date:Jan 06, 2014
Chinese scientists have cultivated a high-yield salt-resistant rice variety that boasts an output of six tonnes per hectare.
In an experimental program, two professors from Hainan University and additional researchers from the Hunan Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences planted 18 salt-resistant varieties on 3 mu (0.2 hectares) of saline-alkali land along the sea coast in the city of Yancheng in eastern Jiangsu province this year.
After harvesting in October, one variety has proved to ha