"Scientific research is my interest. "Said Zhang Chen of Nanjing Forestry University. With her dedication to scientific research, she discovered two new fungal plant diseases during her undergraduate period and published two papers in SCI journals as the first and third authors. Zhang Chen is the first in academic performance. He has won the scholarship of Chinese funded blue sky academician Cao Fuliang and the national scholarship, and has been sent to Nanjing Agricultural University for further study.
Keen on scientific research, Zhang Chen began to make a big start in her freshman year. She first came into contact with scientific research. It was the University's College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program. At that time, she was a freshman. "I made up my mind at that time to make some achievements. "Zhang Chen said that at that time, she was also running in with the identity recognition that she had just entered the University. Zhang Chen hoped to adjust her university life quickly.
Zhang Chen's College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program is a huge biological group.
The research shows that more than 80% of plant diseases in the world are caused by fungi, which causes great economic losses to agriculture and forestry. With the change of plant cultivation and environment, the problem of new fungal diseases is becoming increasingly prominent. Plant disease identification has become a research hotspot in the development of plant industry. It also became her interest.
In a field investigation, Zhang Chen accidentally found that there were serious and unknown diseases on two important economic crops, Scrophularia and carmine. "At that time, the farmers of these two crops were also troubled, and these two diseases often appeared again. "In order to find out the disease, Zhang Chen made a detailed plan: isolate and purify the pathogen, carry out pathogenicity test, conduct morphological identification, and finally use molecular biology to determine exactly what kind of fungus causes the disease. Zhang Chen finally identified the pathogen of leaf spot of Scrophularia and myxorubicin wilt.
Zhang Chen's research results are recognized by the industry. According to the instructor, her findings lay a theoretical foundation for timely control of diseases and reduction of economic losses caused by diseases. At the same time, the identification of pathogenic bacteria is also conducive to the study of pathogenic mechanism, which has a certain role in promoting the research and development of new control technology and the selection of excellent resistant varieties.
The road of scientific research has never been smooth. Fearing challenges and forge ahead, Zhang Chen will continue to uphold the school spirit of "unity, simplicity, diligence and enterprising" in Nanlin and climb the peak of scientific research.
Source of some materials: Official micro of Nanjing Forestry University