Chapter 444: Fang Yuan's Ambition
Because Fang Yuan was born in the countryside, he had a particularly deep affection for the land in the countryside.
Therefore, when choosing a major in college, I chose to study biology.
He has always hoped that through advanced modern agricultural technology, Fangjia Village and the farmers have worked hard for a whole year, but in the end they can't make any money.
Therefore, he studied the biology knowledge of various subjects very seriously.
In college, he learned about traditional cross breeding, mutation breeding, and the latest theories of genetic breeding.
But the more he knew, the more he was delighted, but at the same time, he was also dismayed to find that if he only planted crops and food, then he still could not change the problem of poverty.
This is because no matter how high the grain production is, it cannot be sold at a high price, and grain is always just grain, and if the grain production is too high, the price of grain will be further reduced.
At that time, the peasants still did not make money, and this was far from making a fortune.
Just when Fang Yuan had been having a headache about what he should do, Chen Niannian's words made him suddenly have a new idea.
Fang Yuan bought strawberries for Chen Niannian to eat during the Chinese New Year, Chen Niannian complained that the strawberries were expensive, small, and not delicious, which made Fang Yuan interested in strawberries.
This fruit is so expensive, what if it is improved?
Fang Yuan knew through the teacher's lectures that there were many crops and fruits that had changed their original traits in various ways, which greatly increased the yield, and the fruits grew bigger and fuller, and the nutrition was richer.
Recently, some crops that have been researched for many years have also been put into the market, and it is said that they have also made huge profits.
So after Fang Yuan listened to Chen Niannian's words, he kept thinking, can strawberries do the same?
Is there any way to make strawberries bigger, fuller, more beautiful, and tastier?
If this can really be done, Nian Nian will be very happy.
Thinking of Chen Niannian's mouth full of strawberries and the smile in the corners of his eyes when he ate it, Fang Yuan immediately felt more motivated.
After Fang Yuan's understanding, the original strawberry is a fruit with a very low breeding probability, and at this time, the cultivation of new strawberry varieties generally adopts the method of cross breeding, and the conventional hybrid method is still the main breeding method.
For this reason, Fang Yuan ran to the library every day and looked around to read books on breeding.
Whenever there were some lectures on botany or breeding in school, he also squeezed time to listen carefully to the lectures, and for this reason, Fang Yuan's notes made several thick books.
It's just that the more he understands, the more frustrated he becomes.
The research and development of a new variety takes a long time to accumulate, and at that time, it was through artificial stimulation of crop mutation, and then the best was bred from thousands of varieties.
And then there's the cross-breeding of different varieties.
Fang Yuan has no laboratory, no funds, relying on his own ability, wanting to accomplish this, that is tantamount to a fool's dream.
After Fang Yuan closed the book dejectedly this day, he felt that he had now entered a dead end, so after sighing deeply, he picked up the book and went to listen to the lecture of Professor Sun, the most famous breeding professor in the department.
Professor Sun is a well-known breeding teacher in the school, he is in charge of the research and development of many plant crops in the school and the agricultural department, and his work is extremely busy, so the students rarely see him on weekdays.
Professor Sun's lecture this time can be said to be full of people, and everyone has heard of it.
Fang Yuan was already very early, but by the time he arrived, the seats in the front row were already full.
Fang Yuan then managed to squeeze into a corner in front of him, listening carefully to Professor Sun's speech.
"Students, in today's lecture, first of all, I would like to tell you a good news, through the strong support of the university and the country in recent years, our department has made a series of major scientific research achievements......
"In our laboratory, we have obtained some results by using mutagenesis breeding, and have developed some crops and fruits that can grow large and plump, such as strawberries and seedless watermelons, although it is not very stable now, but I believe that through further research, we can soon promote it to the whole country......
Professor Sun passionately described the grand blueprint on the podium, while Fang Yuan listened excitedly, and his hands were shaking.
After Professor Sun's lecture ended, Fang Yuan closed his notebook and rushed to Professor Sun.
And Professor Sun was already surrounded by a circle of students.
Professor Sun was too busy with things, so he only left everyone for ten minutes, and then left in a hurry.
Fang Yuan didn't squeeze into Professor Sun's side in the end, he had to return to the dormitory depressed.
"Fang Yuan, what's wrong?" Fang Yuan sat in the dormitory, thinking about how to see Professor Sun again.
Suddenly, the counselor's voice rang in my ears.
The counselor temporarily checked the hygiene situation of the dormitory, and as soon as he stepped into Fang Yuan's dormitory, he saw Fang Yuan frowning and scratching his head with one hand.
Since entering the school, Fang Yuan has always been excellent in character and learning, working hard, and being diligent and inquisitive.
In addition, he has lofty ideals in his heart, so he is even more diligent, and his school attitude impresses every subject teacher, and over time, all subject teachers have a good impression of this young man.
"Counselor, why are you here?" Fang Yuan immediately stood up when he heard the counselor's voice.
"Temporary raids, no, I've caught you. Counselor Liu is also a young man in his thirties, and he always jokes with the students on weekdays.
"Counselor, I just went to listen to Professor Sun's lecture and I feel that I have benefited a lot. Fang Yuan said embarrassedly.
"Professor Sun, he is an evergreen tree in our department, that is quite remarkable, not bad. ”
Counselor Liu also said with adoration.
"Counselor, it turns out that there are so many seniors in our school who have been working hard over the years. ”
Fang Yuan hadn't paid attention to it before, but now he realized that there were already experts in agricultural products in the school, who had been tirelessly researching and cultivating all kinds of vegetables and fruits that tasted good, but the appearance and yield were not very ideal.
Moreover, some of these experimental teams have been working on strawberries for a long time, and there is still a lot of progress.
"Yes, these are some long-term predecessors like Professor Sun, under their leadership, our country's agriculture will definitely develop better and better in the future. ”
"Counselor, today I heard Professor Sun talk about strawberry breeding, and I was very interested, but I didn't have time to ask Professor Sun for advice, and I regretted it. Fang Chengcheng said with a lonely face.