Super rice yield sets world record
By Jin Zhu | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-20 08:07
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Farmers in Longhui county, Central China's Hunan province, harvest DH2525 hybrid rice on Sunday. Yu Zhiming / Xinhua |
CHANGSHA - Yuan Longping, China's leading agricultural scientist, realized one of his 80th birthday wishes recently when his super grain brought yields of 13.9 tons of rice a hectare, setting a new world record for rice output.
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