Chapter 654 650. Sorry, I broke a record

Then the problem is coming.

What is Tang Dun Dun?
This is also the so-called Breeding 4.0 result. How come I haven’t heard of it?
[There are too few because you can’t even grab one, so of course few people know about it. ]

[Tang Dun Dun is a kind of sweet potato, which is very sweet, delicate and delicious. It is a roasted sweet potato that can be eaten frozen.]

[Baked sweet potatoes? Frozen? What kind of dark cuisine is this?]

[You don’t understand, it tastes exactly like ice cream, and it won’t make you fat. You can eat as much as you want, it will just fill you up.]

[What kind of family is this? Tang Dun Dun can fill their stomachs]

[Ice cream that doesn’t make you fat!! ??? Where can I find it! Where can I find it!]

[It was sold out early, and it was sold out in half a month. Didn’t you see the interview? The first meal for the astronauts after landing was Tang Dun Dun]

The topic quickly went off track.

Everyone’s interest in food is greater than secrets.

"The planting of Xiaoman No. 1 in the special area has been quite successful and has entered the variety review stage. The field trial planting of Tang Dun Dun has begun and the harvest will probably be at the end of May."

Luo Yihang gave a brief explanation.

The reason I mention these today is to advertise Tangdundun, which is about to be launched on the market.

What’s more important is to plant a seed in the audience’s mind: if the first two achievements of Breeding 4.0 are so impressive, then how much more impressive must the third one be.

The story continues.

"But what you don't know is that there was a little girl who cried so hard when she ate the candy."

"Of course she wasn't crying because she was greedy, even though the candies were delicious."

"She is envious, full of emotion, and mixed feelings."

"Later, we learned that the girl was also engaged in breeding. She came from a small mountain village in Fangshan County, Lüliang County, Shanxi Province, which had just escaped poverty but was still far from becoming rich."

"Her village is particularly suitable for growing potatoes."

"In order to make her hometown prosperous and her family live a good life, she studied hard, worked hard to be admitted to Shanxi Agricultural University, and worked hard to learn breeding."

“My dream is to grow a potato that is both high-yielding and delicious.”

"That's what she thought, and that's what she did. She started in her sophomore year, spent three years in college, and two years as a graduate student, a total of five years, from the age of nineteen to twenty-three. She spent all five years of her youth growing potatoes. Her classmates at school all called her the Potato Princess."

"After five years of hard work, she finally achieved initial results, cultivating potatoes that were high-yielding but unpalatable and ugly in appearance."

As soon as these words came out.

Many people at the scene burst into laughter, and after a few laughs, they suddenly stopped.

Because most people, especially those in the front row VIP seats, no one was laughing.

Luo Yihang waved his hand and said, "Don't laugh. This is already amazing. She used the traditional breeding method, which is Breeding 2.0. It is very, very difficult to produce results in five years."

“It tastes terrible though.”

"But the yield per mu can easily reach 7,000 kilograms."

“It tastes terrible though.”

Luo Yihang said several times that they were unpalatable with a smile on his face.

But it was a smile of relief, not mockery.

Speaking of it.

Luo Yihang paused.

I asked a question, "What is science?"

After asking the question, Luo Yihang waved his hand to let the camera focus on the audience.

"There are many experts and professors here, so my question may be a bit presumptuous."

“Science is the study of the natural world through observation, experimentation, and analysis in an attempt to explain and predict.” “Science is based on observable facts and data that can be repeated under the same conditions.”

This answer is the definition of science. The experts and professors in the audience smiled and nodded at Luo Yihang.

Luo Yihang bowed to them in return.

Then he raised the microphone again.

"Back to the topic."

"Later, we kept the little girl and used the Breeding 4.0 technology to analyze the reasons for her high potato yield."

"Simply put, she knocked out the control valve of the starch conversion enzyme in the potato, so the sugar produced by photosynthesis was converted into starch as soon as it appeared. So the potatoes grew big and fast, but they were very unpalatable."

"Then, using molecular markers and radiation induction, we successfully transferred this trait to a potato variety called 74-128."

Observe, experiment, analyze, and replicate.

This is a concrete manifestation of the "science" that Luo Yihang just mentioned, and it completely conforms to the definition.

“So, what is research?”

Luo Yihang asked another question.

But this time he quickly answered it himself.

"Research is the process of exploration guided and conducted based on scientific results, with a clear goal or problem, following a certain methodology, which may include the proposal of new theories, the development of new methods or the expansion of existing knowledge. On the basis of research, the prototype can be further developed and improved to become a more mature and practical product."

This may sound a bit awkward, but it doesn’t matter, as examples will be given soon.

"Afterwards, our Breeding 4.0 Laboratory, led by Chief Scientist Wen Ying, strengthened this characteristic based on the girl's achievements and cultivated a potato variety that is even more productive, so productive that it is ridiculous, but more unpalatable, and even uglier-looking, with piglets not even eating it."

Of course this is a joke.

“Please see, we are purpose-oriented, follow certain methods, develop and improve step by step, and make it a mature and practical product.”

Luo Yihang pressed the controller and the large screen behind him switched again.

A flow chart appears.

It is the iterative evolution of Qiuyan 1 F4 to F.
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Breeding 4.0, as Wenying said, is about designing a crop.

It's too advanced, and a bit scary when you see it suddenly.

That's why Luo Yihang did so much preparation.

Fortunately, during the introduction, the public opinion monitoring from Chu Jie was heard through the headphones. The vast majority of netizens were still very rational, and most of the discussions were about magic, surprise, and shock.

I am shocked that science and technology have developed to this point, it's like magic.

A few isolated opponents will not amount to much.

That's good.

After Luo Yihang finished describing the training process.

He continued, "Now, let's take a look at what the finished potatoes look like."

The content on the big screen changed and a table appeared.

Comparison chart of Qiuyan No. 9, common varieties of potatoes, corn, wheat and cassava.

However, there is a question mark in the name column of Qiuya No. 9, and it is not time to announce it yet.

"Please see, our potato laboratory yields 2.2 catties per mu, and the field planting yield is expected to be 1.3 to 1.5 catties per mu. Ordinary high-yield potatoes yield 1.08 to catties per mu, and the national record is catties. Corn yields to catties per mu; wheat yields to catties per mu; and cassava yields to catties per mu."

"Sorry, it seems we broke another record, and more than one..."

boom!
There was an uproar.

I expected the yield to be high, but I didn't expect it to be so high.

A yield of more than 10,000 kilograms per mu sounds scary enough, and this comparison is even more terrifying!

(End of this chapter)