Rice contest selects seeds for next crop
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The annual rice contest took place in Songjiang recently and 14 rice producers from the district and from neighboring cities including Suzhou and Jiaxing brought their fine rice strains for contest.
After several rounds of selection and tasting, Songjiang鈥檚 early rice hybrid 鈥淪ongzaoxiang No.1,鈥 late rice hybrid 鈥淪ong 1018鈥 and another hybrid, 鈥淣angeng 46,鈥 cultivated by the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences took the top three spots in the contest and will be used as seeds for mass production this year.
The quality of rice is judged by appearance, taste and flavor. Ten rice experts used special lab equipment to test the shape, size and protein content of rice samples and gave their ratings on appearance, taste, flavor, texture and other qualities of rice cooked in the same condition.
鈥淪ongzaoxiang No. 1鈥 and 鈥淪ong 1018鈥 cultivated by Songjiang Agri-Tech Development Center ranked first and second in glutinous texture and aroma. Their protein content is 8.8% and 9.1% respectively, much higher than other candidates and meeting the national standard for first-rate rice.
The third-prize winner 鈥淣angeng 46鈥 scored high in lustrous appearance, soft and supple texture, and protein content of 7.75%.
The three rice strains, dubbed 鈥渘ew generation of Songjiang rice,鈥 will be widely sown across the district this year with a total acreage of about 2,000 hectares, compared with 333 hectares last year.
Due to changes in soil, air and water, rice quality is also changing. Some traditional varieties have lost their edge. That鈥檚 why Songjiang is holding a rice contest every year to select fine strains for mass cultivation.
More rice strains are being cultivated and planted in trial production, such as 鈥淪u 10-101鈥 and 鈥淪66.鈥
Both are back-up seed crops. 鈥淪ongzaoxiang No. 2鈥 is also in trial cultivation and is better than 鈥淪ongzaoxiang No. 1鈥 in protein content and lodging resistance.
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