The team led by Li Shaokun at Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS established the ideotype and population structure of high yield maize (22.5 t/hm2) for the first time in the world, created the cultivation theory and key technology for regulating the maize high-quality population and obtained the highest yield record in six continuous years in China, thereby realizing the significant improvement of real productivity and efficient utilization of resource for maize.
On-site meeting of high yield maize with green production technology under dense planting pattern