The meeting was jointly sponsored by the National Sweet Potato Industry Technology Research and Development Center and Handan Xiatu Seed Industry Co., Ltd., attended by Ma, the chief expert of the national sweet potato industry technology system, 53 post scientists of the national sweet potato system, and more than 200 representatives of outstanding sweet potato growers, seedling units, agricultural enterprises, machinery manufacturing enterprises and sweet potato processing and sales enterprises in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country. Nie Yongsheng, president of Hebei Agricultural Industry Association, Shen Wei, president of Handan Agricultural Service Association, deputy head of Cixian People's Government, director of Cixian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau and director of Cixian Agricultural Industrialization Office Tian and other provincial, city and county leaders attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Vice Governor Liu Yuntang delivered a welcome speech on behalf of Cixian People's Government. President Nie Yongsheng and President Shen Wei delivered congratulatory messages on behalf of provincial and municipal industry associations respectively. Cui Fuxi, general manager, reported the business development of Handan River Xiatu Seed Industry Co., Ltd. to the guests. Ma, the chief scientist of the National Sweet Potato System, delivered a summary report of the National Sweet Potato High-yield and Efficient Competition at the conference, announced the winners of the first, second and third prizes in this competition, and held a grand award ceremony at the scene.
After summing up and commending, Zhang, director of the pest control research office of the national sweet potato industrial technology system, stationmaster of Fujian Longyan comprehensive experimental station of the national sweet potato industrial technology system, seed potato officer of Longshu No.9, director of sweet potato research institute of Yantai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Province, 25 seed potato officer Xin, post scientist of the national sweet potato industrial technology system, Director of Sweet Potato Research Office of Crop Research Institute of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 26 breeders Wang, researcher Liu of hebei academy of agriculture and forestry Grain and Oil Crops Research Institute, breeder Shang Shu 19, director and researcher Wu Zongxin of Cotton Research Institute of Shanxi Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, researcher Xie Yizhi and He Sulan of Grain Crops Research Institute of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and researcher of Nanchong Academy of Agricultural Sciences gave wonderful speeches on comprehensive prevention and control of sweet potato virus diseases, high-yield and efficient cultivation, and new sweet potato varieties. The new achievements of sweet potato industry in China in recent years were shared, and the new opportunities brought by virus-free technology for sweet potato industry were discussed, which provided an updated technical solution for the occurrence of sweet potato diseases and insect pests and high-yield and efficient cultivation.
According to the arrangement of the meeting, on the afternoon of1October 9th, 65438, a delegation composed of experts, growers and business representatives, came to Hexiatu virus-free sweet potato seedling industrial base for field observation. They visited the virus-free tissue culture center, virus-free seedling base, virus-free seed potato preservation storage base, and visited more than 20 kinds of new equipment for fertilization, pesticide application, ridging and film mulching of sweet potatoes at the sweet potato machinery exhibition site.
The convening of this meeting summarized and commended the new varieties and achievements made by experts and experimental stations of sweet potato in the past year, and also played an important role in further accelerating the industrialization promotion of new varieties and technologies of sweet potato, enhancing the independent innovation ability of sweet potato industry and promoting the healthy development of sweet potato industry.