China
May 7, 2009
Scientists with the Xinjiang
Institute of Ecology and Geography (EGI),
Chinese
Academy of Agricultural Sciences, have recently cultivated a
new species of salt-tolerant wheat with an output of more than
400 kilograms per mu (about 666.67 square meters).
With obvious advantages of salt-tolerance and high yield, the
new species "Xindong No. 34" can produce 403.32 kilograms of
wheat per mu, ranking the first in all testing species. This
makes its harvest 6.89 percent higher than that of "Xindong
No.26", the first salt-tolerant wheat in China.
The new medium gluten wheat is also good at disease-resistance
and lodging-resistance, said Ren Wei, associate researcher of
the EGI.
Soil salinization is widespread in west China, which poses as a
great obstacle for crop production. Current farming and
irrigation methods also threaten to spread secondary
salinization. Solonchak agriculture such as cultivation and
promotion of salt-tolerant wheat will help relieve pressure of
traditional salnization control, and reduce its cost of both
financial and time input, said researchers. |
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