At the invitation of Zhou Kai, Chen Cheng went to Western Han University to discuss with him the gene preservation scheme of hybrid rice.

At the last seminar, Wang Kai couldn't take a photo with Zhou Kai, and this time he was clamoring for Chen Cheng to take him with him.

Chen Cheng couldn't resist him, so he took him to Handa with him.

This time it wasn't a special car, the two of them happened to visit the capital university in Hanxi Province.

The campus of Han University is beautiful, and even more beautiful are groups of laughing and slapping female students.

"Lao Chen, I found that there are more beauties in Han University than in our school, what do you think?"

Wang Kai stabbed Chen Cheng.

"Of course, Handa is a 985 comprehensive university, with arts, science, agriculture, engineering, medicine, and all disciplines."

Wang Kai said: "That's it, it's like our agricultural university, all of them are doing rough work in the fields." ”

Chen Cheng retorted: "What's wrong with doing rough work? Without us who do menial work, they wouldn't even have enough to eat. ”

Wang Kai took a deep breath and said with a firm look in his eyes: "I have decided, I must study hard in the future!" ”

Chen Cheng looked at him in shock.

"In order to keep the beauties of Hendam fed."

Wang Kai's eyes were full of longing, and Chen Cheng slapped him on the back of the head.

Entering Zhou Kai's research institute, the beauty at the front desk recognized Chen Cheng at a glance.

"Classmate Chen, Academician Zhou is waiting for you, I'll take you up."

Walking to Academician Zhou's office, Wang Kai hesitated and didn't dare to enter.

"What? Cowardly? Chen Cheng asked.

Wang Kai nodded without concealment and asked, "Aren't you nervous?" That's an academician, don't kick us out later. ”

Chen Cheng was about to explain to him when Zhou Kai walked out of the house.

"Xiao Chen, you're here."

Zhou Kai took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with him.

Chen Cheng said to Zhou Kai: "This is my classmate, I admire you very much." I came with me to take a picture with you. ”

"Group photo, yes." Zhou Kai smiled and let them into the office.

Zhou Kai stood in the middle of Chen Cheng and Wang Kai and beckoned Wu Yongping to help them take pictures. Wang Kai hurriedly handed over his mobile phone.

After taking the photo, he took the phone and put it back in his pocket.

Zhou Kai let Chen Cheng into the sofa, sat down next to him, saw Wang Kai standing helplessly, and hurriedly said, "Classmate, you can also discuss this technical solution with us." ”

Wang Kai waved his hand again and again: "Academician Zhou, my research direction is different from yours. ”

He was really embarrassed to admit that he was not good at learning in front of an academician, so he found an excuse to slip out.

This time it was just a discussion between Zhou Kai and Chen Cheng on the technical route, and no other experts were invited. Wu Yongping made tea for the two of them, and then sat next to him to take notes.

Zhou Kai turned on the computer and called up Chen Cheng's hybrid rice gene preservation technology plan that day.

"Xiao Chen, how did you come up with such a maverick technical path?"

Chen Cheng scratched his head and said, "I thought of it out of my mind." ”

Zhou Kai does not continue to ask, inspiration is also part of the ability of a scientific researcher. Because inspiration is the source of innovation.

Many researchers are complacent in their research, and it is not uncommon for them to be surpassed by rising stars.

This is also the reason why Zhou Kai likes Chen Cheng so much.

Zhou Kai smiled and said: "We are engaged in hybridization, and the first sentence when we enter the industry is that infertility hybridization is the purest and the most excellent traits, which is also the theory that we take as the guideline. But your plan directly overturns our theory from the title. ”

"Isn't theory meant to be broken?" Chen Cheng asked.

Zhou Kai was speechless for a while.

As an academician, he suddenly found that this young man pointed out the essence of the history of scientific development in one sentence.

Isn't theory meant to be broken?

Truly. In ancient times, people believed that the sky was round and the place was a theory, which was later broken by navigators. The belief that the Earth was the center of the universe was later broken by Copernicus' heliocentrism.

Will someone break Newton's laws in the near future? Breaking Einstein's mass-energy equation?

Is it only by breaking these theories that mankind can get out of the bottleneck and usher in more rapid scientific and technological development?

At this time, Zhou Kai seemed to feel that he was a student, and Chen Cheng was the mentor who gave him wisdom.

"You go on." Zhou Kai said urgently.

Chen Cheng said: "Since Academician Zhou, you have come to me to discuss, it shows that my idea of restricting inferior genes in male flowers and retaining high-quality funds is feasible, and the only restriction at present is the key technology - gene directed restriction technology. ”

Zhou Kai felt that Chen Cheng was like another rice technology expert, and he pointed out the key points in one sentence, without dragging his feet.

"Yes. The key to the success or failure of this solution is how to target the inferior genes of male flowers and make them ineffective. Zhou Kai frowned.

To engage in agricultural technology is to engage in biotechnology, and everyone knows what genes are.

A spiral-shaped ladder with individual gene points nested within each other, together make up the expression of all traits of a life. The ladder cannot be missing a piece, and the whole gene is invalid if it is missing.

Therefore, in order to keep the gene intact and limit the inferior genes in it, only genetic recombination technology can do it.

That is a direction that is beyond the reach of biotechnology in China at present, and only scientists in the world have made a few successful experiments by luck.

Zhou Kai believes that since Chen Cheng proposed this plan, it is impossible to use a solution that does not have any technical reserves.

Therefore, he was eager to know what Chen Cheng's key technology was.

Chen Cheng spent hours studying the process of deducing the supercomputer in the super agricultural system before he came, and he understood the whole scheme thoroughly.

There is a method to limit the inferior genes in the male flowers of rice.

Chen Cheng took a sip of tea and said slowly: "The solution is on the cell wall of the male flower pollen. ”

"Cell wall?"

Zhou Kai muttered and repeated, but still didn't understand the point. He is an expert in rice biotechnology all his life, and at this time, he is like a student who doesn't understand anything, waiting for the teacher's order.

However, he is not ashamed of this, professional and technical knowledge is more precious to him than life, who cares about the face as an academician.

Asking questions without shame is the basic attitude of learning.

Wu Yongping next to him was even more confused, so he could only bury his head in carefully recording every word Chen Cheng said.

"Yes, cell wall. We all know that pollen cells are covered with a hard outer wall, which not only protects the genes of male flowers, but also plays a very important role in the identification of males and females in the pollination and fertilization process. ”

In the biological world, the special protrusion outside the cell wall is the code for male and female cells to judge whether they can combine with each other.

Chen Cheng paused and said, "What if we destroy the cell wall of inferior genetic pollen?" ”

A burning gaze shot out of Zhou Kai's originally dim eyes.

"If the cell wall of an inferior gene is destroyed, the gene cannot be protected, nor can it be recognized by the female flower cells, so that the inferior gene fails?"

In Zhou Kai's questioning eyes, Chen Cheng nodded.

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