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‘Totally unexpected’: China’s trial Taklamakan Desert wheat yield doubles national average
A wheat variety called Jingmai 189, developed by the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, achieved a yield of 768kg per mu in a saline plot within China’s Taklamakan Desert, nearly doubling the 2025 national average. The trial demonstrated resilience to drought, saline soil, and nutrient-poor conditions.
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