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According to the Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report, a few days ago, good news came from the cotton test base of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, located in the 16th Regiment of the First Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. After the yield measurement and identification by the expert group, Li Xueyuan, a researcher from the Economic Crops Research Institute of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, led the team to test the new cotton variety Yuanmian 8 planted in the base, which realized the coordinated improvement of yield, quality and efficiency. This is another major breakthrough in Xinjiang's new cotton varieties after the team's high yield record of 806 kg/mu seed cotton in 2009 and 838.31 kg/mu seed cotton in 2012.

"Different from general high yield, this major breakthrough has a leading role in the coordinated improvement of cotton yield and quality in Xinjiang and even in the whole country." Zhou Zhiguo, one of the seven members of the expert group, a member of the cotton expert guidance group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and a professor of Nanjing Agricultural University, said.

Not only that, Zhou Zhiguo also believed that, in terms of cultivation and management, this variety has also realized the transformation of cotton cultivation from focusing on heat to paying equal attention to temperature and light, which is conducive to giving full play to the role of light and heat conditions in Xinjiang's high yield of cotton, improving the soil microbial environment. At the same time, it has also realized the efficient use of water and fertilizer and the mechanization of "seed management" in cotton production, significantly reducing the cost of cotton production, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

According to the observation report of Huacheng's import and export data, the yield area measured this time is 100 mu, the harvest density is 13133 plants/mu, the number of bolls per plant is 7.92, the total number of bolls is 103998/mu, the weight of a single boll is 7.19 g, and the yield of seed cotton per mu is 747.8 kg.

Li Xueyuan introduced that, for a long time, the problems of cotton focusing on yield rather than quality, difficult to improve yield and quality synergistically, and low cotton planting efficiency have been widespread.

In response to these problems, Li Xueyuan led the team to select and breed a comprehensive and breakthrough cotton variety, Yuanmian 8, and jointly innovated with Nanjing Agricultural University, China Agricultural University, Shandong Cotton Research Center and Xinjiang Aerospace Zhaofeng Science and Technology Co., Ltd., forming key technologies such as cotton quantity and quality coordination, centralized maturity, chemical controlled cultivation, mechanical cotton comprehensive agronomic support, microbial inoculants, etc, At the same time, it took 8 years to overcome the weak problem of individual boll formation under the high-density planting mode, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

As a result, many textile enterprises are attracted to the production testing site. Pan Zhonghui, the general manager of Alarxintaiyuan Cotton Industry Co., Ltd., is one of them. When he saw that the average fiber length of Yuanmian No. 8 was 31.7mm, the specific strength was 33.6cN/tex, the micronaire value was 4.4, and the uniformity was 85.6%, Pan Zhonghui was very excited. "This quality of cotton is the high quality cotton that our textile mills urgently need at present, and we hope to promote it as soon as possible to expand the planting area."

Li Xueyuan said that it is estimated that the demonstration and promotion area of this new cotton variety will exceed 1 million mu in 2023.

"Innovation is the fundamental reason that high-yield demonstration can achieve the coordinated improvement of yield, quality and efficiency. This high-yield demonstration will provide key technical support for breaking the short board problem faced by Xinjiang's cotton industry, ensuring stable yield and supply, improving quality and efficiency, and the transformation and upgrading of Xinjiang's high-quality cotton base construction." Li Xueyuan said that Huacheng Import and Export Data Observer.