The promotion of improved rice varieties and the orderly operation of field management have led to a bumper harvest in Jiangsu province.
Xu Shiqing, head of an agricultural cooperative, said the choice of the disease-resistant and anti-lodging rice varieties has given rise to stronger seedlings and more vigorous tillers.
The number of the spikes with this rice variety has reached close to 250,000, a gain of nearly 30000 spikes on the basis of per mu.
The early slurry management and the ample use of fertilizers have joined hands to boost the production.
In this year's rice production, Jiangsu popularized good variety and green efficiency management technology on a large scale, with the coverage rate of improved rice varieties reaching 90%.
Authorities in Sihong County made vigorous efforts to promote the use of organic fertilizers and biological pesticides, covering 70% of the total paddy rice fields, which has helped to increase the yield and improve the quality.
Sheyang County has unified the farming process to slash the cost by 200 yuan per mu and increase the yield to 650 kg per mu.
The latest agricultural survey shows that at present the province has harvested 16.06 million mu of rice, accounting for about 47% of the estimated harvested area.
