The College has outstanding advantages and distinctive features in the research fields of wild grape germplasm resources and utilization of stress-resistant genes, utilization and innovation of fruit germplasm resources in Northwest China, key technologies of high-quality fruit production in Loess Plateau, postharvest physiology and storage technology of fruit trees in stress physiology and Northwest China, vegetable germplasm resources and breeding technology, vegetable physiological ecology, protected gardening project, planting resources and utilization of wild flowers in Northwest China, and Shaanxi tea technology. College * * * undertakes 239 national "863", national natural science foundation, national key scientific and technological projects and provincial departments, and the annual research funding reaches more than 40 million yuan. Since the Sixth Five-Year Plan, provincial and ministerial scientific research achievements have been made 123. Among them, the new apple variety' Qinguan' bred by 1988 won the second prize of national invention, and the scientific and technological achievements of "the construction of 10,000 mu dwarf apple orchard in Meixian County" hosted by19 won the fourth prize of national spark plan. 1993 presided over the scientific and technological achievements of "Portuguese construction of national fruit germplasm resources" and "breeding, cultivation and popularization of a new pepper strain' 8212' with disease resistance, high quality and high yield", which won the second and third prizes of national scientific and technological progress respectively, and 1996 selected "a new series of cytoplasmic male sterility of Chinese cabbage". In 2003, he presided over the demonstration and promotion of Bai Qin series of new Chinese cabbage varieties with high quality, disease resistance and high yield, and won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress. More than 200 new varieties have been bred, with a cumulative extension area of about 60 million mu, creating economic benefits of more than 20 billion yuan, with remarkable social and economic benefits, and making important contributions to the horticultural industry and agricultural economic development in Shaanxi and even the northwest region. Basic research and basic applied research have also made a lot of important achievements. Twenty-four papers were included in SCI and EI, 39 invention patents were applied for, 8 invention patents were authorized, and 74 books were published.

The college has academic exchanges with more than 65,438+000 scientific and educational institutions at home and abroad. More than 200 experts and scholars from home and abroad have come to give lectures or carry out cooperative research, and more than 60 experts and professors have been sent to more than 20 countries such as the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan for cooperative research, and successfully held domestic academic conferences 10 times.

Over the years, the college has adhered to scientific and harmonious development, continuously strengthened management and deepened reform, steadily promoted the work of party building and spiritual civilization construction, and promoted the rapid development of various undertakings. In 2006, the College Party Committee was rated as an excellent grass-roots Party Committee of Shaanxi universities by Shaanxi Education Working Committee. 200 1 In 2006, the College Party Committee was rated as an advanced grass-roots party committee; In 2004, 2005 and 2006, the college was rated as an advanced unit for three consecutive years.