6日至8日，课题组负责人李结平和同事单友蛟应邀参观定西马铃薯研究所，与研究所负责人李进福，观察了研究所自动化温室，常规网室，温室，种薯生产的操作间，雾培生产间。育种设备，杂交棚，实生苗生长基地，材料选育基地，肥料实验地。 与李进福详细交流了马铃薯研究合作，包括分享特定马铃薯品种进行市场需求性状的基因编辑改良想法，国内外市场对马铃薯品种的偏好性，国际标准种薯生产的技术要点。同时实地了解合作项目“LED光源对马铃薯种薯的增产效果”的进展。

Dr. Li Jieping and colleague Shan Youjiao were invited to visit the Dingxi Potato Research Institute. Together with the institute’s director Li Jinfu, they observed the institute’s automated greenhouse, conventional net room, greenhouse, seed potato production operation room, and aeroponic production room. Breeding equipment, hybrid sheds, seedling growth bases, material selection bases, and fertilizer experimental sites. We had detailed discussions with Li Jinfu on potato research cooperation, including sharing ideas on gene editing and improvement of market-demand traits for specific potato varieties, the preference of domestic and international markets for potato varieties, and technical points for international standard seed potato production. At the same time, we known about the progress of the cooperative project “The effect of LED light sources on the yield increase of potato seed potatoes”.

9日至11日课题组负责人李结平，同事单友蛟及课题研究生成员王东应邀参加河北北方学院组织的“河北省马铃薯产业协同创新中心工作进展汇报暨育种技术专题研讨会”。讨论会中与西北，西南, 东北的育种专家交流了马铃薯育种的最新研究动态，讨论马铃薯生物技术发展的发力品种和关键性状。实地参观了北方学院坝上喜顺沟实验基地和坝源薯业校科合作企业， 详细了解马铃薯嫁接融合育种技术操作及成果。

August 9 to 11, 2024, Dr. Li Jieping, colleague Shan Youjiao and graduate student Mr. Wang Dong were invited to attend the “Hebei Potato Industry Collaborative Innovation Center Progress Reports and Breeding Technology Seminar” organized by Hebei North University. During the seminar, we exchanged the new research trends of potato breeding with breeding experts from Northwest, Southwest and Northeast China, and discussed the key varieties and key traits of potato biotechnology development. We visited the Xishungou Experimental Base of North University and the school-science cooperation enterprise of Bayuan Potato Industry to learn more about the operation and results of potato grafting fusion breeding technology.

与合作伙伴呼伦贝尔市农牧科学研究所获得内蒙古自治区科技计划研究资助项目名称：“马铃薯淀粉性状调控关键基因和遗传位点挖掘”，资助年限：2024 年 06 月至 2026 年 06 月。

Collaborate with our partner Hulunbuir Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Research Institute, we have received a research grant from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Plan. Project name: “Exploration of key genes and genetic loci regulating potato starch traits”, funding period: June 2024 to June 2026