Apple Pear Production Key Technology Q&A (Expert Answering Series)

Author: Qu Baohong (Compiler)
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-05-25
Features:
· Expert guidance
· Technical key points explained
· Leading trends
· Cultivating skilled growers
Apple pear is highly cold-tolerant, with excellent fruit quality, early fruiting and high yield, stable production, and easy management, making it suitable for cultivation in cold northern regions of China. It is widely grown in areas such as Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Gansu, forming commodity production bases and becoming a pillar industry in some counties and cities. It plays a significant role in rural industrial restructuring, reviving the rural economy, and increasing farmers' income.
In particular, the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province is renowned for its Yanbian apple pear, which has won national and Ministry of Agriculture gold medals multiple times. It has now developed a high-quality production base of 13,000 hectares, with an annual output of 100,000 tons and a total value of 150 million yuan.
This book addresses the main problems in apple pear production, aiming for high quality and high yield, with farmers as the target audience. It is written in a practical and accessible manner, emphasizing usability and technicality, striving to be easy to understand and implement. The book focuses on seven key aspects: apple pear variety characteristics, seedling cultivation and orchard establishment, soil, fertilizer, and water management, pruning and shaping, flower and fruit management, pest and disease control, and harvesting and storage.