date:Jan 06, 2014
ve similar output as varieties growing on normal farmland, said Lin Qifeng, one of the professors from Hainan University.
The progress marks a big breakthrough in the application stage as the varieties were planted in real saline-alkali soils rather than in labs, Lin said.
The professor said they will expand the experimental plantation to 100 mu (6.667 ha) in Yancheng in 2014 to further evaluate the performance of the salt-resistant varieties.
Yancheng currently has 410,000 hectares of coasta