China starts planting 6,667 hectares of rice in saline-alkali soil
Workers plant rice seedlings in saline-alkali soil in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, June 5, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]QINGDAO -- A Chinese research team on Friday launched an ambitious program of planting 100,000 mu (about 6,667 hectares) of rice in saline-alkali soil across the country.The program, led by Yuan Longping, a renowned agronomist dubbed China's "father of hybr...