Sanya epidemic, a corn seed's new journey!

      The outbreak in Sanya worsened over the weekend, raising concerns about the fate of the 80,000 tourists stranded in the city。But a seed scientist at the heart of the outbreak has something else on his mind...
 
      "The outbreak of the epidemic in Sanya, traffic and shipping are limited, and once the supply of corn ear explants from the northwest base is cut off, the scientific research of the laboratory will be fatal.。As early as August 1, after hearing the news of the first positive case in Yazhou Bay, Dr. Lv Yuping, founder of Longping Biotechnology (Hainan) Co., LTD., did not sleep well all night。Just before dawn, he quickly got up, packed his carry-on luggage, and drove to Longping Biological Laboratory in Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City。These days,In the national southern breeding base - this important crop seed breeding "base camp" in China,Scientists at Longping Biology overcome the impact of the epidemic,Still at the R&D site,Spend "007" (day and night) with corn seeds and seedlings,Almost all the time),They are focusing on the key "chip" technology for biological breeding,Strive to achieve the core technology of seed industry "intelligent manufacturing in China"。


Longping biological genetic transformation team is working day and night
 
The doctor "picked up" and started the new journey of 600 ears of corn across 2000 kilometers
 
      On August 1, the China Seed Conference had just ended in Sanya when the epidemic suddenly hit。Dr. Lv Yuping and Feng Yue, chairman of Longping Biological research and consultation, immediately launched the "epidemic emergency plan"。Less than 6:30 in the morning, Dr. Lv Yuping came to the company to arrange related work, because he learned from the news about the severe situation of the epidemic, he has brought good toiletries, a change of clothes, and is ready to seal the community and take the office as home。
      A small seed, the research and development process involves all parts of the country, and the smooth flow of logistics is directly related to the sustainability of research and development。Maize young ear explants are the "raw materials" for research and development, there is no suitable age maize young ear, biological breeding research and development "no rice pot", product development chain will be greatly impacted or interrupted。At present, the transportation from northwest China to Sanya, the airport to the laboratory may be closed or interrupted at any time due to the epidemic, so it is urgent to ensure smooth transportation。
      Longping Biological is a central enterprise rural investment fund holding enterprise managed by SDIC。Wang Weidong, chairman of SIC Chuangyi, coordinated and communicated with the main leaders of the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City Management Committee at the first time, and urgently applied for a temporary car certificate for scientific research protection for the company's vehicles under the premise of ensuring epidemic prevention and safety, so that the maize young ear explants flown to Sanya Airport can be smoothly transported to the laboratory and enter the product research and development chain。To the surprise of the Science and Technology City Management Committee, the driver of the temporary pass to pick up the goods at the airport was Dr. Lu Yuping himself。

Corner of the tissue culture lab
 
      At the same time, Longping biological actively contact and coordinate the transportation of young ears of corn in the northwest region, and strive to arrive as soon as possible。After several twists and turns, about 100,000 embryos of 600 young ears of corn were finally received by the company on August 5。Since the 6th, Sanya has fully implemented silent management, which has won valuable time for research and development to proceed as usual。These corn growing in the land of Dingxi, Gansu province, from the Lanzhou Airport 2,000 kilometers away to break through the barrier of multiple epidemics, to the southern breeding base of the motherland, will open a "new life" in Longping Biology.。
      Measured by maximum caliber,These young ears of corn "can produce 2,000 transgenic plants.,1000 plants meeting the molecular criteria,250 will reach the greenhouse,100 for vector or product development evaluation,50 plants were selected for test and cross-seeding,25 plants entered regulation and 2023 field evaluation,10 strains entered advanced testing,5 strains entered product backcross。The road to R&D and innovation is not easy!We cherish every young ear in our hands and do not waste every young embryo。Dr. Lv Yuping said to reporters with emotion in wechat。With the supply of explants of this scale, the transformation work of this intensity will continue until the end of August。
 
Eat instant noodles, sleep on the floor, scientific research and development can not be delayed
 
      On the morning of August 6, the employees of the biomolecular department and the transformation department of Longping entered the laboratory and began to do experiments. Unlike in the past, they brought daily necessities together and were ready to spend the night in the laboratory。The administration department started the epidemic prevention and daily supplies procurement as soon as possible to prepare for emergencies, and the human resources department did a good job of statistics and condolences for employees。

Longping biological employees brought daily necessities to the company, and ate and lived in the laboratory during the epidemic

      This is the busiest season for the transformation department, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the transformation work, Longping biology calls on other departments to assist。The call went out and everyone responded。By Saturday morning, the first support team was in place。General Manager Dr. Lv Yuping, deputy general manager Dr. Jia Zhiwei, business director Cong Ying, regulatory director Dr. Liu Feng and others were busy together, and we gathered together to peel the corn husks to prepare for the transformation work。


Dr. Lu Yuping led various departments to actively support the scientific research work of the transformation department

      Li Tao, the backbone of the department, lived in the company from the first day of the epidemic. He knew that these corn fields were hard won. When he was sleepy, he lay down on the rollaway bed to rest for a while, ate a few bites of bread or instant noodles when he was hungry, and kept peeling and vaccinating the rest of the time.Complete a series of operations for the transformation experiment。The employees of the research and development team have been eating and living in the company, eating instant noodles, sleeping on the floor, and not willing to rest at noon。

