Eight landmark achievements in the field of life sciences

Among them, "Xiaoyan No. 6" not only has a large popularization area and a long time, but also is one of the most important backbone parents of wheat breeding in China, and more than 80 high-yield and high-quality wheat varieties have been derived. In 2006, the institute passed the wheat variety "Konong 199" approved by the state, becoming one of the main varieties in the Huanghuai wheat area.

After more than 10 years of research, the institute has comprehensively applied genomics, computational biology, systems biology, synthetic biology and other means to create a new generation of rice super variety cultivation system solutions and breeding new technologies.

The molecular mechanisms of cold tolerance, heterosis, broad-spectrum disease resistance and yield balance of rice were analyzed theoretically. New rice module varieties, such as "Zhongke 804", "Zhongke 902" and "Jiayou Zhongke" series, adapted to the Northeast rice area and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River rice area, have been cultivated to realize the coordinated improvement of rice with high quality, high yield and high resistance.

This achievement marks the initial establishment of a new system of molecular module breeding technology in China, which is in the forefront of modern breeding theory research and the cultivation of a new generation of design varieties, and is the third major breakthrough after the agricultural "green revolution" and hybrid rice. He won the 2013 Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the first prize of the 2017 National Natural Science Award.