'Longest rice variety developed'.

FAISALABAD -- Chief Scientist Soil Salinity Research Institute Pindi Bhattian Muhammad Ashfaq Anjum has claimed that longest rice variety 'al-Khalid Basmati' has been developed and now it is ready for cultivation at farm level.

Talking to reporter at Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) Faisalabad, he said that agri scientist Khalid Bhatti had been working on new rice variety for the last 15 years. However, he succeeded in introducing new variety 'al-Khalid Basmati' in 2022 which has extra-long grain in the world, he claimed.

Elaborating characteristics of new rice variety, he said that al-Khalid Basmati could easily be sown in the soil which has medium salinity. Its crop does not fall on the ground due to its extraordinary logging resistance...

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