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 SHOTLIST: 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)