Back at school, Zhang Zhimin came to ask about the results. Chen Cheng told him the truth, and he left gloomily.

Chen Cheng entered the laboratory, put Academician Zhou's hybrid rice seeds on the table, and then mobilized the super agricultural technology laboratory in his brain.

【Hybrid rice seeds detected】

In less than a minute, all the information about the hybrid rice seeds was analyzed.

【Product Name: Oka-type Sterility No. 4】

[Yield: 1300 kg per mu]

[Characteristics: Closely related hybridization, on the basis of increasing yield, maintaining the good taste of the original variety, and has certain drought resistance characteristics]

[Genetic characteristics: 30% attenuation of excellent genetic traits per generation]

Each generation decays by 30%, which means that within three years, the newly seeded rice will lose all of its excellent hybrid characteristics.

Hybrid rice is widely cultivated because of its excellent high yield, resistance to pests and diseases, and drought resistance, and if these characteristics are lost, they will be inferior to ordinary rice.

This is because hybrid rice may also expose certain defective characteristics after losing sex.

"Is there a workaround?" Chen Cheng asked.

The system starts to calculate, and then the answer is given.

[Searched for a hybrid rice genetic maintenance program, do you want to start the experiment?] 】

Chen Cheng clicked on the prestige value, and it had grown to more than 1,500, which was enough for an experiment.

"Let's start experimenting!"

【Okay】

The reputation value dropped to 500 in an instant, but the supercomputer on the other side had already started the cultivation simulation of 'Oka Sterile No. 4'.

Chen Cheng watched the characteristics of rice from generation to generation in the computer being simulated, analyzed the characteristics and was surprised, and then the computer searched for corresponding solutions according to the differences in characteristics.

Half an hour later, a genetically preserving protocol for the Oka Sterile No. 4 hybrid rice appeared on a supercomputer screen.

Chen Cheng carefully read the plan.

The general technical route of the scheme is to limit the defective trait genes in the male flowers of rice, and only let the dominant trait genes be passed on to the female flowers, so as to ensure that the dominant genes can be maintained for a long time.

To put it simply, for example, A and B are the dominant genes, and A and B are the inferior genes. Male flowers will produce four equal genes AB, Ab, aB and ab, which limit the activities of the three inferior genes of Ab, aB and ab in male flowers, and only allow the superior gene AB to be transmitted to female flowers.

Although a certain gold acceptance rate was lost, the dominant genes of hybrid rice were guaranteed to be inheritedly maintained.

Chen Cheng felt that this plan was very feasible and could solve the current technical problems of Academician Zhou Kai, so he exported the plan, put it into his computer, and sent an email to Academician Zhou Kai.

After Chen Cheng left, Zhou Kai was deeply touched by the anti-lodging nutrient solution technology he developed, so he organized another research team meeting.

The meeting was attended by the top scientific research talents of his academician team, including many well-known experts from Hanxi University who have been fighting in the front line of scientific research and teaching for a long time.

"Experts, I called you here again in the afternoon, not for technical research, but to tell you the story of the anti-lodging nutrient solution for rice developed by a young man."

Zhou Kai inspected the dozen or so rice experts in the conference room, and his eyes flashed with excitement.

"Everyone knows that once rice lodging fails, it is a sure thing that the yield will be reduced. However, a senior boy from Hanxi Agricultural University did not believe in evil, and developed an anti-lodging nutrient solution by himself, and even saved all the lodging rice. ”

"Impossible!"

"That is, how can a senior be so powerful?"

"Maybe it's luck, it's not necessarily it."

He waited for everyone to stop talking to each other before he said slowly: "This young man's name is Chen Cheng, and his rice yield has not only not decreased, but also increased the yield by 14%!" ”

No one from the experts below questioned it anymore.

Because since Zhou Kai, as an academician, has said the name of the person and reported the data, he has already explained the authenticity of this matter.

Not for anything else, just because he is an academician.

The literacy of academicians in experimental data should not be questioned.

Zhou Kai continued: "I read his paper and the patented nutrient solution formula, and the effect is obvious, and the data and supporting evidence are complete. ”

The invention patent that can solve the problem of rice lodging resistance, the experts here know that it will produce huge economic and social value.

Holding papers and patents, senior year, just meet the conditions for direct research.

"Chen Cheng? Hanxi Nongda? ”

"I've never heard of it before, which tutor led the students?"

"I'll go down and inquire."

The experts whispered, thinking about how to recruit Chen Cheng to be their graduate student.

Zhou Kai coughed lightly and stopped their discussion.

"What I want to tell you is not how powerful this invention is, but a kind of scientific research spirit it conveys, a scientific research spirit that breaks the convention."

"We are all people who have been engaged in scientific research all our lives, and sometimes we like to follow the old path more and more, and we always lie on our previous experience and want to crack the way of thinking, which is not right."

"Think about it, how rich can a senior be in terms of professional ability and scientific research experience? I believe not, but he was able to develop such an amazing invention. ”

"He doesn't rely on experience, but on breaking conventions and innovation!"

Zhou Kai raised his voice slightly and continued to speak.

"The same is true for the technical problems we are currently trying to overcome, if we still think along the original line of thought, there may not be a big breakthrough in three or five years. You have to think outside the box to think about the technical route! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Kai, who was about to be eighty years old, was flushed, and it could be seen that he was a little excited.

Wu Yongping, who was next to him, hurriedly handed him a bottle of water and told him to calm down.

At this time, the experts present all lowered their heads, and what Zhou Kai said was the truth.

It's not that they're a vegetarian meal, it's that people are learning creatures, and they're the best at finding solutions from experience.

They have been doing research with Zhou Kai since they were students, and Zhou Kai is not only the leader of their scientific research, but also the guiding light of their lives.

When everyone was silent, Wu Yongping's phone rang, and it was Chen Cheng calling.

He picked it up and listened to it, and then hung up the phone.

"Mr. Zhou, that Chen Cheng called and said that he had come up with a solution to our technical problem and sent it to your email."

Zhou Kai, who was drinking water, almost choked on a mouthful, and hurriedly said: "Go and bring the laptop, we will go to the scene to have a look!" ”

It's not that he has much hope for Chen's solution, but it's a living example of what it means to break the mold.

Wu Yongping quickly took his laptop, turned it on, and projected the screen.

Zhou Kai took two deep breaths, calmed down, then sat down, operated the computer himself, and opened the email sent by Chen Cheng.

More than a dozen experts in the audience looked at the projection screen attentively.

A PDF titled "Hybrid Rice Genetic Conservation Program" appeared in front of them.