Li Zhensheng
李振声
Born (1931-02-25) February 25, 1931 (age 92)
Zibo, Shandong, China
Alma materShandong Agricultural University
Known forwheat breeding through distant hybridization
AwardsState Preeminent Science and Technology Award (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
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Li Zhensheng (Chinese: 李振声; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènshēng; born February 25, 1931) is a Chinese geneticist who specializes in the genetics of wheat. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was awarded the Highest Science and Technology Award in 2006.

Biography

Mr. Li was born in Zibo, Shandong. In 1951, he graduated from Shandong Agricultural University and worked in Yangling (Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, now Northwest A&F University) for over 30 years.

In an interview, he said that three scientists influenced him very much, they are Hua Luogeng (for telling him how to learn), Qian Sanqiang (how to do research) and Ai Siqi (Historical Materialism and Dialectical Materialism).[1]

Work

In Li's scientific career, he has made three notable contributions to wheat genetics and wide-hybridization between common wheat and Thinopyrum ponticum.[2][3] The wheat cultivars have greatly enhanced productivity of wheat. Among them, Xiaoyan 6 has been widely grown in China. This has enabled him to propose a creative methodology for producing wheat substitution lines through nullisomic backcrossing. This kind of breeding needs less natural resources, and it protects the environment which is good for the sustainable development in Chinese agriculture.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ 李振声院士访谈
  2. ^ a b "(90825) Lizhensheng". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Faculty Positions Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Li Zhensheng Archived 2005-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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