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Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS) is an agricultural research institution directly regulated by the People’s Government of Guangdong Province. GDAAS was established in1960 and the predecessor of GDAAS was a rice experimental station of Sun Yat-sen University led by Prof. Ying Ding, a famous agronomist and South China Institute of Agricultural Sciences founded in 1956. The incumbent president of GDAAS is Dr. Zongyong Jiang. After more than 80 years, GDAAS has developed into a famous provincial agricultural research institution in China with strong comprehensive research strength. According to the nationwide evaluation (executed by the Ministry of Agriculture of PRC) of comprehensive research strength from more than 1000 agricultural research institutes, 8 institutes under the academy ranked within top 50, and 3 institutes under the academy within top 10.
Organization and Staffs
There are 13 research institutes under GDAAS: Rice Research Institute, Crops Research Institute, Fruit Tree Research Institute, Vegetable Research Institute, Floriculture Research Institute, Sericulture and Farm Produce Processing Research Institute, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Tea Research Institute, Plant Protection Research Institute, Institute of Soil and Fertilizer Science, Institute of Animal Science, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, and Sci-tech Information Institute. The main mission of GDAAS is to carry out research and extension of agricultural science and techniques. At the end of 2008, GDAAS employed 1,832 staffs, 349 of which are senior scientists, the others are research assistants technicians and officials. In 2008, GDAAS gained 15 scientist positions in National Modern Agricultural Industry Technical System and 7 stationmasters of comprehensive experimental station.
Research Facilities
By the end of 2008, 4 National Germplasm Nurseries on wild rice、sweet potato、banana and lychee、 South China Branch of National Tea Plant Germplasm Resources and Guangdong Tea Plant Germplasm Resources Bank had been established in GDAAS. And more than 30,000 germplasm resources were preserved in GDAAS, which is the biggest agricultural biological germplasm gene bank in South China. GDAAS has 3 Key Open Labs of Ministry of Agriculture of PRC、3 Open Labs and 10 Key Labs of Guangdong.:
3 Key Open Labs of Ministry of Agriculture of PRC include:
1. Innovation and Utilization of Crop Germplasm Resource in South China
2. Functional Food
3. Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China
3 Open Labs of Guangdong Province include:
1. Animal Breeding and Nutrition
2. Agricultural Produce Processing
3. Veterinary Public Health
10 Key Labs of Guangdong Province include:
1. Crops Genetically Improvement
2. Functional Food
3. Animal Breeding and Nutrition
4. Deep Processing of Fruits and Vegetables
5. Animal Diseases
6. Bio-technology in Rice Breeding
7. Bio-technology and Physiology for Fruit and Vegetable Crops
8. New and High Technology for Plant Protection
9. Crop Nutrient Cycling and Farmland Conservation
10. Tea Plant Resources Innovation and Utilization
2 Centers of Ministry of Agriculture of PRC include:
1. Supervision and Testing Center for Vegetable and Fruits Quality, Ministry of Agriculture
2. Virus Elimination Center for South China Tropical Fruit Trees, Ministry of Agriculture
2 Sub-centers of National Crop Improvement include:
1. Guangzhou Branch of National Rice Improvement Center
2. Southern Peanut Center of The National Oil Plant Improvement Center
3 Key Field Observations and Experiment Stations of Ministry of Agriculture of PRC include:
1. Pest Control
2. Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Resources
3. Lateritic Red Soil Eco-Environment
Main Research Field
1. Collection、evaluation、conservation and creative utilization of agricultural crops germplasm resources
2. Research on breeding of rice, vegetable, sweet potato, peanut, sweet corn, silkworm、mulberry、orchid、tea plant, tobacco, swine, chicken, tropical and subtropical fruit trees such as banana 、lychee、longan、citrus, etc
3. Research on crops cultivation technique and farming system
4. Research on crops physiology and fertilization utilization technique
5. Research on sustainable management for crop diseases, insect pests, rodents, and weeds and biological control technique
6. Research on nutrition and disease of swine and poultry
7. Research on nutrition and disease of aquatic animals
8. Research on new products and preparations of animal vaccine、veterinary、feed additive、pesticide and fertilizer, etc
9. Research on processing technology of agricultural produce such as fruit、vegetable、cereals and peanuts, etc
10. Research on food safety and quality standard of agricultural produces
11. Research on rural economy and information technology
In recent 30 years, GDAAS has gained 1254 scientific achievements awards, 82 invention patents, and published 13077 academic papers. More than 900 breeds have been cultivated, among which, 88 have been approved nationally and 333 provincially, covering more than half of the annual planting area in Guangdong.
International Cooperation
GDAAS has been cooperating with 26 international or oversea research organizations and universities successively: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid tropic (ICRISAT), FAO International Tropical Fruit Network (TFNet), Unite States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Institute of Animal Health, UK, and Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, etc. GDAAS has been developing cooperation in the field of tropical and subtropical garden stuff; resistance breeding、cultivation technology and functional genomics of rice; resistance to groundnut aflatoxin through functional genomic technology; slow controlled-release fertilizer and balanced fertilization; avian coccidiosis genomes and prevention; special rice breeding and food safety, etc. Furthermore, “The Demonstration Station of Agriculture Science and Technology between Guangdong and the Philippines” has been set up successfully in the Philippines.
In 2007, GDAAS obtained the title of “International Science and Technology Cooperation Base” from the Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC. 3rd International Conference on Vetiver and Exhibition、International Conference on Groundnut Aflatoxin Management and Genomics、International Symposium on Breeding of Quality Chicken were held in GDAAS in recent years. In 2009, GDAAS will undertake 4 International Academic Conferences: 2nd International Conference on Banana、10th International Conference on Coccidiosis、Symposium on Agriculture Science and Technology Cooperation and Development Between Guangdong and Southeast Asian Countries、Symposium on Biomass Energy Among APEC Member States. 利峽岻社 |
