The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 61 Cultivating Talents
Wang Haoran followed Guo Qing to Pingu County. Along the way, Guo Qing naturally asked what the uses of plant growth regulators were.

Wang Haoran gave Guo Qing some simple popular science explanation.

In general, all things need hormones to grow.

If growth hormone is lacking, plants will grow slowly and their flowers and fruits will be relatively small.

At this time, artificially synthesized plant growth hormones can be used to give appropriate stimulation to increase production...

Wang Haoran couldn’t explain too deeply to Guo Qing.

After all, there is not much research on plant growth hormones in China.

According to the information in Wang Haoran’s memory capsule, there are many types of plant hormones.

But there are mainly five categories: auxin, gibberellin, ethylene, cytokinin and abscisic acid.

In addition, brassinolide, polyamines, salicylic acid and jasmonic acid also have hormonal properties.

In later generations, there are dozens of plant growth regulators used in agricultural production.

This time, Wang Haoran wants to develop a compound plant growth regulator, striving to achieve the goal of increasing production and income after spraying.

In fact, Wang Haoran still thinks that grain breeding is very important. A good and high-quality variety can greatly increase production and income.

By the 21s of the 20st century, the average wheat yield per mu could even reach to kilograms, basically driven by good varieties.

But grain breeding is a long-term task.

It may even take seven or eight years to cultivate a new variety.

Wang Haoran doesn't have the energy to do that.

However, he has made up his mind: when he has the chance, he will communicate more with the experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and give them some inspiration.

We will strive to make high-quality varieties of staple food available as soon as possible.

This plays a very important role in my country's food independence.

Food is extremely important for a country. If we don't hold our own rice bowl in our own hands, it is not easy to feed a billion people by relying on imported food.

As Wang Haoran was thinking this, the car arrived at Pingu County.

Guo Qing also roughly understood Wang Haoran's needs.

In fact, the raw materials needed to develop plant growth regulators are not too complicated.

Even if it is not available in the county, you can apply for support from higher levels.

This time, Wang Haoran went directly to Pingu County Pesticide Factory.

He was warmly received by the pesticide factory director Li Yunpeng and all the workers.

In the past few days, Shilong has been subjected to rigorous testing, and all indicators are quite excellent.

This herbicide has also been reported to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and has been highly recognized by the ministry.

Now, Pingu County Pesticide Factory is preparing for large-scale production.

This is definitely a good thing for pesticide companies.

We have new products, and we have received support from our superiors and financial investment.

You don't have to take care of the sales yourself.

Now, all we need to do is produce in large quantities while ensuring quality.

The efficiency of pesticide factories will be greatly improved in the future.

Workers' income and benefits will also increase appropriately, which is a good thing!
Li Yunpeng held Wang Haoran's hand and said, "Thank you, Comrade Haoran. Your invention has benefited us a lot!"

Wang Haoran said: "I would also like to thank Comrade Yunpeng for his strong support! Without your support, this product would not have been invented successfully."

“We are all serving the people!”

"I came here this time to develop a plant growth regulator, which is a plant nutrient solution that can be sprayed on the leaves. As long as it is sprayed on the leaves, it can increase the harvest."

“I hope we can continue to work together!”

Li Yunpeng was very happy. Although he didn't understand what plant growth regulator was, just by listening to Wang Haoran's explanation, he knew that it was a good thing.

Increasing grain production and income is extremely important to the country. "Okay! We will definitely cooperate with you!"

"Comrade Haoran, whatever you need us to do, we will do it!"

All the raw materials Wang Haoran needed were purchased smoothly.

So he plunged into the chemical laboratory of the pesticide factory and started to get busy.

Of course, the technical staff of Pingu County Pesticide Factory were also helping him.

Although Pingu County Pesticide Factory is just a county-owned enterprise, there are talented people here.

At this time, graduates from prestigious universities adhere to the principle of returning to where they came from.

The pesticide factory's technical department surprisingly has a section chief who graduated from Tsinghua University's Department of Chemistry.

His name is Meng Xiangjun.

Meng Xiangjun is not a recent worker-peasant-soldier college student, but a student who graduated earlier.

He has some real talent and knowledge.

When Wang Haoran was developing the herbicide, Meng Xiangjun was a little skeptical.

But after the herbicide was successfully developed and proven to have excellent performance, Meng Xiangjun was convinced by Wang Haoran.

Now, when Wang Haoran was developing plant growth regulators again, he was helping Wang Haoran and humbly asking for advice by calling him "Teacher Wang".

Wang Haoran did not hide anything and told the whole process in detail.

Meng Xiangjun felt that he benefited a lot and his thinking was opened up.

What Wang Haoran didn’t know was that he had inadvertently cultivated a top plant growth hormone expert.

The other people in the technical department of the pesticide factory are basically college students, and they all have some basic skills.

They all benefited a lot from studying with Wang Haoran.

In fact, the formulas of plant growth regulators and so on are all stored in the memory capsule in Wang Haoran’s brain.

With the raw materials, you can just mix them together.

But Wang Haoran still deliberately took some detours.

It was not until after two o'clock in the afternoon of that day that the plant growth regulator was developed.

The thing has been developed, but whether it is effective still requires some experiments.

Because this plant growth regulator is specifically used on corn, it needs to be used on corn.

Now is the time when corn is filling, which is also the most critical time.

In fact, there is a corn field behind the county pesticide factory, which belongs to Nanjie Village, Pingu County.

After Li Yunpeng's coordination, plant growth regulators were sprayed on this corn field.

It will take at least ten days to see the effect.

When the spraying was completed in the experimental field, it was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

Wang Haoran used a cleaner bag to pack the plant growth regulator made in the laboratory and planned to take it home for use.

In theory, there is no need to synthesize too much chemical synthesis in the laboratory.

But Wang Haoran specifically requested enough raw materials in order to produce more.

He wanted to take it back to the Li Cai Brigade for use.

The Li Cai Brigade quietly implemented the household contract responsibility system, and the members were very motivated.

Wang Haoran also hopes to help the villagers increase their income, so as to highlight the superiority of the household contract responsibility system.

In fact, small peasant economy is not necessarily a good thing.

After all, land resources are too scarce, and a family can only own a dozen mu of land at most. It is impossible to make a fortune by farming. The key is to release and activate productivity, and only then will there be unlimited possibilities.

(End of this chapter)