The yield from a hybrid variety of rice bred in China has exceeded 900 kg per mu (0.067 hectare), setting a new world record in the productivity of rice.

The rice strain, DH2525, produced a harvest of 926.6 kg per mu during its trial plantation in Longhui County in Hunan Province, said the provincial academy of agriculture at a press conference on September 19.

To ensure the accuracy of the yield measurement, an expert panel under the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) randomly selected three out of the 107.9 mu trial field's 18 plots and supervised the harvest on September 18.

DH2525 was developed by Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice," who started developing hybrid rice in the 1960s. His research team achieved target yields of 700 kg per mu and 800 kg per mu in 1999 and 2005, respectively, setting world records on both occasions.

However, the new variety will not be deemed a total success until it produces a 900 kg yield per mu yield on at least 100 mu of farmland for two consecutive years, according to the MOA expert panel.