3rd-generation hybrid rice achieves record yields in China (1/5)

The third-generation hybrid rice developed by a Yuan Longping-led team is to be harvested in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)

Assessment experts announced on Monday that average yield at the field reached 13.68 tons per hectare, or 911.7 kg per mu.

In July, early harvests at the same field growing another strain of third-generation hybrid rice showed an average yield of 9.29 tons per hectare, 619.06 kg per mu.

The two harvests combined -- consisting of early-season and late-season crops — achieved a record rice yield of nearly 22.5 metric tons per hectare, or 1,500 kg per mu.

A worker drives a harvester to harvest the third-generation hybrid rice late rice in a base feild in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)

Assessment experts harvest the third-generation hybrid rice late rice in an experimental feild in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)

Assessment experts collect the third-generation hybrid rice late rice harvested in an experimental feild in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)

Assessment experts weigh the third-generation hybrid rice late rice harvested in an experimental feild in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)