SL-8H shows worth as high-yielding variety

By The Manila Times

Sep 05, 2019 12:02 am

The SL-8H developed by SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC) may be the highest-yielding hybrid rice variety in the country today, capable of yielding 15.45 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha) of palay (unmilled rice) per cropping according to 50-year old farmer Randy Martin of Lubao, Pampanga.

The average palay yield in the country is 4 MT/ha.

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