Rice varieties with salinity and high yield

Chinese scientists said they found high-yield and saline-resistant rice varieties with a yield of up to 21 tons / 0.4 ha.

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Xinhua said researchers from Hainan University planted 18 different types of rice on saline and alkaline soils.

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The experiment was carried out in the land along the Yancheng coast, east China's Jiangsu province. Thereby identifying some rice varieties that can grow in normal environments and harsh environments. Scientists have successfully introduced a gene for salt tolerance of wild plants into normal rice varieties six years ago and continue to refine and screen for 18 salt-resistant rice varieties today.

In Duong Trung area alone in China, each year, 2,024 hectares are affected by salinity and soil alkalization, so these new varieties of rice have a very high economic value and partly settle for the country's food. the world's most people.

UPI news agency said that China currently has 13.3 million hectares of saline, alkaline, but cultivated land.

Data from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that this area is equivalent to 1/10 of China's total agricultural land. Wang Cailin, one of the key scientists of the research program, said more than a quarter of the world's land is salty - alkaline and 20% of agricultural land is at risk of further salinization. .