Yuan Longping
7 September 1930 – 22 May 2021
Yuan Longping was a Chinese agronomist known for developing the first commercial hybrid rice varieties. Working from an agricultural school in Hunan, he identified a naturally male-sterile rice plant in 1964 and used it to breed higher-yielding hybrids that were widely planted across China and abroad. He received the World Food Prize in 2004 and the Medal of the Republic in 2019.
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Life events
Born in Beiping, now Beijing, during the Republic of China period.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted a degree in agronomy at the college in Chongqing.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTaught and carried out crop research at the school for a number of years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe discovery provided the breeding material needed to produce hybrid rice on a commercial scale.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis team produced hybrid strains that outyielded conventional rice and were released for cultivation in China.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgNamed an academician of the national academy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRecognised, jointly with Monty Jones, for work that increased world food production.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived the Israeli prize for his contribution to hybrid rice breeding.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived China's highest state honour from President Xi Jinping.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at a hospital in Changsha, Hunan, at the age of 90.
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