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Detailed Introduction to Gastrodia Varieties and Main Producing Areas
Gastrodia belongs to the orchid family (Orchidaceae), subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Gastrodieae, subtribe Gastrodinae. To date, about 30 species of this genus have been discovered worldwide. They are distributed in tropical, subtropical, temperate and cold-temperate mountainous regions. From New Zealand and New Caledonia in the east to Madagascar in the west. From Australia and New
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What lily varieties are there? Introduction to common varieties
There are many kinds of lilies. In China, there are about 10 edible lily varieties, and the more widely cultivated varieties include: (1) Yixing lily. Yixing lily, also known as tiger lily. The plant is upright, about 80 cm tall. The bulb is about 4 cm high, with an average weight of 70 g, oblate, and the scales are white with a slight yellow tinge. The flowering period is in mid-to-late July. The flowers are pendulous and orange-red, with black spots on the inner side of the tepals, and when open they recurve beyond the pedicel, which is a distinctive feature of Yixing lily. The average yield is about 1000 kg per 667 sq m. (2) Lanzhou lily. Lanzhou lily, also known as Sichuan lily
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What are the excellent jujube varieties? Introduction to high-quality jujube tree varieties
The fruit of Jing 39 is egg-shaped or oval, extra large, with an average longitudinal and transverse diameter of 5X4.2CM, an average single fruit weight of 31 grams, and large fruits reaching 46 grams. The skin is thin, the flesh is crisp and tender, juicy and sweet, with an aroma, an edible rate of 95%, and it matures in mid-to-late September. Jing 38 has a shape like a millstone, purplish-red, crisp in texture, with excellent quality, and is a dual-purpose variety for fresh eating and drying, with an average fruit weight of 27 grams, maturing at the end of August. The fruit of Jing 31 is short oval or short cylindrical. The fruit is medium to large, with an average single fruit weight of 8.3 grams and a maximum fruit weight of 10.1 grams
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Latest approval results for new glutinous rice varieties in Jiangsu Province announced
Japan has recently bred a new spice plant produced by crossing onion and garlic. This new crop looks very much like garlic in appearance, but its bulb has a swirl-like structure like that of an onion, and it combines the flavors of both onion and garlic as spices. Although onion and garlic both belong to the Allium family, onion lacks the stickiness of garlic, and the two are "distant relatives" reproductively isolated at the species level; therefore, the successful breeding of this plant is a world first. Huainuo 12, formerly named "Huai 9702", was developed by the Huaiyin Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Xuhuai Region of Jiangsu from 95
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Do different cotton varieties require different fertilization methods, and what are the similarities and differences?
Recently, when the author visited cotton-producing areas in counties and cities such as Tianmen, Hanchuan, Jingshan, and Jianli, as well as Huarong, Anxiang, and Nanxian in Hunan Province, many farmers asked about cotton fertilization techniques. They often regard fertilization as one of the important means of increasing yield, so they show great concern about fertilization techniques. Years of experience and lessons in cotton fertilization tell us that the common experience for increasing cotton yield through fertilization is: apply sufficient basal fertilizer, apply seedling fertilizer quickly, apply bud fertilizer steadily, apply flower and boll fertilizer heavily, and apply boll fertilizer universally. However, when it comes to different cotton varieties, there are differences in fertilizer application.
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What is the difference between ordinary Gastrodia elata and "Mingtianma"? Are they two different varieties?
After harvesting Gastrodia elata, select those that are large, uniform, and have a red "parrot's beak," wash them in water, peel them, boil them (adding alum water), shape them, dry them, and then fumigate them with sulfur; in this way the color is good, and through this fine processing "Mingtianma" is made. Most of those supplied for export are called Mingtianma. Gastrodia elata and Mingtianma are the same variety; the only difference is that the processing is coarse or fine.
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Successful breeding of new silkworm varieties in Hubei Province
The newly bred silkworm varieties "Ecan 3" and "Ecan 4" were recently awarded the first prize of the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. The robust autumn-use variety Ecan 3, compared with the main autumn-use variety currently promoted in Hubei Province, Huanghe x Zhaoxia: strong resistance, with a unified larval-pupal survival rate of over 92%; high yield, with cocoon production of 33.95 kg per sheet, an increase of 9.94%; excellent silk quality, with a cocoon shell rate of 24.83%, a single cocoon silk length of 1150 m, a reelable silk length of 941 m, and a silk yield of 17.88%, increases of 8-1
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How to choose sweet potato varieties? Provincial Crop Institute experts recommend varieties for spring, summer and autumn planting
Sweet potatoes can be planted in spring, summer and autumn. Spring planting is generally done in March to April, summer planting is generally done in May, and autumn planting is done within one week after the Start of Autumn. Below are several sweet potato varieties suitable for planting in our province. Jinye: a new stem-tip vegetable sweet potato variety. This variety has tender stem tips, low crude fiber content, and good palatability after cooking, making it suitable for use as a vegetable. With open-field cultivation, the stem tips can be picked about 10 times over the whole growing period, with 250 kg of stem tips picked per 667 sq m each time, and a picking interval of 15 days. Per 667 sq m, it can yield
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What are the distinctive sweet potato varieties? A detailed introduction in this article
Fruit sweet potato - Eshu No. 3. This variety was bred by the Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences and has passed appraisal and recognition by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions. Eshu No. 3 sweet potato has high nutritional value, delicate, crisp and tender flesh, plenty of moisture, a clean sweet and refreshing taste, and a unique flavor. It is an excellent variety for fresh eating and food processing. Characteristics. Stems green with purple, leaves green, veins purple, petiole base deep purple, storage roots long spindle-shaped, skin dark red, flesh milky white. Medium sprouting rate, strong growth vigor, medium-vine type, main vine 150 cm long. 3.8 storage roots per plant. Tolerant to waterlogging and drought, adaptable
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Introduction to the specialty sweet potato varieties Xinong 431 and Touxinhong
Xinong 431: This variety is a new fresh-eating, roasting-type sweet potato bred by Northwest Agricultural University. It has medium-short vines, generally 1.5 m long, with many branches at the base and heart-shaped leaves. The leaf color and veins are uniform and light green. It forms tubers early and in a concentrated manner; the tubers are spindle-shaped, with smooth skin, orange-yellow skin, orange-red flesh, and bright red dried slices. The taste is sweet, fragrant, mealy and sandy, with good mouthfeel, and after cooking the skin and flesh separate easily, making it very suitable for roasted sweet potatoes and sweet potato preserve processing. It is highly resistant to stem nematode disease and black spot disease, resistant to waterlogging, and tolerant of storage and transport. Spring-planted sweet potatoes generally yield 5000 kg per mu, and summer-planted ones about 3500
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