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China sets world record for high-yielding hybrid rice
Chinese scientists have set a world record for hybrid rice with per-hectare yield for a new variety reaching 17,782.5 kg, 12 kg more than the pervious world record of 17,770.5 kg.
Chinese scientists have set a world record for hybrid rice with per-hectare yield for a new variety reaching 17,782.5 kg, 12 kg more than the pervious world record of 17,770.5 kg.
Rice experts from Yunnan Agricultural University and Yunnan Provincial Academy of Agriculture confirmed the new record on August 24 after they witnessed the harvest on demonstration farmland in Yunnan province, southwest of China, a Chinese news agency reported.
An on-the-spot appraisal was organised by the Lijiang prefecture's science and technology commission, it said. The new variety of hybrid rice, known as Teyou 175, was grown on a farm in Taoyuan township in Yongsheng county in Yunnan province, where the subtropical plateau weather conditions and fertile soil are ideal for rice production.
Experts describe the quality of the new variety of rice as good.
The hybrid rice was cultivated by a group of experts headed by Professor Yang Rencui of Fujian Agricultural University in Fujian Province, East China.
The experts said nuclear radiation and biological methods were used in cultivating the rice.
Another variety of hybrid rice, E Teyou 86, also passed an appraisal with a per-hectare yield of 17,640 kg, 142.5 kg short of the new world record for per-hectare yield.
Bureau Report
An on-the-spot appraisal was organised by the Lijiang prefecture's science and technology commission, it said. The new variety of hybrid rice, known as Teyou 175, was grown on a farm in Taoyuan township in Yongsheng county in Yunnan province, where the subtropical plateau weather conditions and fertile soil are ideal for rice production.
Experts describe the quality of the new variety of rice as good.
The hybrid rice was cultivated by a group of experts headed by Professor Yang Rencui of Fujian Agricultural University in Fujian Province, East China.
The experts said nuclear radiation and biological methods were used in cultivating the rice.
Another variety of hybrid rice, E Teyou 86, also passed an appraisal with a per-hectare yield of 17,640 kg, 142.5 kg short of the new world record for per-hectare yield.
Bureau Report