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China is developing a salt-resistant hybrid-rice strain that can prosper in saline-alkaline soil. China has one million square kilometers of saline-alkaline soil that is currently producing nothing. If the salt-resistant hybrid-rice is a success then China would have gained one million square kilometers of prime farmland.
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Chinese scientist working to increase rice yield | GBTimes
"Plans to increase the yield of salt-resistant hybrid rice to 300 kilograms per mu (667 square metres) within three years were announced by China's so-called 'father of hybrid rice' Yuan Longping this week.
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He plans to increase the yield by using third generation hybrid-rice technology at a research centre in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.
The salt-resistant rice, also called sea-rice, is resistant to pests, diseases, salt and alkali and does not need fertilizer.
It is believed that using the new technology developed by Yuan's team, China's 1.5 billion 'mu' (one million square kilometres) of saline-alkaline soil could be transformed into fertile land."
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Chinese scientist working to increase rice yield | GBTimes
"Plans to increase the yield of salt-resistant hybrid rice to 300 kilograms per mu (667 square metres) within three years were announced by China's so-called 'father of hybrid rice' Yuan Longping this week.
...
He plans to increase the yield by using third generation hybrid-rice technology at a research centre in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.
The salt-resistant rice, also called sea-rice, is resistant to pests, diseases, salt and alkali and does not need fertilizer.
It is believed that using the new technology developed by Yuan's team, China's 1.5 billion 'mu' (one million square kilometres) of saline-alkaline soil could be transformed into fertile land."