最近,根据中加农业联合委员会第二次会议纪要,加拿大牧草考察组一行五人来我国考察并进行学术交流。于10月15～16日在甘肃省草原生态研究所座谈并作学术报告。其中加拿大农业部饲料处主任、豆科牧草育种学家伯兰德·戈贝伦博士(Bernard P.Goplen)关于“不致臌胀病苜蓿的培育及利用”的报告,引起了中国同行们的极大兴趣。大家知道,苜蓿栽培历史悠久、生命力强、耐旱、长寿,可兼作饲料和牧草,蛋白质含量高,家畜喜食,能固氮改良土壤,故有“牧草之王”的美称,是一种世界性的优良豆科牧 Recently, according to the summary of the second meeting of the Sino-Canadian Joint Commission on Agriculture, five members of the Canadian Forage Investigation Team visited China for academic exchanges. On October 15 ~ 16 in Gansu Provincial Institute of Grassland Ecology and made an academic report. Among them, the report of Bernard P. Goplen, director of feed department of Canada’s Ministry of Agriculture and leguminous pasture breeder, on “cultivation and utilization of alfalfa without bloating disease” has caused many Chinese colleagues Big interest. As we all know, alfalfa cultivation has a long history, strong vitality, drought tolerance, longevity, can double as feed and pasture, high protein content, animal feed, nitrogen fixation can improve the soil, so the “forage king” reputation is a cosmopolitan Good legumes animal husbandry