Chapter 861 Breeding Expert

"Alfalfa, or soybeans..."

Chang Haonan's understanding of these two crops is limited to the fact that the former is a high-quality forage and the latter is an oil crop and a feed raw material.

Then there are some vague memories from before the college entrance examination, such as rhizobia and the like.

However, He Guangyou's proposal reminded him of something that was not directly related to the present situation -

In the previous life, two years later in 2002, a soybean breeding expert who was well-known in the industry in Shandong Province was robbed on the street by two thugs. During the scuffle, he was stabbed. Due to the remote location, no one found him or rescued him, and he eventually died.

Although China's overall public security level was relatively average in the first few years of the 21st century, and even if street robbery was not a daily occurrence, it was certainly not a rare case. However, the identity of the victim this time was special after all, so this incident caused quite a stir at the time.

Together with the kidnapping of Academician Xu Rijian, which occurred a little later and had even more outrageous circumstances, it became one of the more famous criminal cases in the scientific research circle that year.

Even the local agricultural college where the incident occurred was later merged into the Island City Agricultural University, reportedly due to the impact of this incident.

Chang Haonan's thoughts were flying farther and farther away, but in the eyes of He Guangyou on the opposite side, the former just thought for a long time after repeating his proposal, and had not given an answer yet.

He was obviously in a state of confusion.

Although he didn't understand why Chang Haonan was struggling, He Guangyou still explained:

"A few years ago, I conducted research on the soil and water conservation capacity of the central and western parts of Inner Mongolia and the central part of Longyuan Province. I found that after interplanting ryegrass and alfalfa, leaving the roots of these two crops during harvesting can effectively improve the soil's shear resistance. Under a certain ratio, it can also reduce the soil's cohesion and internal friction angle."

"In addition, alfalfa has nodule structures just like soybeans, and the most suitable planting environment is soft sandy loam, which is very suitable for newly modified desert terrain. However, it consumes a lot of water, so we need to develop drought-resistant varieties..."

"..."

Although He Guangyou was previously evaluated by Zhai Mingguo as having average level, he is still an agricultural professional researcher no matter how average he is, and he can naturally talk about his research very well.

And perhaps because there were two big guys listening, he became more and more excited as he talked, and soon he went deep into the contents of crop science and soil science.

In short, as fate would have it, Chang Haonan was finally baptized by a storm of knowledge that he could not understand at all.

"Um... Professor He."

Finally, when the other party finished speaking again and paused for a moment, Chang Haonan quickly interrupted.

Zhai Mingguo next to him also placed a glass of water in front of He Guangyou at the right time.

This interrupted the opponent's continuous casting.

"If that's the case, then where can I get the drought-resistant and salt-tolerant crops you mentioned?"

In fact, just now, Chang Haonan had already decided to take this opportunity to bring the breeding expert named Zhuang Bingchang into this project.

China's overall public security situation needs to be gradually improved with the development of the times and economy. It is impossible for it to become what it was twenty years later just because of what Chang Haonan did.

Even if he took out the Skynet system now, there would not be enough money and people in various parts of China to install and maintain this system.

Zhuang Bingchang is just a researcher at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences with a little reputation in the industry. Even if he is a returnee, which is not common in this era, Chang Haonan cannot apply for a security guard specifically for him without any clear reason.

Even if they can, others may not be willing to do so.

Since the security standards were raised at the beginning of last year, even a homebody like Chang Haonan sometimes feels that life is not very convenient.

Therefore, the easiest way is to use a big project to keep the other party for a few years.

The public security in the capital is relatively good.

The experimental field in Meng Province will be located in a desert area, and there may not be many people within dozens or hundreds of kilometers.

It's safer after all.

But Chang Haonan had never been involved in the field of agronomy before. If he directly named someone to join the project, it would undoubtedly seem very abrupt.

So, he thought about arguing with He Guangyou for a while and then asking him to make a list.

At this time, there are not many experts in soybean breeding in China, and Zhuang Bingchang is likely to be among them.

However, He Guangyou's reply allowed Chang Haonan to skip all the twists and turns:

"In our country, most people are still following the footsteps of Academician Yuan and Academician Li in breeding research, working on rice or wheat. After all, they are staple foods, and they are valued by the government and receive more funding. There are also people working on corn and cotton. As for researching cash crops like soybeans and alfalfa... not many."

Having said that, he tapped the table lightly with one hand and thought for a moment:

"I know that the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences just introduced an expert named Zhuang Bingchang in June who graduated from the University of Hohenheim in Germany and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Huaxia Agricultural University..."

He Guangyou was obviously not very familiar with Zhuang Bingchang, but there was still respect in his tone.

After all, studying in Germany is considered hellish in the study abroad circle.

There is a saying that goes, "The three years studying in Germany may be the longest seven years of your five years in your life."

It's already amazing to graduate.

Chang Haonan almost laughed out loud when he heard this:

"Then can you contact this Professor Zhuang?"

He Guangyou did not reply immediately, but lowered his head and took out a transparent floppy disk box from his briefcase.

The floppy disks inside were neatly organized into categories according to different colors, and there were sticky notes on the sides.

Obviously, these are all relevant information compiled by He Guangyou.

Seeing the big picture from the small, Zhai Mingguo's previous evaluation of his "rigorous attitude towards academic research" should still be reliable.

"Excuse me, I don't use my computer very often, and my business trips are usually to remote areas, so I didn't buy a laptop. I can only bring this box with me."

He Guangyou said as he picked out a floppy disk.

"I haven't had any contact with him before, but here are a few papers he published with his contact information."

Domestic journals are quite wild these days.

Sometimes, not only the corresponding author’s work unit and email address will be given, but even the author’s headshot and office phone number will be listed.

The official box weapon belongs to it.

But at this time, it actually suited Chang Haonan's wishes.

He took the floppy disk and inserted it into his laptop.

There are several papers in it.

"Speaking of which, since this researcher Zhuang just came to the Jilin Provincial Agricultural Research Institute from the Agricultural University, shouldn't his previously published papers have the contact information of the Agricultural University?"

Zhai Mingguo, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"He should have brought his research results to the Agricultural Research Institute. He just published a new paper. The one with the most recent date is this."

He Guangyou replied.

Chang Haonan exclaimed in his heart that he knew how to have fun.

Bringing results into the group is a common practice for young teachers after ten or twenty years.

It means keeping a part of the research results during your doctoral or postdoctoral studies, and then publishing them after you get a promotion-or-leave contract.

This can be counted as the result when you become a regular employee.

If you are lucky, you can even get through the inspection stage without any stress.

I just didn't expect that this kind of gameplay already exists.

Soon, he found the PDF document that was added a few days ago from a large pile of files.

Construction of a high-density map of the soybean genome F linkage group and gene localization

This document has even been accepted but not officially published.

After clicking on it, I found that one of the authors was Zhuang Bingchang.

Although he is not the corresponding author, this document even contains submission information, and it is unknown through which channel He Guangyou obtained it.

In short, the author's basic information and contact information are listed at the bottom of the first page.

"I'm not a well-known expert. Researcher Zhuang probably hasn't heard of me."

He Guangyou said:

"So it might be better for you two to contact him."