Li Tao, a key employee of the transformation department, stuck to the laboratory during the epidemic to ensure that the research and development work was non-stop


The seedlings and folding beds in the tissue culture room have witnessed the hard work and achievements of Longping Biological staff

      It is reported that the Yazhou base began to plant a batch of explants every week from July 20, 500 plants per phase, continuous planting。The first corn planted has reached the four-leaf stage and pollination will begin in a month。The scaling-up of planting began this week and sufficient explants should be available by late September。The cleared land and the base are now well stocked with seeds。Once outside the province can not supply in time, the island can also meet the research and development needs。This is also the plan made by the Longping biological team to deal with the normalization of the epidemic or other uncontrollable external causes。Now it seems that these measures are of great practical significance to ensure the smooth development of research and development。Plans and alternatives have always been part of Longping's risk management team。

The explants planted in Yazhou base have emerged vigorously

      While ensuring scientific research, Longping bio-related work is still being carried out in an orderly manner。At 17:00 on August 4, Longping Biological held a semi-annual work summary meeting as scheduled, and all departments summarized and reported the progress and shortcomings of the work in the past six months, as well as the work plan for the second half year。The meeting lasted until nearly 12 p.m。Chairman Feng Yue and General manager Dr. Lv Yuping participated in the whole process, made a comprehensive summary of the company's work in the first half of the year, and made a comprehensive deployment of the recent and second half of the work。

Department heads semi-annual work summary meeting, lunch box continued to be held

To meet the 40 degree heat, to ensure that the field pollination is successfully completed
 
      During the dog days of summer, Wang Jianhai, the head of Longping Biological field team, went to Xuchang, Henan Province, early on a business trip. In the critical period of corn pollination, he personally arranged and led the team to chew the "hard bone" of pollination in 35 acres of experimental land.。
      At 8 o 'clock on August 5, Henan provincial meteorological Observatory issued an orange alert for high temperature, and at 9 o 'clock, the temperature at Longping Biological Xuchang Base had exceeded 40 degrees。In order to ensure the quality of pollination, speed up the pollination progress。Xuchang base's small partners in this steamer weather is dry for 8 hours, 12 people a day can only complete one mu of pollination, and sometimes irrigate the land at night。They've been working for a week now, and the job will last almost until the end of the month。

Longping biological Xuchang base temperature has exceeded 40 degrees at 9 am, field team leader Wang Jianhai pollination in the corn field
     
     With temperatures of 40 degrees and an intensity of 8 hours, this is the most sweltering time of the year。Not to mention the work of harvesting, bagging and pollinating corn fields...Complete a series of actions, is to stand in the hot sun for 8 hours, ordinary people can not bear。The boys of Longping Biology silently complete the tasks assigned by the company, and occasionally make fun of each other in the interval of work, it looks light, but their goal is clear - to ensure the smooth completion of pollination, laying a good foundation for precious research and development materials。

Pollinating in the hot sun, and irrigating the fields in the middle of the night against drought

Practice "the biggest of the country", a "007" of corn seeds
     
      With the static management of Sanya, the village where Yazhou Science and Technology City and Longping Biological Field Base are located has been completely closed and cannot enter or leave, but Longping Biological is actively coordinating, striving to purchase food and materials to send to the village, and fulfilling its social responsibility。
      "Although there are still many uncontrollable factors in the current epidemic, logistics, transportation and personnel flow are greatly affected, we will actively coordinate with local governments and all parties, strive to do a good job in production research and development and epidemic prevention and control, as far as possible to minimize the impact of the epidemic on Longping biology, and ensure that scientific research continues to advance.。"Sdic Chuangyi chairman Wang Weidong said。

     
      During the epidemic, some employees of Longping Biological were sealed at home, and the company will redistribute the employees in the division and concentrate the superior force to fight as quickly as possible。"Ceaseless struggle, more than innovation", in the conference room of Longping Biology, Mr. Yuan Longping's inscription bears witness to the working state of Longping Biology people。Not only during the epidemic period, more than 90% of Longping Biological employees stuck to their posts this Spring Festival。The star product "Longping 007" name is the annotation of Longping's biological spirit。"007" refers to nothing is impossible, but also the employees have no holidays during the entrepreneurship, the struggle spirit of day and night, a seed, a dream - this is not only the "007" of a corn seed, but also the "007" of Longping biological employees.。

"Longping 007" chip corn


Longping biological family
     
      今年4月,习近平总书记在三亚市崖州湾种子实验室考察调研时强调,“种子是我国粮食安全的关键。Only by holding China's seeds in one's own hands can we secure China's rice bowl and achieve food security。Longping Biology, which is invested by the rural investment fund of central enterprises managed by SDIC, will continue to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and scientific research and production,Focus on food security, which is the "great of the country" and carries the great hope of the people's livelihood,The independent control of Chinese provenance and the self-reliance of seed industry science and technology will be pushed to a new height,To contribute to the stability of the "Chinese rice bowl"。






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