我国蔬菜种子自给率接近91%番茄育种芯片年内上市

Core Insights - The self-sufficiency rate of vegetable seeds in China is approaching 91%, which significantly ensures the diversity of the "vegetable basket" [1] - A new domestic solid-phase gene chip for tomato breeding has been successfully developed and is expected to be commercially available by the end of this year [1] - The cost of gene testing is projected to decrease from 120 yuan per sample to 40 yuan, enhancing the efficiency of both upstream molecular breeding and downstream variety identification [1] Industry Developments - The launch of the first national tomato breeding autonomous solid-phase gene chip project commenced in May this year [1] - The application range of the newly developed gene chip will cover upstream tomato molecular breeding and variety selection, as well as downstream variety identification [1]