From 65438 to 0996, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China put forward the super rice breeding plan. By combining morphological improvement with heterosis utilization, the research team led by Yuan Longping successfully broke through the problem of super-high-yield rice breeding and constantly refreshed the yield per mu. At present, the five objectives of the Super Rice Plan have been achieved, namely, the yield per mu is 700kg, 800kg, 900kg,1000kg and1100kg.
"The dream of enjoying the cool under the grain" and "the dream of hybrid rice covering the whole world" are Yuan Longping's lifelong dreams. The former is his real dream. He once dreamed that the super hybrid rice in the experimental field was taller than sorghum, with ears as long as brooms and grains as big as peanuts. He and his assistant sat under the ear of rice to enjoy the cool. With the continuous high yield of super rice, this dream has gradually become a reality. The latter hopes that super rice will go abroad and contribute to world food security.
In recent years, although Yuan Longping is old, he has been sticking to the front line of scientific research. The reporter interviewed Yuan Longping face to face in Changsha many times. Every time, the old man said that he would March towards the breeding goal of higher yield. "Without hybrid rice, my life would be meaningless." Yuan Longping 198 1 won the national special prize for invention, 200 1 won the first national highest science and technology award, 20 14 won the national special prize for scientific and technological progress, 20 18 won the title of "pioneer of reform" and 20/kloc-0. He also won more than 20 awards at home and abroad, including the UNESCO Science Award. Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice" and the winner of "* * * and National Medal" of China Academy of Engineering, died in Changsha on May 22nd 13: 07 at the age of 9 1.