Chinese hybrid rice yield hits new record  

袁隆平领衔攻关“超级稻”亩产过千公斤 创造纪录

据中央人民广播电台官方微博“中国之声”消息，农业部刚刚通报，今天上午已组织专家对由袁隆平院士领衔的第四期中国超级稻亩产1000公斤攻关项目进行测产。结果显示，湖南省溆浦县第四期超级稻百亩方亩产超过1000公斤，创造了1026.7公斤的新纪录。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A team led by Yuan Longping, known in China as "the father of hybrid rice", hit a record for hybrid rice production with an average yield of 1,026.7 kilograms per mu (one mu is 0.0667 hectare), the Agricultural Ministry said.

Tang Ke, a ministry official, released the news on Friday after it organized experts to measure rice yields across fields in Central China's Hunan province.