甜玉米罐头在国际市场上是畅销商品。美国的出口量最大,1980年就出口了5万多吨。随着人们生活习惯的变化,需要量还在逐年增加,日本现年增长率为10％左右。因此,积极地发展甜玉米罐头,出口创汇,显然是大有好处的。发展罐藏甜玉米,首先要解决能适合罐藏的甜玉米品种。但在我国,甜玉米的育种研究目前还是个空白。为了满足出口创汇的需要,我所于1980年与上海梅林罐头食品厂签订了选育适宜罐用甜玉米品种的协议。由我所负责甜玉米育种,梅林厂负责制罐鉴定和生产。经双方共同努力,育成了“1641”甜 Canned sweet corn is the best-selling product on the international market. The United States has the largest export volume and exported over 50,000 tons in 1980. As people’s living habits change, the demand is still increasing year by year. Japan’s current annual growth rate is about 10%. Therefore, it is clearly of great benefit to actively develop canned sweet corn and export foreign exchange earners. To develop canned sweet corn, we must first solve the sweet corn varieties suitable for canning. But in our country, the research of sweet corn breeding is still a blank. In order to meet the needs of foreign exchange earning, I signed an agreement with Shanghai Meilin Canned Food Factory in 1980 to breed suitable varieties of canned sweet corn. I am responsible for the breeding of sweet corn, Merlin plant is responsible for identification and production of cans. Through the joint efforts of both parties, bred “1641” sweet