In recent years, with the care and support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, provincial and municipal authorities, Yuexi County has taken multiple measures to continuously strengthen and innovate the protection and utilization of local agricultural germplasm resources.
Yuexi County is located at 30 degrees north latitude, with a unique climate and soil, creating a good ecological environment in Yuexi, where many endangered species have been continued, and is known as a natural "species gene bank".
The collection of germplasm resources is a long-term, basic and public welfare work. The county combined with the guidance and service activities of sending science and technology to the countryside and science and technology correspondents, publicizing and mobilizing the masses, advocating the collection of the whole people, and collecting all the receivablesIn 2019, our county was listed as the third national survey of crop germplasm resources, and a total of 57 germplasm resources were collected. In 2020, as the third national survey of crop germplasm resources, it cooperated with the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences to conduct a systematic survey of crop germplasm resources in the county, and a total of 155 crop germplasm resources were investigated and collected. In 2022, in cooperation with the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a systematic survey of agricultural microbial germplasm resources was carried out, and 43 wild macrofungal resources were collected and 13 new crop germplasm resources were collected. In 2023, 15 new crop germplasm resources will be collected, and all collected germplasm resources have been handed over to the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences for preservation.
The county has established a breeding and protection base to achieve long-term protection. Increase investment. In 2020, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs arranged 100,000 yuan for the modern crop seed development project in our county to effectively promote the protection and utilization of crop germplasm resourcesThe Yuexi County Party Committee and the county attach great importance to the protection and utilization of germplasm resources, and include the work in the first financial budget, and still insist on investing 100,000 yuan per year to support the protection and utilization of germplasm resources in the case of financial constraints, so as to ensure that the work can be carried out continuously and stably. Build a base. Since 2014, our county has established a new crop variety display base, located in Yushu Village, Hot Spring Town, to carry out the demonstration of new crop varieties for 10 consecutive years, and hold on-site observation meetings every yearStarting from 2019, on the basis of the new crop variety display base, the Yuexi County crop landrace breeding and protection base will be established to carry out rescue breeding and protection of the collected high-quality local germplasm resources, and then demonstrate and promote the crop landraces with excellent traits and high commercial value through purification, rejuvenation and screening. In 2022, 23 varieties of local characteristic grains will be displayed, including red shell glutinous, red corn, coix, beans, etc.;There are 11 varieties of local vegetables, including native peppers, eggplants, cowpeas, cucumbers, red amaranth, etc. In 2023, the number of breeding and display varieties will increase to 47, and at the same time, a total of 22 local varieties of pepper, cucumber, eggplant and cowpea will be planted and multiplied in the field.
Through the evaluation and screening of local crop variety resources, Yuexi County uses farm variety resources to cultivate new varieties, give full play to the advantages of traditional farm varieties, and promote the direct development and utilization of local resources. The local varieties of pepper in Yuexi are naturally retained by farmers, and their taste is pure and strong, which is very popular with the market. Through the retention, purification and rejuvenation of Yuexi soil pepper, the "Yuejiao No. 1" pepper variety was cultivated, which was recognized by the Provincial Academy of Agricultural SciencesThe development of "Yuejiao No. 1" planting area of 100 acres has driven more than 100 households out of poverty to work, and the per capita annual income has increased by more than 8,000 yuanIn 2023, Anhui Fresh Legend Commercial *** order will produce 200 acres of "Yuejiao No. 1" variety peppers;Through the collection of local varieties of crops, the local characteristic varieties with stable traits and good quality are cultivated and formed, and industrialized development and utilization are carried out. Anhui Province Caixiaoxian Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd. has developed 100 acres of local varieties of vegetable planting, processed into dried vegetables, small pickles and other special agricultural products, and sold them through the platform of Sleeping Foshan Hot Spring Resort, which is popular with tourists and consumersYuexi County Weiran Ecological Agriculture in Hetu Town Jinyang Village to develop local characteristics of the vegetable garden 100 acres, the use of green planting mode, the production of vegetables in addition to the local "Yunyue Jinyang" and other homestays, exported to Hubei, Shanghai, Hefei, Anqing and other places, and also attract tourists to come to the vegetable garden to pick, and drive the employment of 20 local poverty alleviation households, increase the income of more than 100,000 yuan, the economic benefits are significant;Through the planting and utilization of local varieties of crops, it has increased the production and income of farmers, and effectively promoted the revitalization of local industries.
At present, Yuexi County is taking the revitalization of the seed industry as the starting point, and making full use of germplasm resources while rescuing the collection of germplasm resourcesThrough effective protective development, the transformation of germplasm resources will be scientifically promoted, and the high-quality development of local industries will be promoted, so as to provide assistance for rural revitalization. (Liu Tongfa, Wang Tian).