Origin Agritech Ltd. announced that the company has received approval for six new corn varieties from China's National Crop Variety Approval Committee. The approval of these new varieties showcases Origin's breakthroughs with new breeding technologies. AOYU 728 is a particularly exciting newly approved variety which has unique characteristics such as resistance to stem rot, ear rot, southern rust 891, and small leaf spot, all of which make it very resilient and higher yield.

The other five that received approval are varieties with different nutritional components, one containing 45% more folic acid and other hybrids with significant increases in vitamin E, phenolic compounds, and other nutritional value-added characteristics.