China Rice Variety Trials and Approval

Author: Yang Shihua, Liao Qin, Editors
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Variety testing and approval are essential links in the development and promotion of new crop varieties. Through variety testing and approval, the yield potential, adaptability, stability, stress resistance, quality, and unique characteristics of new varieties can be objectively evaluated. This helps clarify the production utilization value and research cultivation areas of new varieties, ensuring rational layout, production safety, and promoting production development. Based on references to China's current rice variety testing methods, approval procedures, and relevant domestic and international literature, as well as the authors' extensive experience in national rice variety testing and approval, this book is written to provide practical, easy-to-understand, and operationally strong guidance. It also introduces all 212 rice varieties approved at the national level from 1996 to 2004. This book serves as a reference for those engaged in rice variety testing, approval, breeding, and promotion, as well as for other agricultural variety testing and approval professionals.