甬优1540是宁波市农业科学研究院、宁波市种子有限公司合作育成的籼粳杂交水稻组合，在不同地区种植表现出丰产高产、适应性广、稻米品质优，中感稻瘟病和白叶枯病等特点，适宜在浙江、上海、苏南、湖北、福建、广西桂中等地作中稻种植，在桂南、粤北以及闽南作早稻种植和浙江省作连作晚稻种植。

Indica-japonica hybrid rice Yongyou 1540 was bred by Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Ningbo Seed Company. It has the characteristics of high yield, wide adaptability, good quality, and moderate sensitive to rice blast and rice bacterial leaf blight. Yongyou 1540 was suitable for middle single rice planting in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Southern of Jiangsu, Hubei, Fujian, and middle of Guangxi, early season rice planting in southern of Guangxi, northern of Guangdong and southern of Fujian, and later season rice planting in Zhejiang.