The biggest producing amount of sea rice on saline-alkaline soil has reached 620.95 kilograms per mu (0.07 hectare). It was far beyond experts’ expectations.
Sea rice was developed by China’s “father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping’s team. The test was carried out in the field at the Sea-Rice Research and Development Center in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, on Sept. 28.
The existing sea rice producing amount is only about 100 kilograms per mu, according to Yuan, which is not cost-effective for farmers. However, if the producing amount could be improved to 300 kilograms per mu, they would be much active in planting the rice. Yuan said he is very satisfied that the sea rice producing amount has exceeded 300 kilograms.
Rice is the first choice for improving saline-alkaline soil, of which there is 1.5 billion mu in China. About 300 million mu of that can be exploited. If one third of such land is used to plant the sea rice, the total producing amount could reach at least 30 billion kilograms, which could feed 80 million people in China, experts estimated.
Yuan also noted his and the institution’s hope to help other countries develop hybrid rice to contribute to world food security and peace.
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