Yuan Longping's team achieves record hybrid rice yield(3/4)
2014-10-11 08:46
Xinhua
Web Editor:Li Yan
Yuan Longping (front), known in China as "the father of hybrid rice," checks grains of hybrid rice in Hongxing Village of Xupu County, central China's Hunan province, Oct 10, 2014. A team led by Yuan Longping has achieved a record for hybrid rice production with an average yield of 1,026.7 kilograms per mu (0.0667 hectare), an official with the Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
