Institute of Industrial Crops
The Institute of Industrial Crops of Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU) was founded in 1950 and covers more than 70 hectares. The institute focuses on research related to oil crops, grain crops, and wheat industrial crops. Its oil crops research includes soybean, peanut, sesame, sunflower, industrial hemp, and castor. In the area of grain crops, the institute conducts research on millet,...
Institute of High Latitude Crops
The Institute of High Latitude Crops at Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU) was founded in 1949, originally known as Chahar Provincial Datong Farm. The institute is primarily engaged in the collection and protection of germplasm resources and the breeding of new crop varieties, including potato, coarse cereals (millet, oats, proso millet, buckwheat, and edible beans), daylily, oil crops...
Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU)
Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU) – 山西农业大学 was founded in 1907 as the private Mingxian School. In October 2019, the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Government decided to merge Shanxi Agricultural University with the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences into a new entity, Shanxi Agricultural University. SXAU has two campuses—Taigu Campus and Taiyuan Longcheng Campus—and research...
Yangping Cattle Breeding Farm
The Yangping Cattle Breeding Farm at the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) was founded in 1979, covering a total area of more than 2,000 acres. It was designated as a “National Key Breeding Livestock and Poultry Farm” by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). Yangping Farm is primarily responsible for the protection and utilization of Simmental cattle breed...
Sichuan Agricultural Characteristics Plant Research Institute
The Sichuan Agricultural Characteristics Plant Research Institute at the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) currently has 72 employees. The institute is mainly responsible for the investigation, research, development, and utilization of plant resources such as energy plants, flower plants, fruit plants, and medicinal plants, along with their conservation work. It has two...
Fisheries Institute
The Fisheries Research Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) was founded in 1977 and is located in Chengdu and Yibin. The institute has research areas including fish resources, fishery environment, fish nutrition, and fish disease. It operates a national-level Iwahara carp breeding farm and Sichuan Changyuan Fishery Technology Co., Ltd. The institute is primarily...
Sericulture Research Institute
The Sericulture Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) was founded in 1936. It is mainly engaged in the selection and breeding of new varieties of high-quality and high-yielding silkworms, mulberries, and pastures, as well as research on supporting breeding technologies, labor-saving machinery, and promotion. The institute has jurisdiction over several specialized...
Economic Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute
The Economic Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) was founded in 1936. It is mainly engaged in Chinese medicinal materials, peanuts, vegetables, tobacco, cotton, soybeans, germplasm resource innovation, breeding method research, new variety selection, cultivation technology research, plant protection technology research,...
Rice and Sorghum Research Institute
The Rice and Sorghum Research Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) was founded in 1937. The institute is mainly engaged in the research and cultivation of new varieties of rice, sorghum, vegetables, corn, and other crops, as well as research and services on improved varieties, methods, and post-production processing supporting technologies. It is the Sichuan Luzhou...
Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi
The Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) has been engaged in the research and development of edible fungi since the late 1970s. After the efforts of several generations of scientific researchers, it has developed into an influential scientific research institution in the field of edible fungi research and development in the country. Focusing...