Taiwan: The new star of resistance to rice fever, Taoyuan No. 7 is born with taro fragrance, high disease resistance, and stable yield

Rice farmers are most afraid of encountering rice fever, commonly known as "rice blast", which causes leaves and rice ears to be full of disease spots and greatly reduces yields. Taoyuan District Agricultural Improvement Field (hereinafter referred to as "Taoyuan Field") discovered high-quality rice from northern Taiwan The variety Taoyuan No. 3 is not resistant to rice fever. It took 8 years to breed Taoyuan No. 7, whose rice grains still have a taro aroma but have better disease resistance. Rice farmers who participated in the trial planting said that Taoyuan No. 7 is still growing well without using disease prevention materials in the field. They are very optimistic that Taoyuan No. 7 may be a new force in northern Taiwan's rice farmers' resistance to rice fever in the future! Rice fever is a rice fungal epidemic that is widely distributed in rice-producing countries and is commonly known as "rice blast." Jian Zhenyou, associate researcher at Taogai Chang, said that the rice ...