Shen Long took out a small paper bag, opened the paper bag and revealed a few rice seeds, Yuan Lao has traveled all over the country and abroad over the years, what kind of rice seeds have not been seen, but Shen Long took out these are very different from what he has seen before, he quickly recalled in his mind, convinced that this kind of rice seed was something he had never seen before, and immediately became excited.

"Xiao Lei, where did you get these rice seeds?" For Yuan Lao, these rice seeds are more precious than gold, because the project he is researching needs all kinds of rare rice seeds the most.

In 1970, by an inevitable accident, Yuan Lao discovered a natural abortion plant of wild rice on Hainan Island, and then achieved success; Later studies proved that the natural abortion of this wild rice strain was caused by the interaction of cytoplasmic genes and nuclear genes.

It is equivalent to stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and how much work it takes; The earliest hybrid rice magically exploited this interaction between the nucleus and cytoplasmic fertility genes.

In 1973, a new rice material was discovered in China, which bears fruit normally at low temperatures and becomes sterile at high temperatures; Taking advantage of this characteristic, seeds can be propagated at low temperatures, and hybrid rice seeds can be produced at high temperatures, thus progressing from the original three lines to two lines.

There are also genetic differences between wild rice and cultivated rice, each species is a unique gene pool, and two rice varieties that have certain genetic differences and their excellent traits can complement each other are selected for crossing, and the first generation of hybrids with heterosis is produced, which is hybrid rice.

It can be said that Yuan Lao's research is absolutely inseparable from a variety of rice varieties with different traits, and now that he has discovered a rice variety that has never been seen before, can Yuan Lao not be excited?

"It grows in the wasteland of our Xiaolei family, I look at it and think it's strange, so I found some information to see, but I didn't find any similar rice seeds, so I found you here, and I want you to help me point out and see if this rice seed has research value!" In fact, these rice seeds were brought by Shen Long from other worlds, and he brought back the tobacco of the Shire in the world of The Lord of the Rings, as well as seeds of other crops in Middle-earth, such as rice, wheat, corn, and so on.

These things are also a huge wealth, except for tobacco, other things have not found a suitable time to come out for the time being, and now that there is an opportunity to meet Yuan Lao, these things will definitely play a huge role and lay a solid foundation for the seed research institute that the Xiao Lei family is about to establish.

"Of course it's worth researching, you should have the same rice seed there, right? If there is, I'll take them for experiments and tests. Yuan Lao couldn't wait to say.

"Yes, yes, I planted a piece of this rice in my family's own land, and it is growing well, enough for you to do research." Shen Long hurriedly said, and at the same time secretly clenched his fists, it seems that he has made the right move, and the Xiaolei family's good breed research has hope.

"That's good, that's good, you sit down first, I'll take these for testing." Yuan Lao carefully took the rice seeds out of the office, hurried to the laboratory, and began to test these precious rice seeds with the help of his staff.

While waiting for the results, Yuan Lao returned to the office and began to inquire in detail about the characteristics of Shen Long's rice, "Xiao Lei, how tall are these rice plants?" How many grains do each ear bear? Are the particles the same size and fullness as the ones you bring to the table? Have you encountered any pests and diseases during the planting process......"

"Old Yuan, slow down, you said a little too much, I can't remember it at once, let's ask one question at a time, okay?" Yuan Lao's rigorous attitude towards scientific research is really worth learning from.

"Oh, I'm in a hurry, you don't know what a brand new rice variety means for the study of hybrid rice; Listen to you, let's take our time, you answer my first question first, what is the height of this rice plant? Yuan Lao took out his notebook and prepared a detailed record.

"Oh, by the way, don't call me Yuan Lao, I'm still young!" Yuan Lao said suddenly, it seems that he is a little dissatisfied with Shen Long calling himself Yuan Lao, I am still young now, and I can still do research for many years, you can call me Yuan Lao, you can call me Lao.

"Yes, yes, you're young!" Oops, I almost forgot about this, in Shen Long's impression, Yuan Lao has always been eighty or ninety years old, but he is still in good spirits, but he doesn't realize that Yuan Lao is only in his fifties now, and he is in the most energetic period of research.

After apologizing, Shen Long answered every question of Yuan Lao seriously, and occasionally when he couldn't speak, he would take out the photos he took to show Yuan Lao, listening to Shen Long say so much, plus the testimony of the photos, Yuan Lao was already eighty percent sure that this kind of rice seed had never been seen before.

"You look at the details of the shape of the rice leaves, and then you look at the growth characteristics of the plants...... It's different from all the rice varieties I've seen...... I'd love to go to your place! Yuan Lao looked at the rice plants in the photo, as if he had seen some kind of rare treasure.

Soon after, the results of laboratory tests came out, and various data confirmed Yuan's conjecture that this was a completely new rice variety that had never been discovered before.

"Xiao Lei, when is it convenient to go to your place? I'll take someone over right away! "Now Yuan Lao can't sit still anymore, and he will follow Shen Long to Xiao Lei's house that day.

"Old Yuan...... Oh no, Researcher Yuan, you see it's too late today, I'm afraid the train ticket is long gone, you wait for the things to be ready, I'll go buy the ticket now? Shen Long used the phone of the research institute to call a representative of the railway department he knew when he was in the capital before, got a few soft sleeper tickets from him, and then took Yuan Lao and his disciple Li Bihu and others to Xiao Lei's house.

"Are you really rural here?" When they arrived at Xiao Lei's house, they saw the neat single-family houses, neat streets, modern schools, the bright clothes of the villagers, and the feed mill where vehicles went in and out.

I have long heard that the Xiaolei family brigade is rich, but I didn't expect them to be rich to this extent, Yuan Lao glanced at Shen Long deeply, I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that it is not impossible for them to set up a seed research institute, at least in terms of financial resources, there will not be much of a problem, right?

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