‘Totally unexpected’: China’s trial Taklamakan Desert wheat yield doubles national average
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A demonstration wheat plot in China’s vast Taklamakan Desert has produced a harvest nearly double the national average yield recorded in 2025, according to a project announcement. The wheat, known as Jingmai 189, was developed by the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences to withstand drought, saline soil and nutrient-poor land. The trial on a managed, heavily saline plot produced a
