Inside the breeding center, Xiang Hua introduced to Lin Li:
"Academician Lin, you might not be very familiar with this, but domestically, rice is divided into three types: heavy panicle, multi-panicle, and large panicle.
Among them, the heavy panicle type is suitable for hybrid breeding, while the large panicle rice, though supported by relevant technical reserves, is mostly applied to corn and wheat.
As for the multi-panicle type, due to its poor lodging resistance, it has somehow fallen out of favor both in the market and in research.
There are certainly still people cultivating this variety, but its retention rate in the industry is not very high anymore."
Seeing Lin Li nod to indicate his understanding, Xiang Hua broke off a piece of rice panicle and handed it to him, continuing:
"Currently, there are twenty-three known rice varieties in the Damo Realm, almost all of which are multi-panicle types.
