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In a recently released video, Kuang Feiting, a PhD student mentored for five years by the late agricultural pioneer Yuan Longping, presented her team's latest breakthrough: a thriving field of triticale growing on saline-alkali desert land in Xinjiang.
The footage shows lush green plants towering over a person, a striking contrast to the barren landscape. "Triticale is a dual-purpose crop for both grain and forage," Kuang explained. "It's highly tolerant of poor soil, cold, drought, salinity, and sandstorms."
What makes the achievement even more remarkable is the speed of success. "On newly reclaimed desert saline-alkali land, ordinary wheat struggles to even sprout, and it usually takes two to three years of improvement before it becomes profitable," Kuang said. "But triticale can yield three to four tons of forage per acre in its very first year — a harvest achieved right from the start."
Kuang describes herself as an "academic grand-student" of Yuan, having been personally guided by the legendary scientist. "For five years, Professor Yuan directly oversaw my experiments and followed up on every step — and I certainly gave him plenty of headaches," she recalled with a smile.
"He used to chase me all around the courtyard, demanding my latest results," she said. "I got so nervous that I would take a detour whenever I saw him coming."
In 2019, a widely circulated clip showed Yuan jokingly "scratching his head in frustration" over the challenges of mentoring doctoral students. That same gesture, once a symbol of his relentless pursuit of excellence, now marks a new chapter.
Today, the once-headache-inducing student has taken up the baton — turning the desert's salty crust into a field where, as Yuan once dreamed, "people can enjoy the cool shade under abundant harvests."
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