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Developed rice hybrids with increased yield potential and a production system for hybrid seed, followed by release to farmers.
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Scientific scope
The date follows Fu and Yuan’s retrospective: development in 1974, release in 1976. It is not a claim that breeding began then. Historical yield comparisons depend on varieties, location and management. Fu and Yuan author the retrospective source. Xiqin Fu is not assigned discovery credit from retrospective authorship alone; the original scientific team remains incompletely represented.
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- Xiqin Fu and Longping Yuan: Development and dissemination of hybrid rice technology, IRRI
- IRRI Hybrid Rice Development Consortium: Yuan Longping
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People and systems
Longping Yuan
Yuan’s historical research role is supported by the IRRI account. Fu remains credited as a retrospective source author, without inferred original discovery credit. The recorded author list is incomplete.
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Documented countries / regions: China
Chinese hybrid-rice program described by Fu and Yuan; nationwide development, not inferred from the authors’ nationality.
English catalogue narrative
Hybrid rice: translating breeding research into higher yields
Developed rice hybrids with increased yield potential and a production system for hybrid seed, followed by release to farmers.
Scientific scope
The date follows Fu and Yuan’s retrospective: development in 1974, release in 1976. It is not a claim that breeding began then. Historical yield comparisons depend on varieties, location and management. Fu and Yuan author the retrospective source. Xiqin Fu is not assigned discovery credit from retrospective authorship alone; the original scientific team remains incompletely represented.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Longping Yuan
Yuan’s historical research role is supported by the IRRI account. Fu remains credited as a retrospective source author, without inferred original discovery credit.