The highest yield is 620.95 kg! This is the first batch of “sea rice” production of the Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center. Is “sea rice” growing in the sea? What is its taste? Who is taking care of these "sea rice babies"?

"Sea rice" is actually a common name for salt-tolerant rice. According to Wang Kexiang, director of the technical department of the Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, salt-tolerant rice can grow on the beaches in the sea. It is in the “sea water passing through the sea”, but the “sea rice” grows not afraid of the short-term sea. soak.

Although “sea rice” can not grow in the sea for a while, there are a large number of beaches and inland saline-alkali land in China, which will be the land of “sea rice”. It is understood that China currently has more than 35 million mu along the beach and 1.5 billion mu of inland saline-alkali land. Wang Kexiang said that the salinity of seawater is 3.3%-3.5%. At present, the “sea rice” cultivated in the center is irrigated with 0.3%-0.6% seawater. With the further development of “sea rice” research, it is expected to be more salty. Alkaline water irrigation.

How does “sea rice” taste? “The first thing that can be affirmed is that it is not salty. Secondly, many varieties have a good taste.” Zou Dandan, a breeding engineer at the Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, said that they have tried a variety of “sea rice” materials (not known as a formal variety). For the materials), some have good salt and alkali resistance, some have good taste, and some have good insect resistance. The purpose of the research experiment is to collect the strengths of each family through hybridization and other methods, and choose the best quality. Sea rice" variety.

The Baiyangdi Experimental Base of the Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center has 12 experimental fields, which are different from the uniform seedlings in the ordinary rice fields. Some of them are high and short, and some rice ears have been bent and spiked. It is withered and yellow, and the rice is sparse. According to reports, more than 1,000 materials have been tested here, of which 312 are salt-tolerant "sea rice" materials.

“Every kind of planting area is only about 2 square meters, so the growth is different.” Yang Hongyan, a breeding engineer at the Research and Management Office of Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, which is testing the growth of “sea rice” in the field, said.

Yang Hongyan is wearing a straw hat and rain boots. She is a doctor who just graduated last year. In the interview, the reporter found that many of the staff here are doctors, looking very young but already the backbone of technology research and development.

"Whether it is windy or rainy, I will come here every day to see the seedlings, measure the salt, and record the growth of their bits and pieces." Yang Hongyan said that although the sun is blowing every day, it is full of sense of accomplishment. “These rice materials are very precious. We take care of them like a baby every day, watching them grow mature.”