The cloning technology of "asexual reproduction" of Chinese precious orchids is becoming mature.

Few people know that before humans cloned the first "Dolly" sheep, dumb plants were successfully cloned by humans, and some valuable Chinese orchids are one of them. Through human cloning technology, they use "asexual reproduction" to breed their own offspring. At the 12th China Orchid Expo, which closed in Pengzhou, Sichuan Province, 30 pots of cloned Chinese orchids were displayed today, and the technology won a gold medal at the orchid fair. Professor Wei Ya (Jin Pangjia) of the Institute of Horticulture of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences told reporters that at present, cloned Chinese orchids can objectively enter the market in batches, and the success of this technology has created a good prospect for the industrialization of agricultural biotechnology in China.

It is understood that Professor Wei Ya (Jin Pangjia) began to study Clone technology as early as 1983, which can be called the founder of China's precious Clone. After six years of research, Professor Wei successfully cloned the first complete "Song Mei" in 1988. It is said that the "original" of this "Song Mei" was "born" at least 60 years ago, when its number was very small. if according to the traditional fertility development of orchids that give birth to only one seedling of orchid every year, it is very difficult for this kind of precious orchid to enter the families of ordinary people and be appreciated more. It is said that orchids are not the first plants to be cloned by human beings. before it, rose and African violets were all cloned, but Professor Wei believes that the cloned Chinese orchids not only have high ornamental value and economic value, but also have good market prospects. However, due to a variety of economic interests, Cologne immediately aroused the opposition of many orchid farmers. In the face of the 30 pots of cloned orchids on display, most orchid farmers marvel at this, believing that the development of this technology may deprive some rare and priceless orchids of their former worth of millions of yuan. Therefore, as early as the 1980s, there were many incidents of burning test-tube orchid seedlings in Taiwan.

He Qingzheng, secretary general of the China Orchid Association, believes that it is inevitable to use cloning technology to breed a small number of Chinese precious orchids, because any industry will eventually face the broad masses, not a small number of wealthy classes. It is understood that at present, there are no less than a dozen research institutions on cloning orchids in China, but most of them have not been successful or cannot be produced in batches. Professor Wei Ya declined to disclose the number of cloned bluegrass. But she said that the purpose of cloning the precious Chinese orchid is to allow more people to appreciate its beauty, but not too many clones, otherwise it will lead to chaos in the orchid market. She believes that in the future Chinese orchid market, we should promote a sound legal protection system, curb the massive exploitation of natural wild orchids, and improve the research and protection of new species of orchids.