Annual Report 2000–01

傑出研究計劃 Outstanding Research Project 理學院 Faculty of Science 植物與真菌生物科技卓越學科領域 AoE in Plant and Fungal Biotechnology 中國工程院院士兼國家雜交水稻工程技術研究中 心主任袁隆平敎授（右），於二零零一年七月二至 五日以偉倫訪問敎授身分訪問生物系，並於七月 三日 主持公開講座（小圖），論述中國雜交水稻的 現狀和展望。 袁敎授與主持植物與真菌生物科技研究的辛世民 敎授（左）及古森本等其他敎授，共同擬訂合作項 目和開展新課題，取得豐碩成果。新計劃包括將 C4 基因光合作用酶注入大米，以提高光合作用效 率和光氧化耐力，從而增加收成。 World renowned academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director-general of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre, Prof. Yua n Longping (right) visited the Department of Biology in July 2001 as Wei Lun Visiting Professor and delivered a public lecture (insert) on 3rd July 2001 to introduce the recent developments of Chinese hybrid rice. Prof. Yuan had very fruitful discussions with Prof. Samuel Sun (left), Prof. Maurice S.B. Ku, and other members of the project team on Plant and Fungal Biotechnology to expedite existing collaboration and to investigate new areas of research cooperation, which include introducing genes encoding C4 photosynthetic enzymes into rice to enhance photosynthetic efficiency and tolerance of photo - oxidation, and to increase grain yield.