Research and Development of improved varieties is the key to the upgrading of Cotton Industry

On August 21, a seminar on the development of China's cotton production was held in Luntai County. The theme of the meeting is "improving quality, saving cost and increasing efficiency". Sponsored by the Cotton Farmers Cooperation Branch of China Cotton Association and the Cotton Committee of China Agricultural Technology Association, and undertaken by Guoxin Rural Technical Service Association and * * Guoxin seed Industry. Responsible persons of relevant departments from relevant ministries and commissions, * * Uygur Autonomous region, * * production and Construction Corps, etc., attended the meeting to participate in the discussion. Experts and professors from China Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hebei Agricultural University, * * Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other scientific research institutes, as well as more than 150 representatives of cotton farmers from three major cotton areas across the country, gathered together to discuss new ideas for cotton production under the new situation.

Experts attending the meeting believed that under the new situation, China's cotton production is facing the challenges of variety improvement, mechanization, precision, and standardization, in which the research and development of improved varieties is the key to the next step of China's cotton production upgrading.

Zhou Shengtao, former secretary of the party leading group of the all-China Federation of supply and Marketing and former president of the China Cotton Association, said at the meeting that in recent years, science and technology have contributed more and more to agricultural production, and the scientific and technological content of agricultural production has also gradually increased. however, our investment in agricultural science and technology and the popularization of achievements are not enough. In cotton production, the seed problem is the top priority. The research and development of improved varieties is a basic research and development with high scientific and technological content, innovation and even a revolution.

Under the premise that the area of cultivated land has not increased significantly, China has achieved basic self-sufficiency in grain, a steady increase in output, agricultural science and technology, especially seed improvement has played a vital role. In recent years, great progress has been made in the research and development of cotton seeds, especially transgenic cotton seeds have solved the problem of cotton diseases and insect pests and increased cotton yield per unit area, but if cotton wants to achieve high yield and high quality, it is necessary to continue to do the seed articles thoroughly.

Zhou Shengtao said that the advance of Guoxin's seed industry is a far-sighted measure. Guoxin did not copy the experience of the mainland or * * "short, dense and early," but put forward the breeding goal of "high yield, high quality, disease resistance, and suitable machine harvest." focus on solving the cultivation techniques of saving cost and increasing efficiency, through the application of some new technologies, such as chemical control, defoliation, insecticidal, and so on, to maximize cotton planting mechanization, and the effect of increasing production and income is very obvious.

Guoxin seed industry assists Xinjiang with industry, does a good job in poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation in southern Xinjiang, increases farmers' income, promotes farmers' employment, taps the internal potential of agriculture, promotes the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and promotes the adjustment of agricultural structure in accordance with local conditions. it plays a positive role.

* * it is rich in light and heat resources of soil and water, which provides good conditions for the growth of cotton in other cotton areas of our country. At present, the output of cotton accounts for nearly 2/3 of the country's total. The pattern of "looking at the world cotton situation in China and China's cotton market" is gradually taking shape.