What are the super hybrid rice varieties?
When it comes to rice, is the first thing everyone thinks of Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice"? Indeed, he played a very important role in why today's rice has such high yields and can solve the problem of feeding people. Super hybrid rice varieties were also developed under a breeding program led by Yuan Longping, so what are its main varieties?
1. What is super hybrid rice?
Super hybrid rice is the result of the Ministry of Agriculture's super hybrid rice breeding program, which was proposed in 1996, with Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," leading the breeding program. In 2000, super hybrid rice varieties reached the first-stage single-season rice yield standard, that is, a yield of more than 10.5 tons per hectare; in 2004, super hybrid rice reached the second-stage yield target; on September 24, 2012, the expert inspection team organized by the Hunan Provincial Department of Agriculture announced the complete realization of the third-stage super hybrid rice breakthrough of 900 kilograms per mu over a large area.
2. What super hybrid rice varieties are there?
As for super hybrid rice varieties, each region has some different varieties. Below, the editor will tell you about some of the main super hybrid rice varieties in several regions.
1. Upper Yangtze River rice region
In the past 10 years, the varieties with relatively large promotion and application areas in this rice region include II You 838, a high-yield, stable-yield, widely adaptable variety, and Gangyou 22, a medium-late maturing, large-panicle hybrid medium indica rice.
2. Middle and lower Yangtze River rice region
In the past 10 years, the varieties with relatively large promotion and application areas in this rice region include Shanyou 63, the hybrid rice variety with the longest promotion period and the largest application area, Liangyoupeijiu, a representative variety of the first generation of two-line hybrid rice, Jinyou 207, an early-maturing, high-quality hybrid late indica variety, Fengliangyou No. 1, a high-quality two-line hybrid rice variety, Xinliangyou No. 6, an early-maturing, high-quality two-line hybrid rice variety, Y Liangyou No. 1, a new high-yield, high-quality two-line hybrid rice variety, and Tianyou Huazhan, a new high-yield, high-quality, widely adaptable hybrid rice variety.
3. South China rice region
In the past 10 years, the varieties with relatively large promotion and application areas in this rice region include Tianyou 998, a high-quality, high-yield hybrid late indica variety, and Wuyou 308, a high-yield, high-quality, widely adaptable hybrid late rice variety.
4. Northeast single-season rice region
In the past 10 years, the varieties with relatively large promotion and application areas in this rice region include Kongyu 131, a cold-resistant, high-quality conventional japonica rice variety, Jijing 88, a high-quality, disease-resistant conventional japonica rice variety, and Longjing 25, a new high-yield, high-quality, disease-resistant conventional japonica rice variety.
5. Huang-Huai rice region
In the past 10 years, the varieties with relatively large promotion and application areas in this rice region include Wuyujing No. 3, a high-quality, high-yield conventional japonica rice variety, Xudao No. 3, a high-quality, multi-resistant conventional rice variety, and Ningjing No. 4, a high-yield, disease-resistant conventional japonica rice.
3. Does super hybrid rice taste good?
For this kind of variety whose main goal is high yield, do not expect it to taste very good. Fortunately, after decades of effort, the grain quality of rice has been raised to a relatively high level, and materials that "do not taste good" have basically been eliminated, so today's high-yield rice, even if it cannot be called delicious, is not much worse. If an ordinary citizen is asked to do a "blind tasting" (without labels, two bowls of rice, and you are asked to tell which one tastes better), it is generally very difficult to tell the difference, so there is no need to worry too much about this.
Alright, that is all for the content to share with you today. Super hybrid rice is the result of the Ministry of Agriculture's super hybrid rice breeding program. In recent years, its yield per mu has gradually increased, and each region has some different varieties distributed. The taste of this rice is not very good, but it cannot be called bad either.
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