Colleges & Faculties

I. Personal information

Qiuzhi Zhang, Master, Professor, Member of Communist Party of China, Master’s supervisor.

II. Research interests

Innovation and utilization of silage maize germplasm resources.

III. Research Projects

She has presided over 1 sub-topic of the National Key R&D Program, Beijing Germplasm Creation and Variety Breeding Joint Research Project, University-Enterprise Cooperation Project (Ranking List System), etc.

IV. Major Achievements

1. She has achieved remarkable progress in innovation and utilization of silage maize germplasm resources.

2. As a main participant, she has bred 20 new silage maize varieties with high biological yield, excellent silage quality, good comprehensive resistance, wide adaptation and easy seed production, including 2 national certified varieties and 18 provincial certified varieties.

3. She has been granted 5 national new plant variety rights, and 2 varieties with independent intellectual property rights have been successfully transformed.

4. She established the National Silage Maize Quality Inspection Station.

5. The nationally certified varieties with independent intellectual property rights such as Beinong Silage 368 and Beinong Silage 208 have been popularized in more than 5 million mu, with an increase of 2.5 billion kg in biological yield and about 750 million yuan in output value, bringing significant social, economic and ecological benefits.

6. She won the Third Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award for New High-Yield Maize Technology, and the Second Prize of China Agricultural Science and Technology Award for Construction of Silage Maize Breeding System and Breeding and Popularization of New Varieties.

7. She has built 3 Professor Workstations, and the relevant case was selected into the 7th Typical Precision Assistance Projects of Provincial Universities by the Ministry of Education.

V. Contact information

Postal address: College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7, Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping, Beijing, 102206

Email: zhangqiuzhi126@126.com