NWAFU

　　Our wheat genetics and breeding research have been a world leader. Our faculty and staff have released over 90 wheat varieties, notably varieties Bima 1, Xiaoyan 6, Fengchan 3, Shaannong 7859, Xiaoyan 22 and Xinong 979 that led four of six nation-wide rotations of varieties in the wheat belts, with cumulatively up to 1.8 billion mu (120 million hectares), which made a great contribution to food security in China. Crop Breeding, Exploitation and Planning of Agricultural and Natural Resources chaired by our faculty have been among the best national textbooks. Our research on agricultural production regional development in arid areas, the utilization of wheat hybrid vigor, and minor grain are also internationally highly ranked. The crop root research apparatus designed by our faculty, was elected in American encyclopedia of Soil Science in 2015. In 2012, we established the prestigious WheatBbiology Innovation Platform, jointly with China Agricultural University and Huazhong Agricultural..