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'Super rice' yield sets new record

2012-11-28 13:11 CNTV     Web Editor: yaolan comment
Tests on a new super rice in China have a achieved a record-high yield of 14 tons perhectare.

Tests on a new "super rice" in China have a achieved a record-high yield of 14 tons perhectare.

Tests on a new "super rice" in China have a achieved a record-high yield of 14 tons per hectare, according to team of experts from the Ministry of Agriculture.

The team supervised the harvest of the 8.5-hectare paddy field on the outskirts of Ningbo in eastern China to make sure the figure was accurate.

The new rice strain, called Yongyou 12, is a hybrid of various strains of high-yield rice and is now being promoted in Zhejiang Province.

Later, it will also planted around the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

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