AWhat changed
Developed rice hybrids with increased yield potential and a production system for hybrid seed, followed by release to farmers.
Scientific scope
The source-described development and dissemination of hybrid-rice systems in the 1970s.
Evidence
Original sources and institutional historical accounts support the stated contribution. The reading boundary is recorded at each source; this assessment is not an independent scientific verification.
Contributors
- Longping Yuan · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.
- Xiqin Fu and Longping Yuan: Development and dissemination of hybrid rice technology, IRRI
- IRRI Hybrid Rice Development Consortium: Yuan Longping
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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