What cash crops and flowers is Yunnan suitable for growing?

What cash crops and flowers is Yunnan suitable for growing

Yunnan Province has 7 temperature-zone climate types: north tropical, south subtropical, mid-subtropical, north subtropical, warm temperate, mid-temperate and plateau climate zone. Yunnan's climate combines the features of a low-latitude climate, a monsoon climate and a mountain-plateau climate.

Based on Yunnan's climate, the main cash crops suitable for growing here include: the main crops in Yunnan Province are nine in total: rice, wheat, corn, cotton, soybean, rapeseed, potato, broad bean and sugarcane.

1. Wheat

Wheat is the general name for plants of the wheat genus, a monocotyledon, and a grass-family plant widely grown around the world. The caryopsis of wheat is one of humanity's staple foods; ground into flour, it can be made into bread, steamed buns, biscuits, noodles and other foods; after fermentation it can be made into beer, alcohol, baijiu (such as vodka), or biofuel. Wheat is rich in starch, protein, fat, minerals, calcium, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin A and vitamin C, among others.

Wheat is one of the three major grains and is almost entirely used for food, with only about one sixth used as feed. Mesopotamia is the world's earliest region where wheat was cultivated. In 2010 wheat was the world's second-highest total-output food crop (651 million tons), second only to corn (844 million tons).

2. Cotton

Cotton is the seed fiber of plants in the cotton genus of the mallow family, native to the subtropics. The plant is shrub-like and can grow to 6 m tall when cultivated in tropical regions, generally 1 to 2 m. The flowers are milky white, turning dark red shortly after blooming and then withering, leaving a small green capsule called a cotton boll. Inside the boll are cotton seeds; the fuzz on the seeds grows out from the seed coat and fills the inside of the boll, and when the boll matures it splits open, exposing the soft fibers. The fibers are white or white with a yellow tinge, about 2 to 4 cm long (0.75-1.5 cun), containing about 87-90% cellulose, 5-8% water and 4-6% other substances. The countries with the highest cotton output include China, the United States and India.

3. Rapeseed

Rapeseed, also called oil cabbage or bitter greens, is a plant of the crucifer family, Brassica genus, native to our country; its stems are dark green, its stalks are like those of Chinese cabbage, and it is a crucifer-family variety of Chinese cabbage, with yellow flowers. In agronomy, the various species whose seeds contain oil are collectively called rapeseed. At present the main cultivated (variety) types of rapeseed are: cabbage-type rapeseed, mustard-type rapeseed and kale-type rapeseed.

It is mainly distributed in Anhui, Henan, Sichuan and other places. Rapeseed is nutritious, with a very high vitamin C content. Rapeseed generally grows in relatively humid climates, such as southern China. Rapeseed also has many uses; for example, the flowers can be eaten while still in bud; when the rapeseed flowers are in full bloom they are also a beautiful scenic sight (Hanzhong city in Shaanxi, China has a rapeseed flower sightseeing tourist area); after the flowers wither, the rapeseed can be pressed for oil.

4. Broad bean

Broad bean, also called luohan bean, hu bean, orchid bean, south bean, shu bean or fo bean, is an annual herb of the legume family, Vicia genus. It is a crop used as food, vegetable, feed and green manure. It is native to the Mediterranean coast of Europe, southwestern Asia and North Africa, and is said to have been introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian of the Western Han dynasty. Broad bean is rich in nutritional value and contains 8 essential amino acids. Its carbohydrate content is 47%-60%; it can be eaten and can also be grown as feed, green manure and a nectar-source plant. It is a crop used as food, vegetable, feed and green manure.

5. Potato

The potato is a perennial herb of the nightshade family whose tubers are edible, and it is the world's fourth most important food crop, after wheat, rice and corn. The potato is also called earth egg, tudou, yangshanyu and so on, and is the tuber of a nightshade-family plant. Together with wheat, rice, corn and sorghum it is known as one of the world's five major crops.

The potato originated in the Andes mountain region of South America, and its earliest artificial cultivation can be traced back to about 8000 to 5000 BC in the southern region of Peru. The main potato-producing countries include China, Russia, India, Ukraine and the United States. China is the country with the highest total potato output in the world.

In 2015, China will launch a strategy to make the potato a staple food, promoting the processing of potatoes into steamed buns, noodles, rice noodles and other staple foods, and the potato will become another staple food besides rice, wheat and corn.

