粤红宝是以优质软米中二软占为母本、红米品种肇庆红米为父本杂交，经系谱法选育的籼型软性红米新品种。该品种产量高，中抗稻瘟病，糙米呈褐红色，米质较好并有清香味，稻米铁、锌含量高。
Indica red rice cultivar Yuehongbao was bred from the cross of Zhongerruanzhan × Zhaoqinghongmi by pedigree breeding method. The female parent Zhongerruanzhan is a good quality indica rice cultivar, and the male parent Zhaoqinghongmi is a red-pericarp indica rice. Yuehongbao is a high yield cultivar with medium resistance to blast, good quality and redbrown rice. The grains of Yuehongbao have high iron and zinc content.
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