High-yielding Peanut Bred in DPRK

Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) – According to Rodong Sinmun, the Dry-field Crop Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Science in the DPRK bred a high-yielding peanut with rich oil content.

The newly-bred peanut has a high proportion of three seeds in a pod.

Weight of 100 peanuts is 80 grams. Its growth period is about 135 days and it is strong in disease resistance and lodging resistance.

It was registered as a national scientific and technological success. -0-

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