Innovation makes poor land green
By Xie Chuanjiao in Qingdao | China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-08 08:02
'Father of hybrid rice' grows crops in barren saline-alkaline areas
A new technological breakthrough proposed by China's "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping has increased rice yields by nearly 20 percent on land considered too saline and alkaline to be useful for crops.
The techniques are expected to be used domestically and abroad, officials said on Thursday.
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