Large crowds in China bid farewell to Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice, dead at 90 | South China Morning Post

Huge crowds in Changsha, Hunan Province were seen bidding a final farewell to Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice on May 22. Known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, Yuan is seen as a national hero in China for research that boosted grain harvests, helping to feed the world’s most populous…

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