Shanghai Vegetable Research Institute was established in August 2014. It is a wholly-owned private non-enterprise unit established by Shanghai Huihe Seed Industry Co., Ltd. in response to the State Council’s spirit of "encouraging enterprises to increase R&D investment and independently establish R&D institutions" with a registered capital of 2 million yuan. . The research institute aims to cultivate new vegetable varieties with independent intellectual property rights, enhance the core competitiveness of Huihe Seed Industry, and realize the integration of breeding, reproduction and promotion. The research institute is mainly engaged in the innovative breeding of fruits and vegetables and special corn, the collection, protection, purification and rejuvenation and commercialization of local varieties resources, the introduction and demonstration of new varieties, the application and promotion of new varieties, the research and development and promotion of supporting cultivation techniques for new vegetable varieties, professional farmers Cultivation technology guidance and training with new farmers; to provide a full range of professional advice for the sustainable and innovative development of Wells Seed.
The institute cooperates closely with Shanghai Jiaotong University and hires Professor Huang Danfeng as the director, with 1 extension researcher, 2 senior agronomists, 3 agronomists, 1 doctor, 6 masters, and more than 20 undergraduates. There are project department, breeding room (pumpkin breeding group, onion and garlic breeding group, solanum fruit breeding group, fresh corn breeding group), quality inspection room and molecular breeding laboratory. It has 87 acres of breeding farm, breeding and introduction of improved varieties The experimental farm is 187 acres.
In order to strengthen the construction and development of the institute, the institute has established a team of experts, with Professor Chen Huoying from Shanghai Jiaotong University as the chief expert, researcher Zhu Weimin, researcher Chen Youyuan from Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Cai Run and Professor Niu Qingliang of Shanghai Jiaotong University and other 5 vegetable breeding experts It is composed of major development ideas, key development goals, important development plans, etc., to provide systematic consultation and services for the scientific and technological development of the institute; to give full play to the professional expertise and advantages of experts for the construction and development of the seed industry and the breeding direction of the institute. Provide professional guidance, consulting and services for innovative technologies.
Since its establishment, the institute has adhered to the innovative selection and breeding of vegetable varieties, based on extensive collection of variety resources, through introduction, screening, and hybrid breeding, and on the basis of purifying and rejuvenating varieties, focusing on breakthroughs in onions, pumpkins and broccoli. Preliminary results have been achieved in the introduction, screening, cross breeding, and experimental demonstration of moss and sweet waxy corn varieties. In the next step, according to market demand, we will study the series of varieties and cultivate new vegetable varieties with strong advantages in quality and function and strong market competitiveness. At the same time, it has expanded in related fields such as improved seed breeding technology and seedling breeding technology. Through 3-5 years of hard work, the breeding ability of the institute will be greatly improved, and it will have a series of bred varieties, and become an institute that depends on each other, closely linked with breed selection and demonstration and promotion, and has obvious professional characteristics. By the end of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the varieties that enable Huihe to have independent intellectual property rights accounted for more than 50% of the company's distribution of similar products and more than 30% of total sales.
