Guangdong academy of agricu1tural sciences ( gaas ) was established in january 1950 . it is the research center of agricultural sciences in guangdong province and directly led by the guangdong province people s government . the gaas has 13 research institutes , 5 economic entitles 4 germplasm resource nurseries , 1 key lab of health food jointly managed by moa and guangdong province , 6 provincial key labs , and 4 province engineering r & d centers 广东省农业科学院于1950年创建，是广东省政府直属科研机构和全省农业科研中心,院下设13个研究所和5个科技开发经济实体，我院设有重点实验室6个，广东省工程技术研究开发中心4个，在农业部“八五”全国地级市以上农业科研机构科研开发能力综合评估中，我院有7个研究所进入全国“百强” ，畜牧研究所列入全国农业技术开发“十强”之一，全院科技开发实力居全国省级农科院前列。
