New varieties of quinoa in Jingle County, Shanxi achieved a 66.7% increase in yield

A few days ago, experts and professors from the seed station of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the provincial agricultural technology extension station and Shanxi Agricultural University were invited to guide and supervise, led by the third-team Baolian expert group of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Under the bright autumn sun, the "Jiaqi 100", which is as tall as one person and full of red, looks like a raging flame adorning the harvested earth, which is particularly spectacular

According to reports, "Jiaqi 100" was bred by artificial emasculation and pedigree selection

As the "Hometown of Quinoa in China", Jingle County has always been the featured industry that the county focuses on and promotes.

Wu Xiangyun, general manager of Shanxi Jiaqi Quinoa Company, said that relying on the brand advantage of Jingle County, "the hometown of quinoa in China", taking this production test event as an opportunity, Jingle County will gradually be built into the first-class in Shanxi Province and the leading in the country The quinoa industry is the birthplace of commercial planting, the breeding ground for fine varieties, the core main producing area, the distribution center, the industrial cluster area, the special fertilizer production area, the characteristic industry demonstration area, and the new highland for R&D and promotion, laying a solid foundation for rural revitalization

(Wang Liqiang)

"China Food News" (September 23, 2021, 06 edition)

(Editor-in-charge: Qu Yuening)