Guangxi takes the lead in breeding three-line male sterile lines of aromatic red rice

Recently, the Science and Technology Department of Guangxi Autonomous region organized relevant experts to conduct field technical identification of betel nut Hong A, a wild abortive male sterile line bred by Huang's Rice Research Institute in Xiangzhou. After strict field investigation and indoor microscopic examination, and after listening to the breeders' technical reports and answering questions, betel nut Hong A reached the standard of rice three-line male sterile line, and it was the first aromatic red rice three-line male sterile line bred in China, with strong innovation.

Betel nut red A has the advantages of stable agronomic characters, stable sterility, good flowering habits, good rice quality and high resistance level. it is a new type of hybrid rice with health function bred by Huang's Rice Research Institute in 2002. the rice was paid attention to and praised by Chinese and foreign rice experts and scholars for its unique aroma. According to the quality Supervision, Inspection and testing Center of Rice and products of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Analysis, Test and Research Center of the Autonomous region, areca nut red fragrant rice contains a variety of medicinal ingredients that have health effects on the human body, and the contents of various health care medicinal ingredients are higher than those of ordinary rice. In particular, the contents of vitamin E, flavonoids, β-carotene, linolenic acid and linoleic acid are more than twice as high as ordinary rice, and dietary fiber is more than 50% higher. Betel nut red fragrant rice products are divided into A, B, C types. Type An is medicinal fully nutritious brown rice; type B is semi-brown rice, which is suitable for elderly, frail and surgical patients to cook porridge, middle-aged and elderly, pregnant women and young children can also promote their health; type C is milled rice. Betel nut red fragrant rice is also a good raw material for making all kinds of Babao porridge, and its varieties have applied for national variety right patent protection.