Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", is seen on a screen during video link at an experimental demonstration field in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team achieved a yield of 911.7 kg per mu (about 667 square meters) in an experiment in central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
CHANGSHA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team achieved a yield of 911.7 kg per mu (about 667 square meters) in an experiment in central China's Hunan Province.
"I would be very happy if it exceeds 880 kg. Now it exceeded 900 kg, I am extremely happy," Yuan said after the yield was announced Monday.
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