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‘Father of hybrid rice’ Yuan Longping dies at 91

Changsha, China | XINHUA | Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. The top rice scientist passed away in a hospital in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, at about 1 p.m., …

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