Xinong wheat is top-notch, coming from the hands of veteran breeding expert Wang Hui
Original title: A breeder's life code - remembering Northwest A&F University wheat expert Wang Hui
Wang Hui learns about wheat growth conditions in a demonstration field of an agricultural technology company in Yangling, Shaanxi (photographed on December 28, 2015).
A simple wish supported him in taking root in the small city of Yangling, forming a bond with the land, and he never left for 43 years. Over more than ten years, the improved wheat variety "Xinong 979" that he bred became one of China's main winter wheat varieties. Despite being loaded with honors, he is content with a plain life, and in his old age he still remains true to his original aspiration, silently cultivating the fields. He said that wheat's "growth code" is taking root in the soil, and that a breeder's life is only meaningful when deeply cultivated in the fields.
He is Wang Hui, a retired professor at the College of Agronomy of Northwest A&F University. For 43 years, he has bred crops, educated people, and nurtured souls, always tied to the land, taking root and sprouting like a seed, tillering and heading... Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao photographed
Wang Hui (center) discusses wheat growth conditions with the person in charge of the company in a demonstration field of an agricultural technology company in Yangling, Shaanxi (photographed on December 28, 2015). Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao photographed
Wang Hui (center) discusses the wheat situation with the person in charge of the company at an agricultural technology company in Yangling, Shaanxi (photographed on December 28, 2015). Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao photographed
Wang Hui (first from right) instructs students during an experiment in a laboratory at the College of Agronomy of Northwest A&F University. After Wang Hui retired, the university rehired him to continue his unfinished projects (photographed on December 28, 2015). Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao photographed
Wang Hui (first from right) instructs students during an experiment in a laboratory at the College of Agronomy of Northwest A&F University. After Wang Hui retired, the university rehired him to continue his unfinished projects (photographed on December 28, 2015). Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao photographed