Yuan Longping
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Yuan Longping was a Chinese agronomist and inventor. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, part of the Green Revoluti
Yuan Longping in 1953 in Southwest University. Yuan is in the back row, third from the left.
Yuan Longping in 1962
Flowers as well as rice given by the public outside Xiangya Hospital after the death of Yuan.
People came to the Changsha Mingyangshan Funeral Parlour to mourn Yuan Longping, on 23 May 2021.
Hybrid rice
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Hybrid rice is a type of Asian rice that has been crossbred from two very different parent varieties. As with other types of hybrids, hybrid rice typically displays heterosis or "hybrid vigor", so whe
Yuan Longping
…7, 1930 – May 22, 2021) was a Chinese agronomist and inventor. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, part of the Green Revolution in agriculture. For his contributions, Yuan is known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice". Yuan was…
Hybrid Rice
White, Brown, Red & Wild rice