Jigeng 88 super rice passes national certification

Aimed at using science and technology to resolve the contradiction between China's future grain supply and demand, the "Jigeng 88" super rice of the "China Super Rice Research" project, which is included in the Premier's Fund, has achieved a major research breakthrough at the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences and passed national and provincial variety certification. Jigeng 88 is the result of nearly 10 years of dedicated efforts by experts at the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It has high yield, good quality, multiple resistance and wide adaptability, with an average yield of 750 kg-800 kg per mu, and its rice quality reaches the national first-grade high-quality rice standard, officially bidding farewell to the northern rice planting problems of low yield and poor rice quality. This year's planting area reached more than 6 million mu, breaking the record of 2 million mu in annual promotion area for a single variety in Northeast China since the 1960s, directly increasing rice output by more than 400 million kg and raising farmers' income by 720 million yuan, making it one of the varieties with the largest planting area for a single rice variety in China at present.