Recently, 15 acres of "giant rice" were successfully planted in Changhong Village, Shiwan Town, Dazu District, with an average of about 2 meters of rice plants per acre and a yield of over 800 kilograms per acre.

The dreams of "enjoying the cool under the river" and "hybrid rice covering the world" are the two dreams that Academician Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice", has been striving for throughout his life. Now, Yuan's dreams are gradually becoming a reality - recently, news came from the Chongqing branch of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center that 15 acres of "giant rice" have been successfully planted in Changhong Village, Shiwan Town, Dazu District this year, with a yield of over 800 kilograms per acre.

In the experimental field, waves of autumn wind mixed with the fragrance of rice hit the face, and clusters of green seedlings grew vigorously. Looking around, the rice plants are thick and straight like sorghum, with long stalks and many grains. On average, each rice plant grows up to about 2 meters tall.

Chen Yangpu, Deputy Director of the Chongqing Branch of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center, introduced that "giant rice" has a tall plant type, with a height generally twice that of conventional rice. Its leaves are erect and dark in color, with high photosynthetic efficiency, an average of 40 effective tillers, and a maximum number of grains per spike of about 500. It not only has strong disease resistance and lodging resistance, but also can withstand flooding and salt alkali, and can provide sufficient nutrition for the plant, providing shade and shelter for aquatic and mammalian animals, and providing the best habitat.

It is reported that the center plans to continue expanding the planting area of "giant rice" in Chongqing next year, while developing a "rice fish symbiosis" experimental project in rice fields to help farmers increase production and income.

Yuan passed away in Changsha on May 22nd this year at the age of 91. It has been more than three months since Mr. Yuan left, but many netizens still express their nostalgia for him after seeing the news of the successful trial planting of "Giant Rice". "Dreams of enjoying the cool under the grass, one rice for one life" and "Grandpa Yuan, your dream has come true