Major Research Achievements
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Technological upgradation of fall armyworm control drives the innovative progress of pest management (Prof. Wang Zhenying’s team at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS)
Since first detected in China in January 2019, fall armyworm has spread across 27 provinces and infested more than 1.30 million ha of corn. As the occurrence and management of fall armyworm remain unclear in China, the team led by Prof. Wang Zhenying developed a new real-time system to monitor fall armyworm population dynamics based on the accurate clarification of the biology and occurrence of th... -
Creating new efficient biological pesticides and leading the new direction of domestic pesticide development (Prof. Zhang Jie’s team at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS)
The research team led by Prof. Zhang Jie independently developed the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis engineering bacteria G033A. This biopesticide solves the problem that no available efficient green pesticides can control flea beetle and important invasive pests, such as fall armyworm, potato beetle, and tomato leaf miner. It is the first genetically engineered microbial pesticide with indepe... -
Zhongmai 895 enhances wheat production in the Yellow and Huai Valley, China (Prof. He Zhonghu’s team at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS)
Zhongmai 895, developed by the Institute of Crop Sciences and Cotton Research Institute of CAAS, is characterized by a high and stable yield of 11,730 kg/ha, excellent tolerance to high temperatures, and resistance to diseases. Its total sowing acreage has reached 3.4 million ha. It also shows short stature and outstanding lodging resistance, top performance in grain-filling rate and tolerance to ... -
Zhonggan 21, a flagship brand of ‘Plateau Summer Vegetable’ (Academician Fang Zhiyuan’s team at the Cabbage Research Group of CAAS).
Zhonggan 21 is an early-matured spring cabbage cultivar derived from the world’s first discovered cabbage dominant genic male sterile line. It has been voted the primary popularized cultivar for two consecutive years by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. Zhonggan 21 is round in head shape, green in color, fresh in taste, and tolerant to cracking, with high uniformity, yield, a... -
Guangming 2 marks that China has independently developed white-feather broiler breeds (Prof. Wen Jie’s team at the Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS)
After ten years of cooperation between research institutions and enterprises, the government certified a new variety of the white-feather broiler, Guangming 2. New technologies, such as genomic selection, ultrasound determination, and meat quality and disease resistance selections, have improved the genetic progress of economic traits. These technologies save 2–3 years for the significant producti... -
“Ruminant enteric methane reduction technology” contributes to carbon reduction and production efficiency improvement of livestock (Ruminant Feed Innovation Team at the Institute of Feed Research of CAAS)
Enteric methane emissions from ruminants account for 25% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. The research team improved the microecological balance of ruminants and reduced enteric methane emissions by manipulating dietary nutrition composition, changing dietary forage proportion, optimizing dietary feed resources, and enhancing nutrient digestibility via supplementation of probiotics, enzym... -
An accurate understanding of the pig industry facilitates the country’s macro decision-making (Dr. Wang Zuli’s team at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of CAAS)
Dr. Wang Zuli’ team pays close attention to the changing situation of pig production capacity and the development trend of major animal epidemics throughout the country. They accurately assessed the pig supply and demand and the industry development trends based on extensive data analysis combined with monitoring and early warning technology. They provide essential information support and policy r... -
The breeding of Zhongyouza 19 indicated that the biological breeding of high oil content in China entered the world’s leading ranks (Prof. Wang Xinfa’s team at the Oil Crops Research Institute of CAAS)
The representative hybrid Zhongyouza 19, breaking through the contradiction in simultaneously achieving high oil, high yield, and multiple resistance, achieved an average oil content of 50.09%. It is the first winter-type rapeseed variety with a high oil content of up to 50%, high yield, and multiple resistances, and it is suitable for mechanized harvesting. In 2020, the accumulated demonstration ... -
A key step of foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle vaccine in industrialization (Prof. Guo Huichen’s team at the Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS)
Guo Huichen’s team has managed to express the same level of various viral capsid proteins in a soluble way simultaneously, thus breaking through the technical barrier of assembling intact virus-like particles (VLPs) in the liquid environment in vitro. This innovation has changed the traditional antigen preparation method that requires live viruses to produce inactivated foot-and-mouth disease (FMD... -
A breakthrough in crop breeding methods: The key technology of rice speed breeding under plant factory environment (Prof. Yang Qichang’s team at the Institute of Urban Agriculture of CAAS)
To solve the central problem of the long breeding time of rice and other crops, Prof. Yang Qichang’s research team takes the lead in finding out the environmental and biological characteristics of shortening the rice growth cycle. They have created dynamic co-regulation technologies of environment & nutrition for rice growth at different stages and established a technical method to significantly s...