1.9-meter-high giant hybrid rice ready for harvest in Guizhou, China

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1.9-meter-high giant hybrid rice ready for harvest in Guizhou, China

STORY: 1.9-meter-high giant hybrid rice ready for harvest in Guizhou, China DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. aerial views of Guizhou's rice fields 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SHI XICHANG, Local farmer 3. various of people cultivating rice fields 4. various of hybrid rice plants STORYLINE: In Sanzhou Village of Rongjiang County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, a giant hybrid rice variety is entering harvest season. The giant hybrid rice variety, which can grow 1.9 meters tall, was sown on four mu (0.27 hectares) of pilot rice paddies this May. China has completely independent intellectual property rights of giant hybrid rice. The height of giant hybrid rice ranges from 1.8 to 2.2 meters. Its height doubles that of ordinary rice. Giant hybrid rice has large ears and more grains. Its yield in a single season is expected to reach 1,200 kilograms per mu (0.0667 hectares). With high resistance to drought, seawater and salinity, giant

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