Sea rice research moves ahead as China works to boost food security

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Chinese researchers are making progress in a more than 30-year programme to develop rice that can thrive in tidal flats and saline-alkaline soil.

Also known as salt-alkali-tolerant rice, sea rice is being tested on five types of saline-alkaline areas across the country.

Researchers also have built an extensive bank of sea rice seeds, as part of the project started in 1986 to improving food security in China.

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