Abstract
On November 18, 2018, the Future Science Prize Awarding Ceremony was held in Beijing. In the area of life science, Professors Jiayang Li, Longping Yuan, and Qifa Zhang shared the prize for their pioneering contributions in producing high-yield, superior-quality rice through systematic study of molecular mechanisms associated with specific rice features and application of novel approaches in rice breeding. The Future Science Prize is also touted as “China’s Nobel Prize”, fully affirming their achievements in rice basic research and breeding.
Highlights
The 2018 China’s Future Science Prize in Life Science was jointly awarded to Profs
Land, and environmental pollution pose a big challenge for food security in China
Rice yield has experienced at least two quantum jumps; the first was brought by dwarf breeding, the so-called ‘‘Green Evolution” in the 1960s, and the second came from the introduction of hybrid rice in the 1970s
Summary
The 2018 China’s Future Science Prize in Life Science was jointly awarded to Profs. Jiayang Li, Longping Yuan, and Qifa Zhang, in recognition of their groundbreaking discoveries leading to the development of innovative tools for breeding high-yield and superior-quality rice varieties (Figure 1). Peer review under responsibility of Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Genetics Society of China. The Green Revolution has dramatically increased crop production, thanks to the development of high-yield varieties through deployment of semi-dwarf genes in rice and wheat.
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