central Seed Industry Revitalization Action, implemented the relevant requirements for the germplasm resource census, and established a census team, strengthen technical support, and conduct comprehensive visits and surveys to all agricultural towns and towns within the jurisdiction.
Up to now, the first batch of the above-mentioned 6 provinces that started the resource census covered a total of 315 census counties, 96 key survey counties, collected a total of 17,507 collections of resources, and collected 3,527 collections of resources beyond the quota.
During the census, all localities adhered to the simultaneous promotion of census protection, and collected a batch of excellent, rare, and characteristic resources; adhered to the simultaneous promotion of census utilization, and unearthed Baojing golden tea, peach leaf orange, Changshu golden small corn, Huangyao black beans, and Shanlan rice Waiting for a batch of excellent resources and promoting their utilization, the economic and social benefits are remarkable.
At the same time, a number of excellent resources have attracted social attention and raised the public's awareness of germplasm resources protection.
It is reported that since the launch of the campaign, the face-to-face censuses of 2,323 counties (cities, districts, and banners) across the country have all been completed, and the key surveys of 679 counties (cities, districts, and banners) have entered the final stage.
At present, relevant departments are gradually carrying out work such as census data checking and archiving, resource cataloging and storage, and will promote resource identification, registration, and preservation.
After the census, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will release the "Report on the Third National Census of Crop Germplasm Resources and Collection Actions".