Articles
The development situation and prospect of blueberry industry in China
Article number
1357_46
Pages
325 – 328
Language
English
Abstract
Although blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) was introduced and has been cultivated for more than 35 years, the blueberry industry in China is still at the preliminary stage of development, but there could be a great prosperity in the future.
From north to south China, six growing regions have been preliminarily formed.
In the future, the Changjiang River Basin and regions to its south will be the main production areas, and several northern growing regions will gradually develop into mainly protected cultivation areas, while Yunnan province will become a special growing area for fresh fruits due to its unique climatic conditions.
Based upon the practice of introduction experiments and commercial extensions in the past 35 years, rabbiteye blueberry cultivation laid the industrial foundation in the early stage of development in the Changjiang River Basin and regions to its south.
With the extension experience in the past 20 years, it has been shown that few of the introduced southern highbush cultivars were suitable for large-scale cultivation in southern China.
It has been proven that the generation of new cultivars with strong adaptability to clay and poor soil, as well as high temperature in summer, must rely on germplasm innovation of blueberry in China.
The release of Lanmei 1 and other cultivars has broken the bottleneck of the lack of suitable southern highbush blueberry cultivars in southern China and laid the foundation for industrial blueberry development in China.
The composition of anthocyanins of Lanmei 1 is equal to that of bilberry and meets the requirements of industrial production, and it is giving the chance for expanding the blueberry industry from agriculture to food, health care and pharmaceutical industries.
Establishing Chinas own breeding system and breeding cultivars suitable for Chinas natural conditions are the guarantee for high-quality development of Chinas blueberry industry.
From north to south China, six growing regions have been preliminarily formed.
In the future, the Changjiang River Basin and regions to its south will be the main production areas, and several northern growing regions will gradually develop into mainly protected cultivation areas, while Yunnan province will become a special growing area for fresh fruits due to its unique climatic conditions.
Based upon the practice of introduction experiments and commercial extensions in the past 35 years, rabbiteye blueberry cultivation laid the industrial foundation in the early stage of development in the Changjiang River Basin and regions to its south.
With the extension experience in the past 20 years, it has been shown that few of the introduced southern highbush cultivars were suitable for large-scale cultivation in southern China.
It has been proven that the generation of new cultivars with strong adaptability to clay and poor soil, as well as high temperature in summer, must rely on germplasm innovation of blueberry in China.
The release of Lanmei 1 and other cultivars has broken the bottleneck of the lack of suitable southern highbush blueberry cultivars in southern China and laid the foundation for industrial blueberry development in China.
The composition of anthocyanins of Lanmei 1 is equal to that of bilberry and meets the requirements of industrial production, and it is giving the chance for expanding the blueberry industry from agriculture to food, health care and pharmaceutical industries.
Establishing Chinas own breeding system and breeding cultivars suitable for Chinas natural conditions are the guarantee for high-quality development of Chinas blueberry industry.
Publication
Authors
Hong Yu, Jiguang Wei, Shufang Yang, Xuefeng Yang, Shanan He
Keywords
blueberry cultivar, growing regions, China, germplasm innovation, functional food
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