What cash crops and flowers is Yunnan suitable for growing

Yunnan's flower-growing base can be said to be the largest base in the flower industry. Whether in spring, summer, autumn or winter, when you step into Chenggong Dounan Flower Town, lilies, roses, anthuriums, forget-me-nots, carnations, African daisies and more are a dazzling array; standing in a sea of flowers, you will feel that this is a brilliant and colorful world, and that modern farmers' lives are full of variety.

1. Lily

The lily, also known as qiangshu, fanjiu, shandan, daoxian, chongmai, zhongting, moluo, chongxiang, zhongfenghua, baihe suan, dashi fu suan, suan nao shu, yehe hua and so on, is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the lily family, Lilium genus, native to China, mainly distributed in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere such as eastern Asia, Europe and North America. At least 120 varieties have been found worldwide, of which 55 are native to China. In recent years there are also many new varieties produced by artificial hybridization, such as Asiatic lilies, oriental lilies (fragrant lilies), fire lilies and so on. The bulb is rich in starch, is edible and is also used medicinally.

2. Rose

Rose: native to China. It belongs to the order Rosales and is a deciduous shrub of the rose family, with many prickles on the branches, odd-pinnate compound leaves, 5-9 leaflets that are oval and have marginal prickles. The petals are obovate, double to semi-double, and the flowers are purple-red or white; the fruiting period is August-September and the fruit is oblate. The branches are rather weak and drooping and densely prickly, and it blooms only once a year, so it is less used for breeding; recently the traits mainly valued in it are disease resistance and cold hardiness.

When the rose is used as a cash crop, its flowers are mainly used for food and for extracting the essence rose oil; rose oil is used in industries such as cosmetics, food and fine chemicals.

3. Anthurium

Anthurium, also known as red goose palm, flamingo flower, Anthurium andraeanum and hongzhang. It is a perennial evergreen herbaceous plant of the Araceae family. The stem nodes are short; the leaves grow from the base, are green, leathery, entire, and oblong-cordate or ovate-cordate. The petioles are slender, the spathe is flat, leathery with a waxy luster, orange-red or scarlet; the spadix is yellow, and it can bloom continuously all year round.

Anthurium is native to tropical rainforest regions such as Costa Rica and Colombia. It often grows epiphytically on trees, sometimes on rocks or directly on the ground; it likes warm, humid, semi-shaded environments and dislikes direct sunlight. The anthurium's flower form is peculiar and beautiful. Its flowering period is long-lasting, and it is suitable for potted plants, cut flowers, or mass planting for beautification in shaded garden spots.

4. Forget-me-not

Forget-me-not is a plant of the borage family, Myosotis genus. Forget-me-not is a perennial herb, 30-60 cm tall. The raceme is terminal, 10-15 cm long; forget-me-not has small light-blue flowers, and the flowering period is April-May. It has strong adaptability, likes dry, cool climates, dislikes damp heat, likes light, is drought-tolerant, and its optimum growth temperature is 20°C-25°C.

It is distributed in Europe, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, and in China's Jiangsu, the northwest, north China, Sichuan, Yunnan, the northeast and other places. It grows in areas from 200 m to 4,200 m above sea level. It mostly grows on mountain forest edges, hillsides, under forests and in valley grasslands. It has not yet been introduced and cultivated artificially.

5. Carnation

Carnation, originally named: fragrant pink, also known as: lion-head pink, musk pink, large-flowered pink, is a perennial herb of the pink family, Dianthus genus, 40-70 cm tall, the whole plant hairless, powdery green. The stems are clustered, upright, woody at the base, sparsely branched above. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate at the apex, slightly forming a short sheath at the base, with a conspicuous midvein that is sunken above and slightly raised below. The flowers are usually solitary at the branch tips and fragrant, pink, purple-red or white; the pedicel is shorter than the calyx; broadly ovate, with a short projecting tip at the apex; the calyx is cylindrical, the calyx teeth lanceolate with membranous margins; the petals are obovate, with irregular teeth on the top margin; the stamens extend to the throat; the style protrudes beyond the flower. The capsule is ovoid, slightly shorter than the persistent calyx. The flowering period is May-August, and the fruiting period is August-September.

When people mention Yunnan, the first thing they think of is spring all year round. We all know that Yunnan is a very beautiful place, where the climate is very comfortable, with neither the cold of winter nor the intense heat of summer, so many plants survive very well in Yunnan.