Vegetable breeding should be closer to the market

When it comes to breeding objectives, people often first think of high yield, disease resistance and stress resistance. With the improvement of living standards, the market demand is subdivided day by day; with the progress of breeding technology, the breeding effect is more accurate, so the breeding objectives are increasingly showing a diversified trend. Especially for vegetable breeding, it should be more close to the market demand.

For example, the cultivation of vegetable varieties with low nitrate content will be more in line with the needs of modern people for a healthy diet, especially for people who like to eat pickled foods. For example, the same chili peppers, Hunan people like to eat pickled peppers, Chongqing hot pot to use red oil, Shaanxi people like oil spicy seeds, different market requirements for fruit content, spicy, flavor and other characteristics are also different, at this time it is necessary to achieve accurate breeding, in order to meet the individual needs.

The particularity of breeding technology also lies in this. On the one hand, it should be based on the field to meet the demands of farmers to increase yield and reduce labor intensity, on the other hand, it can not leave the market, especially vegetable breeding is different from food crops in the field. it plays a more important role in improving people's quality of life and enriching diet structure, and has higher requirements for flavor and taste, so it starts from the needs of consumers. Vegetable breeding to improve product flavor and taste is an important development direction in the future.

It is a beneficial attempt for vegetable Institute of Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences to reduce the content of nitrate in pakchoi by reducing root affinity and regulating reductase activity. It is expected that more cutting-edge technologies can be transformed into consumers' favorite products in the future. into delicacy on the table of the common people.