What regions are pistachio-producing areas mainly distributed in?
Pistachio is also known as a-yue-hun-zi, hu-bang-zi, wu-ming-zi, bi-si-da, green kernel fruit, etc. It is a plant of the genus Pistacia in the Anacardiaceae family, similar to ginkgo, with cracks and seams but different from ginkgo. It is mainly produced in Syria, Iraq, Iran, southwestern part of the former Soviet Union and Southern Europe, and is **also produced in China. Now let us take a look at the distribution of pistachio-producing areas!
Distribution of pistachio-producing areas
The place of origin of pistachio is Iran. It is now distributed in Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries. There is also a certain planting area in the southwestern United States and California. It has also been widely cultivated in Russia and **and other places in mainland China.
Production environment of pistachio
The pistachio tree has characteristics such as extremely strong drought tolerance, tolerance to barren soil, heat resistance and cold resistance, and can be used for afforestation planting in arid, semi-arid, dry-hot valley areas, semi-desert zones and hilly slopes. In the central and western regions of China, northern Shaanxi, the Hetao area of Inner Mongolia, Jerim League, Chifeng, Gansu, Ningxia, Hebei, the Xichang area of Sichuan and the relatively arid zones bordering Yunnan and Guizhou can all introduce and cultivate it as a drought-resistant orchard tree species.
Excellent varieties of pistachio
1. Long-fruited pistachio: The fruit shape of the long-fruited pistachio is long ovate, surrounded by a red blush, with a pointed tip. The longitudinal diameter is 2.5 cm and the transverse diameter is 1.1 cm. The fruit-setting rate of the tree is very high, and it has strong high-yield ability. It is a large-fruited variety, grows vigorously and has the most promising prospects for development.
2. Early-maturing pistachio: The tree vigor of the early-maturing pistachio is relatively weak, the branches are curved and drooping, and the fruit shows lenticels. The lenticels are white in color. The lenticels on the fruit are round in shape and very prominent. The fruit-setting rate is medium. The produced fruit is approximately oval, with a longitudinal diameter of 1.9 cm and a transverse diameter of 1.0 cm. At the top and the sunny side of the fruit, a red color appears, and the stripes on the fruit peel are obvious.
3. Short-fruited pistachio: The tree vigor of the short-fruited pistachio is medium, the leaf surface is relatively smooth, with sparse down covering it, and the fruit-setting rate is relatively low. The fruit produced is ovate, and the color of the fruit is yellow-white, with a longitudinal diameter of 2.1 cm and a transverse diameter of 1.3 cm.
4. Nottorolo: The Nottorolo tree belongs to the Central Asian group. The pistachio fruit it produces is relatively large, but the flavor of the fruit is not very good. In the fruit, the seed is green and the cracking rate is high.
5. Dahan: The growth vigor of the Dahan tree is very vigorous and it belongs to a late-flowering variety. The fruit produced has the characteristics of high quality, high yield and large fruit size, and its quality ranks among the top among pistachios.
6. Kerman: The Kerman tree is a female plant and has the characteristics of large fruit and high yield. Serious alternate-year bearing is one of the phenomena of this tree. Empty shells and fruit shells that do not crack are its remaining phenomena. The tree grows very vigorously. Late flowering, high-quality fruit, large fruit and high yield are its advantages. The single-kernel weight of the fruit is 1.3 grams, and the kernel is green with good quality.
7. Saryle: The tree vigor of the Saryle tree is moderate, and it has the characteristics of strong high yield and easy fruit setting. The fruit-setting rate is very high. Large fruit, white kernel and top-grade quality are all characteristics of this fruit.