Fu Donghui and his students are in a field of rapeseed flowers. /CFP
Fu Donghui and his students are in a field of rapeseed flowers. /CFP
A sea of bright yellow rapeseed flowers is a common sight in spring, but have you ever imagined a golden sea of rapeseed turning into an iridescent blanket one day?
Rapeseed flowers in different colors. /CFP
Rapeseed flowers in different colors. /CFP
Fu and his students are checking specimens. /CFP
Fu and his students are checking specimens. /CFP
A bee flying around an orange-yellow color rapeseed flower.
A bee flying around an orange-yellow color rapeseed flower.
Thanks to Fu Donghui, a professor at Jiangxi Agricultural University, rapeseed flowers are no longer just yellow. So far, he and his team have cultivated rapeseed flowers in 63 different colors. These new cultivars can be used both for ornamental purposes and oil-making.
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