Super rice harvest is accused of concealing the defect Longping high-tech said that the weather is abnormal.

Liangyou 0293, a super rice of Yuan Longping Agricultural Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Longping Hi-Tech, 000998Magi SZ), lost a large area of harvest in Anhui due to blast, and affected farmers questioned the seed production company Longping Hi-Tech suspected of false propaganda and concealing variety defects, Southern Weekly reported.

Yesterday, a reporter from the Daily Economic News called Peng Guangjian, chief executive of Longping Hi-Tech, saying that the "Liangyou 0293" cut production and lost harvest in Anhui, mainly caused by natural disasters. "Rice blast is common among varieties in Anhui, not just ours."

The reporter also found that "Liangyou 0293" was highly susceptible to rice blast and moderately susceptible to bacterial blight, and the phenomenon of yield reduction similar to that in Anhui was not alone.

"Liangyou 0293" failed many times.

According to Southern Weekly, affected by rice blast, "Liangyou 0293" rice planted in six cities of Bengbu, Anqing, Hefei, Chuzhou, Maanshan and Huainan in Anhui Province reduced yield and lost harvest in October last year, gradually turning gray or even blackening below the ear, cutting off the channel for transporting nutrients, "500kg yield has become 50kg, or even no grain harvest", and the affected area is more than 10,000 mu.

Local farmers found that the internal and external packaging of "Liangyou 0293" was inconsistent, and the outer package showed resistance of grade 5.6, that is, the incidence rate was less than 25%, while the inner package indicated that the highest level of resistance was 9%, that is, the incidence rate may exceed 50%, or even reach 100%. Among them, it is suspected of false propaganda and deliberately concealing the defects of varieties, resulting in heavy losses.

Yesterday, a reporter from the Daily Economic News contacted Peng Guangjian by phone. He said that from the appraisal opinions of experts from two organizations last year, the reduction in production and failure of harvest was mainly due to sudden and abnormal weather in the region. "as far as we know, rice blast is common among varieties in Anhui, not just ours."

The reporter sorted out media reports and found that, except Anhui, "Liangyou 0293" had failed many times in Jiangsu, and public information showed that at the end of 2014, "Liangyou 0293" reduced the rice yield of more than a hundred local households. According to the Nongbo website, in 2012, "Liangyou 0293" rice in Pizhou, Jiangsu Province suddenly died of a large area of ear and neck rot in just half a month, covering an area of more than 600mu, which was also caused by rice blast.

According to Southern weekend, "in fact, although the scientific research team represented by Yuan Longping has climbed the yield of super rice per mu in the experimental field from 800kg to more than 1000 kg, the actual yield per mu of rice in China is far below this level." According to the China Statistical Yearbook released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2014, the average rice yield per mu in China was only 447.8 kg in 2013. "

Super rice "highly susceptible to rice blast"

Since March 2015, there has been another dispute between affected farmers and Longping Hi-Tech over the amount of compensation.

On the issue of compensation for farmers affected by the disaster in Anhui, Peng Guangjian told the Daily Economic News that under the coordination of the local seed management department, the company is negotiating with the affected farmers. "because this is a situation caused by natural disasters, the local government has given farmers a certain amount of compensation by way of insurance, but because the amount of national agricultural insurance is relatively low." We are also doing what the company should do. "

Referring to the announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture (No. 706), the reporter found that "Liangyou 0293" was approved as national rice by the state in 2006 (serial number: 2006405). The announcement said that "this variety has moderate ripening period, high yield, medium susceptibility to bacterial blight and high susceptibility to rice blast." the rice quality is average.

The reporter found that in the resistance column, the rice blast resistance was 5.6, with the highest grade 9 (the higher the level, the worse the resistance, and grade 9 was already the highest level), and the resistance frequency was 80%, which was suitable for planting one-cropping mid-season rice in the areas with light incidence of rice blast.

The announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture (No. 706) also shows that "Liangyou 0293" is suitable for planting middle rice in the rice areas of the Yangtze River valley (except Wuling Mountain area) in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, as well as in the areas with light incidence of rice blast in southern Henan.

Southern Weekly reported that after the rice blast incident, the seed Management Station under the Anhui Provincial Agricultural Commission issued a "eviction order" to super rice star varieties and repeatedly submitted a letter to the State Ministry of Agriculture, demanding that the planting area of super rice "Liangyou 0293" be reapproved in the hope that "our province will no longer be included."