Introduction to the high-quality early indica rice variety Jiayu 948

In the 1995 and 1996 Hangzhou regional trials, the average yield per mu was 367.0 kg and 356.0 kg, an increase of 3.53% and 4.71% over the control Zhe 852. In 1998, the 1,768-mu demonstration plot in Qianjin Township, Pinghu City averaged 527 kg per mu; the 295-mu direct-seeding demonstration plot in Hongcun, Jiangtang Town, Jinhua County yielded 530 kg per mu, of which the 1.2-mu direct-seeding high-yield research plot reached 645.2 kg per mu. In May 1998, it passed the provincial variety approval committee review. It is suitable for promotion and planting in central and northern Zhejiang. In 1998, the province-wide promotion and planting area reached 1.2085 million mu, making it one of the four major main planted varieties of early rice in our province exceeding one million mu, and it is also a key variety for promotion of high-quality early indica rice in our province this year. In 1998, it won the provincial gold award for high-quality agricultural products.