Chinese Honglian hybrid rice delivers impressive yields in Pakistan

Published 2025년 11월 3일

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Recently, China’s Honglian hybrid rice achieved promising results in Pakistan, with the yields of its three varieties H13, H14 and H15 reaching 11.3 tons/ha, 12.3 tons/ha and 10.8 tons/ha respectively. Among them, H14 stood out for its large panicles and high grain count, boosting yields by over 12% compared with local mainstay varieties, according to

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Prof. Zhu Renshan, Director of the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Honglian Hybrid Rice. On October 13, Xu Zhiyong from Prof. Zhu’s research team visited the demonstration bases of Honglian hybrid rice in Lahore, Multan, Sahiwal, Vehari, etc., and met representatives from the University of Punjab and leading local agricultural enterprises. On October 19, the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Honglian Hybrid Rice held an on-site meeting in Vehari to promote the new technologies of Honglian hybrid rice. Over 200 participants attended, including distributors, farmers and agricultural technology experts from Punjab and Sindh. Honglian hybrid rice is an original scientific and technological achievement of Wuhan University, with demonstration and promotion in Pakistan for more than 20 years. In 2020, the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Honglian Hybrid Rice was jointly established by Wuhan University, Hubei Association for Science and Technology, and the ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult