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A staff member works in a hybrid rice test field at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
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Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", leads a team to visit a hybrid rice field at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
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The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", in a test field at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
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Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", leads a team to visit a hybrid rice field at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
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Workers weigh the gross output of hybrid rice harvested from a field at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
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Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", leads a team to visit a hybrid rice field at the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
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Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", poses with review experts in Hengnan County, Central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 22, 2019. The center said its three plots of third-generation hybrid rice achieved average yields of 1,0344 kg, 1.0583kg, and 1.046kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares) respectively. Experts agreed that the rice has a stout stem, fertilizer tolerance, lodging resistance, large spike and more grains. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)