Central Media Guanyu 丨 Corn expert Cheng Xiangwen: In the past 60 years, the breeding industry pioneer in Zhitian

Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, July 28th. A tall corn sculpture was noticeable in the Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This is where the corn expert Cheng Xiangwen works. Cheng Xiangwen has taken root in the grassroots level for 60 years, and has cultivated the first prize of the first prize of national scientific and technological progress. Recently, high -quality new Yongyou 988 was developed.

Cheng Xiangwen looked up at the corn sculpture in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Hebi (taken on June 1). Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan Photo

Cultivated 39 high -quality corn varieties in the past 60 years

Cheng Xiangwen was born in Zhengzhou, Henan in 1936. After graduating from Zhongmu Agricultural College in 1963, he took the initiative to give up the opportunity to stay in the city and chose to come to the original species of the Junxian Agricultural Bureau of Hebi City, which was difficult at that time, and became an agricultural technician.

At that time, when the flood was encountered in Jun County, Cheng Xiangwen went to the countryside to rescue the countryside the next day when he reported to the Junxian Agricultural Bureau. "To this day, I still can't forget the scene at that time. In the village, the folks held my hand tightly,‘ you are college students, can you make food in the ground! ’" Cheng Xiangwen said.

Corn is the main grain crop of Junxian. At that time, because there was no good seeds, the output was not high. The good year was only 100 pounds per mu. The vain eyes of the folks made Cheng Xiangwen feel distressed, and a belief was rooted in his heart: "Be sure to cultivate high -yield and high -quality corn seeds!"

The north can only plant corn once a year, and Hainan, which has rich tropical resources, can grow twice. In order to choose a good seed, in 1964, Cheng Xiangwen embarked on the journey of breeding in Hainan. From September to May of the following year, his footsteps from the past 58 years have never stopped.

He also remembered the trip to Hainan at the beginning of the year -bus, train, ferry, and walking. He transferred 7 times and ran for 14 days. A bag of more than 50 pounds of corn seeds is his most expensive luggage. "If you don't be afraid to eat, you will be afraid that the seeds will not be able to raise it. You can't explain to the people." Cheng Xiangwen said.

Cheng Xiangwen (first from right) teach corn breeding technology in Hainan breeding fields (information photos, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Hebi)

For more than half a century, Cheng Xiangwen has led the team to host more than 100 scientific research projects and cultivates 39 high -quality corn varieties. Among them, Junling 20 won the first prize of national science and technology progress in 2011, and has become the second and second nationwide in the country for 10 consecutive years. Three major corn planting varieties. Dai Jingrui and Fang Zhiyuan of the famous corn experts Dai Jingrui and Fang Zhiyuan commented that "Junling 20 has made significant contributions to my country's corn production."

Cheng Xiangwen set a record after another: in 2005 and 2007, he created the two national summer corn high yield records in 2005; in 2008, the first record of domestic continuous planting in the 10,000 -mu core area and the highest yield of summer corn in the country ...

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Cheng Xiangwen has a corn for nearly 60 years. He lives in the north, but goes to the south in every reunion day, and even spend the Spring Festival in the corn field.

There was no fixed residence in Hainan's breeding, and Cheng Xiangwen rented the villagers in the village with the staff. The test field was nervous, and they worked hard in several scattered experimental fields. In encountering drought and flood disasters, he led everyone to pick water to fight drought and drain water. The seedlings were lacking, and he personally picked the dung to fertilize the test field. Once he accidentally fell into the septic tank of half a person, it was almost dead.

"He is easy to dress and eats simple. He goes down to the ground without light every day. It is dark to return. At that time, the conditions were poor, but he never complained." Huang Shengzhong, a villager in the three villages in Shuinan, town.

There are many mice in the field of experiments in Hainan, and the villagers have the habit of raising buffalo. Once corn is spoiled by buffalo and mice, one year test will be destroyed. In order to protect corn, Cheng Xiangwen was in the tested field, and he was sleeping in cornfields with poisonous snakes, grasshoppers, and mosquitoes.

Cheng Xiangwen is planted indoors (information photos, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Hebi).

Cheng Xiangwen said that the officer is not working, and it is necessary to do well. During the breeding process, he strictly control each seed, and each program is strictly operated, and no errors are allowed.

"The 15 -acre high -yield research test field and 75,000 corn are required. He requires that there is no lack of strains, no weak strains, and no worms. When sowing, he insists on scratching operations to ensure that the spacing and plant spacing are equal. Lu Hongwei, director of the Hainan Breeding Base Management Office of Hebi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said.

"Three No" adhere to

In 2016, Cheng Xiangwen, who was 80 years old, completed the retirement procedures. In the hard retaining of Hebi City, the old man of the puppet years set up Cheng Xiangwen Corn Studio in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Hebi, and continued to lead his scientific research team to work in the field.

Cheng Xiangwen said, "What I am nostalgic is the corn breeding career I loved for a lifetime. I want to continue using my power to contribute to the country."

On June 1, Cheng Xiangwen communicated with scientific researchers indoors in the laboratory of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan Photo

Cheng Xiangwen has a "Three Nigerism" guidelines: regardless of status, treatment, and reputation.

In order to save expenses, he bought a sewing machine and sewed the bag for pollination of corn himself; the cuffs of his shirt got the ball, the neckline was broken, and he made up for it.

Cheng Xiangwen is also very generous. The transfer fee for the breeding of the breeding of more than 30 million yuan is as high as the breeding. According to national regulations, Cheng Xiangwen has a cumulative commission of millions of yuan. However, he did not take the text, all used in the unit's scientific research, conditions improvement and public cause. Cheng Xiangwen admitted that he dedicated his life to corn for a lifetime, but owed too much to his family. In the autumn of 1993, on the eyes of the bones that harvested corn seeds, his brother came with a letter: "The mother is paralyzed, she miss you, come back!" Cheng Xiangwen's head of the heart was painful. However, the three or four corn varieties participating in the national experiment were anxious to accept acceptance and appraisal. In the end, he still pressed the mother's seriously ill telegram under the pillow.

When his wife died in 2006, he was far away from the Gansu seed base thousands of miles away. After returning to Hebi, his colleagues who were on business together told him the news of his wife's death. He said nothing, and said, "I go to the corn field for a long time." In a test field, he touched a corn and repeatedly said, "I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you!"

"Comrade Cheng Xiangwen is hardworking, tenacity, dedication, dedication, and dedication is worth our learning." Said Zhang Wencheng, secretary of the Party Group of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Hebi. (Reporter Wang Shengzhi, Zhai Yan, Yang Jing)

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