Introduction of Jimai 44

In the thousand mu demonstration area of Yikongqiao Village, Gaoli Town, Hanting District, Weifang City, Shandong Province, the new strong gluten wheat variety "Jimai 44" has changed from green to yellow and is about to mature. This is the latest strong gluten wheat variety cultivated by Chinese scientists, which is expected to change the situation that high-quality special-purpose wheat depends on imports.

"Jimai 44", bred by Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has the characteristics of high quality, disease resistance, lodging resistance, early maturity and water saving, and is suitable for making bread and noodles with elasticity and chewiness. In 2018, the national wheat industrial technology system tested and analyzed the quality of 65 wheat varieties from 11 major wheat producing provinces. The results showed that the crude protein content, formation time and stability time of "Jimai 44" were significantly higher than those of other wheat varieties.

According to Li Faji, an assistant researcher at the crop Research Institute of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, generally speaking, it is difficult for wheat varieties to achieve both high yield and high quality, while "Jimai 44" combines yield and quality very well. In the experimental planting for two consecutive years, "Jimai 44" has reached the standard of first-class strong gluten wheat, with an average yield of 603.7 kg per mu in two years, 2.3% higher than the high-yielding variety "Jimai 22", which has been popularized in the country for nine consecutive years.