Source: chinadaily.com.cn

The Joint Research Center of Crop Phenotypic Histology, co-founded by Hubei province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was unveiled in Wuhan Botanical Garden of the CAS on July 27. The new establishment is aimed at bringing national crop phenotypic research facilities to Hubei, advancing Wuhan's goal of developing into a comprehensive national scientific research center and the "city of seed" and leading the development of the bio-breeding industry in China. In the future, the National Crop Phenomenology Research Facility in the region is expected to increase crops' breeding efficiency by more than 10 times and shorten the breeding cycle by half, experts said.