寿光蔬菜种质资源库储存蔬菜种质资源超2.6万份
China's Shouguang germplasm resource center collects over 26,000 vegetable seed species

4月1日，寿光蔬菜种质资源库的工作人员在育种实验室工作。寿光蔬菜种质资源库是山东省最大的蔬菜种质资源库，目前已累计收集储存蔬菜种质资源超2.6万份，其中番茄、黄瓜、辣椒种质资源数量位居全国前列。该种质资源库采用智能化、自动化的控制系统，种子在人工可控环境中最长可保存30到50年，为保障国家蔬菜种业安全和生物多样性提供了重要支撑。[新华社记者 徐速绘 摄]

Staff members work at a breeding laboratory at Shouguang vegetable germplasm resource center in Shouguang, east China's Shandong Province, April 1, 2026. Shouguang germplasm resource center, the largest of its kind in Shandong, has collected more than 26,000 vegetable seed species. Seeds here could stay alive for three to five decades in proper storage conditions supported by intelligent and automated control system, which provides crucial foundation for ensuring the security of the national vegetable seed industry and biodiversity. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)