Over 1.8-meter-tall hybrid rice harvested in central China's Hubei
STORY: Over 1.8-meter-tall hybrid rice harvested in central China's Hubei
DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:43
LOCATION: WUHAN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
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1. various of hybrid rice in central China's Hubei Province
STORYLINE:
The harvest of a kind of giant hybrid rice has started in Lianghu Village of Jiayu County in central China's Hubei Province.
The rice variety, developed by a team of agricultural experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, can grow to 1.8 meters to 2.2 meters tall.
It is cultivated to be high-yielding, drought-tolerant, and resistant to disease and waterlogging.
The rice variety is planted on 4,000 mu (about 267 hectares) of land by a local agricultural cooperative.
The planting area in the village is expected to expand to 10,000 mu (about 667 hectares) next year.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wuhan, China.
(XHTV)
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- 2022/9/02 00:00:00
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