Breaking NewsEditor's PickOther News Yuan Longping, ‘father of hybrid rice’, passed away in Hunan By MCI Eng - 2021-05-22 Post Views: 250 Changsha May 22 — Yuan Longping, the globally renowned Chinese agronomist known for developing the first hybrid rice strains, died at 13:07 BJT on Saturday at the age of 91, according to the hospital in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province.