Foreign Wheat Germplasm Investigation,Introduction and Utilization in Ningxia

Foreign wheat germplasm introduction of Ningxia has played an important action in wheat breeding.'Quality','Abbondanza','Cajeme F-71','WC-20(Ningchun 37)','9186(Ningdong 6)' and other wheat cultivars,originally from foreign country,have been directly utilized in wheat production in Ningxia,China.Ningxia spring wheat breeding programs has been initiated since 1953.Using foreign spring wheat germplasm,'Doudi 1','Ningchun 4' and other 50 more spring wheat cultivars have been bred up and released.In 1990,foreign winter wheat germplasm introduction has drive study on winter wheat production area northward expending and farming system reforming in Yellow River Ningxia Basin,as well as winter wheat breeding program in Ningxia.Ningxia winter wheat breeding program has been began since 1991.By fifteen years effort,'Ningdong 10','Ningdong 11',the first group of winter wheat cultivars,have been released.The two new winter wheat cultivars has replaced 'Mingfeng 5088',introduced from Heilongjiang province,in winter wheat production since 2010.It not only realized third winter wheat cultivar renovation,and fifth wheat cultivar renovation in YRNB,but also promoted Ningxia wheat production level to raise a new step,as well as strongly accelerated farming system reforming and planting industry structure adjusting.