Mengcao Ecology

Mengcao (300355) is the first listed company in China focusing on grass seed technology. Relying on "native germplasm resource guarantee" and "ecological big data navigation", it provides high-quality product supply and innovative technical services for ecological restoration and grass seed production. It has been recognized as "National High-tech Enterprise", "National Key Leading Enterprise in Forestry", "National Leading Enterprise in Agricultural Industrialization", and "National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise". It owns more than 30 national and provincial (autonomous region) level scientific research platforms, including the National Engineering Technology Research Center for Wind Erosion and Sandification Control in Forestry and Grassland, and the Key Laboratory of Cultivated Land Fertility Protection and Improvement in Agro-Pastoral Ecotone of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Together with over a hundred research institutes, universities, and enterprises, it co-founded the National Grass Industry Technology Innovation Center. It has built an integrated industrial system of "protection, breeding, propagation, and promotion" for native germplasm resources. A characteristic native plant germplasm resource bank has been established, incorporated into the national forestry and grass germplasm resource system, collecting over 2,300 species and 65,000 accessions of various germplasm resources, more than 170,000 specimens, and 1.65 million soil samples, covering ecological restoration, forage, genuine Chinese herbal medicines, and characteristic crops. It has formed a technical system for selecting and breeding high-quality grass seeds, compiled national standard "Technical Specifications for Restoration of Degraded Grassland" (GB/T 37067-2018) and other 528 standards, been granted 640 patents, ranked fourth among global innovation entities in the grass seed industry, and was approved to build the Grass Industry Intellectual Property Operation Center. It has selected and applied 295 native plant species in various ecological zones, holding 105 varieties with independent intellectual property rights and usage rights, among which 25 grass varieties have been included in the National Forestry and Grassland Administration's recommended catalogue for the "Three-North" project. It has established 280,000 mu of improved seed breeding and forage bases. With a "one land, one prescription" customized approach, it provides products such as "seed packs, seed ropes, seed cups/blocks" mixed with trees, shrubs, grass, water retention agents, organic fertilizers, and microbial fertilizer to meet diverse ecological seeding needs in the market, providing scientific and technological support for the "Three-North" campaign. In total, it has restored nearly 33 million mu of various ecological types including grasslands, mines, sandy lands, and saline-alkali lands.