最近中国科学院学部委员、上海植物生理研究所所长殷宏章教授建议本刊开展《植物生理学如何为四个现代化服务》专题讨论,目的是为了开展争鸣,总结经验,更好地促进我国植物生理学的发展,为祖国四个现代化服务。从本期开始,这个专题讨论和读者见面了。关于植物生理和农业的关系,植物生理如何为农业服务等等问题,在60年代已经开展过热烈的讨论,同时进行了各种途径的探讨和研究,获得了一些成果,例如由殷宏章先生倡导,对作物群体的研究就是其中之一。但是我们也曾经走过不少弯路,遭到过一些挫折。人们时而把植物生理学与农学等同起来,时而否定植物生理学对农业的作用。这种混乱在“四人帮”横行时期达到极点,很多植物生理学教研室和研究室被取消,人员被解散。虽然那是“四人帮”否定科学文化、打击知识分子总方针的一部分,但对植物生理方向、作用造成的混乱至今未完全消除。其中对植物生理与农业生产和农业研究的关系看法不一,是一个突出的方面。因为认识上的模糊和混乱,不但影响植物生理学工作者的积极性,而且使植物生理学研究工作的规划和布局,植物生理课程的教学,植生人才的培养,都感到无所遵循。同时也影响有关的领导部门对植生学科的看法,得不到有力的支持。因此开展这次讨论对促进我国植物生理学的发展,对发挥植物生理学在“四化”中的作用,将会收到良好的效果。我们恳切希望全国各条战线、高等院校和各研究单位的植生工作者、农业工作者和有关领导同志,积极参加这次讨论,畅所欲言,各抒己见,使我国植物生理学在祖国的“四化”中发挥它应有的作用。 Recently Professor Yin Hongzhang, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a director of the Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, suggested that this journal carry out the topic of “How Plant Physiology Serves Four Modernized Services” in order to carry out contention, sum up experiences and better promote plant physiology in China Development, and serve the four modernizations of the motherland. From the beginning of this issue, this symposium has met with the readers. On the relationship between plant physiology and agriculture and how plant physiology serve agriculture, etc., heated discussions have been carried out in the 1960s. At the same time, various approaches have been explored and studied, and some achievements have been obtained, for example, initiated by Mr. Yin Hongzhang Research on crop groups is one of them. However, we have also had many detours and suffered some setbacks. From time to time, plant physiology equated with agronomy, sometimes negating the role of plant physiology in agriculture. This confusion culminated in the “gang of four” rampant period. Many plant physiology teaching and research laboratories were canceled and personnel were dissolved. Although it was part of the Gang of Four that deny scientific culture and crack down on general guidelines for intellectuals, the chaos caused by the direction and effect of plant physiology has not been completely eliminated so far. Among them, the disagreement on the relationship between plant physiology and agricultural production and agricultural research is a prominent aspect. Because of the vagueness and confusion in understanding, not only the enthusiasm of plant physiologists is affected, but also the planning and layout of plant physiology research, the teaching of plant physiology courses and the cultivation of plantation talents are all ignored. At the same time, it also affects the opinions of the relevant leaders in the field of implantology without strong support. Therefore, carrying out this discussion will have good effects on promoting the development of plant physiology in our country and on the role of plant physiology in the “four modernizations.” We sincerely hope that the plantation workers, agricultural workers and relevant leaders and leaders at all fronts, universities and research institutes in various parts of the country will take an active part in this discussion and speak their minds and express their opinions so that the plant physiology in our country will be transformed into the “four modernizations” in the motherland Play its due role.