China's yield of what has been dubbed 'super rice' will top over fifteen tons per hectare, setting a new world record.

'Super rice' to yield record 15 tons per hectare

The new kind of hybrid rice is growing in Central China's Hunan Province. On Friday, experts reaped a sample field of the rice, and after making calculations, they estimate that its final average output will reach about 15.4 tons per hectare, compared to the national average of 7.2 tons per hectare.

Yuan Longping, known as China's 'father of hybrid rice', is leading the program. Yuan has been researching hybrid breeds since the 1960s. The current experiment is the fourth phase of the program.

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