On December 12th, the 23rd Guangdong Seed Industry Expo ("Seed Expo")was held in Guangzhou. The exhibition featured a wide range of high-quality varieties, including thin-skinned twisted peppers, juicy cherry tomatoes, sweet and tender fresh corn, and "highly attractive" kale.Over 1,000 renowned Chinese and international seed companies gathered at the event, showcasing more than 5,000 varieties of superior crops.

Since its inception, the Seed Expo has displayed more than 130,000 global crop varieties with unique features, attracting over 1.3 million attendees. It has facilitated deepening global exchanges and cooperation in the seed industry. Each year, over 1,000 exhibitors participate, with nearly 100 technology applications and supporting equipment showcased. New varieties, technologies, equipment, models, and achievements radiate from the Expo, reaching across China and the world.

It is reported that Guangdong has established four major agricultural germplasm resource banks, with a total of 368,000 germplasm samples stored, ranking first in the country for comprehensive storage capacity.

Guangdong Province strongly supports scientific research institutions in tackling major research projects, with significant progress made in key technologies related to seed sources. For example, it has led the way in establishing DNA molecular fingerprint libraries and trait databases for rice, vegetables, pigs, chickens, and waterfowl. The province also pioneered the use of "genome design" methods to cultivate diploid potato inbred lines and hybrid varieties, made continuous breakthroughs in banana mutation breeding, lychee hybridization, and potato hybridization, and created the world's first longan-lychee hybrid variety, "Crispy Honey Longan." Guangdong has also led the world in assembling the largest core breeding group for local pigs and made significant breakthroughs in the breeding of key livestock and poultry species. Additionally, the province achieved breakthroughs in artificial breeding technologies for marine species such as large yellow croaker in the South China Sea, golden trevally, brown-striped mackerel scad, and Chinese bahaba, completing the entire artificial breeding process for sea bass within Guangdong.

Source: Lingnan On the Cloud

广东种业大“阅兵”：1000+企业、5000+品种亮相种博会

12月12日，第二十三届广东种业博览会（以下简称“种博会”）在广州举行。薄皮螺丝椒、爆汁高品质小番茄、甜糯鲜食玉米、“高颜值”羽衣甘蓝……种博会上1000多家国内外知名种企汇集，展示各类良种5000多个。

种博会自举办以来，累计展示全球优新特色农作物品种13万余个，吸引参会130多万人次，推动全球种业交流合作不断深入，每年参与展示单位1000多家、应用推广配套技术装备近100项，一批批新品种、新技术、新装备、新模式、新成果从这里辐射全国，走向世界。

据悉，目前广东建设了4大农业种质（遗传）资源库，保存种质资源36.8万份，综合保存能力全国第一。

广东省大力支持科研单位实施重大科研攻关任务，种源关键核心技术攻关取得重要进展：率先建立了国内水稻、蔬菜、猪、鸡、水禽等种质资源DNA分子指纹图谱库、特征库；率先运用“基因组设计”方法培育出二倍体马铃薯自交系和杂交品系，香蕉诱变、荔枝杂交、马铃薯杂交持续突破，育成世界上第一个龙眼荔枝杂交新品种“脆蜜龙眼”；率先组建完成全球最大的地方猪育种核心群，畜禽当家品种培育取得重大突破；率先突破国内南海大黄鱼、黄金鲹、巴浪鱼、黄唇鱼人工繁育技术，实现海鲈鱼省内全流程人工繁育。

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