A New Super Rice Variety of Yuan Longping was successfully planted in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province

??? Recently, good news came from Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, the only high-yield demonstration site of "super rice" in Northwest China: the super rice variety "Chaoyouqian" newly cultivated by the academician team of Yuan Longping introduced in the city was successfully planted, with a yield of more than 800 kg per mu measured in the field.

According to the national rice planting division, Hanzhong is the northernmost edge of indica rice cultivation in China, with a large temperature difference between day and night, long sunshine and long growth period of rice. Yuan Longping once praised "Hanzhong is a good place to produce high quality rice." Hanzhong City has vigorously promoted the agricultural doubling project and the construction of one million mu of high-quality rice production base, which has been listed as one of the 26 demonstration sites of high-yield rice projects in 13 provinces across the country. Last year, YLiangyou 900, Y Liangyou 800 and Y Liangyou 5845 super rice cultivated by Academician Yuan Longping were successfully introduced. This year, Hanzhong City seed Management Station took the lead in introducing the "Chaoyouqian" newly cultivated by Yuan Longping's team for demonstration planting in Hanzhong. The trial "Chaoyouqian" has large panicles, obvious advantages in yield increase, and strong disease resistance, and its management is basically consistent with traditional rice varieties.

According to the person in charge of the Hanzhong City seed Management Station, the super rice varieties in Hanzhong City have gone from high-yield demonstration to the promotion and planting stage this year. The YLiangyou 5845 super rice planted last year has been approved at the provincial level and popularized in the province. At present, the planting area of the city has reached 40, 000 mu.