On December 13-14, the 25th Southern China Seed Industry (Wenzhou) Expo (hereinafter referred to as the Seed Expo) was held in the Wenzhou Seed and Seedling Science and Technology Park.
In the 5-hectare base of the Wenzhou Seed and Seedling Science and Technology Park, each ridge has different varieties. It gathers 992 varieties of cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, and specialist vegetables from across the country. Xia Ruda, deputy director of Wenzhou Seed Station, introduced that the Seed Expo will continue to introduce new varieties, new technologies, and new models.
This year's conference has added two categories of wild cabbage and special vegetables from the original two categories of cauliflower and broccoli; there are nearly 800 varieties of cauliflower and broccoli, and 196 varieties of wild cabbage and special vegetables. The number of local exhibits has increased by 25% compared with last year.
As for the observation and visit, in addition to the on-site visit of the Wenzhou Seed and Seedling Science and Technology Park and the Wenzhou Vegetable Cultural and Creative Park under strict epidemic prevention, visitors can also search for "Southern Seed Industry Expo Digital Exhibition" through the WeChat applet for online variety observation.
This time there will also be a mechanized display of the whole process of cauliflower production, a live demonstration of flying drones, a small class on cauliflower nutrition, the announcement of recommended varieties, and other sessions. These are also online cloud exhibitions through multiple media live broadcast platforms.
Wenzhou is the main cauliflower producing area with an annual output of nearly 25 tons of cauliflower seeds and an output value of nearly 100 million RMB. Cauliflower planting is mainly concentrated in Ruian, Longwan, Pingyang and other places. This year, the planting area is almost 10000 hectares and the output is more than 290,000 tons. In particular, individual farmers planted varieties with different maturity periods, and the highest field purchase price reached 2.5 RMB per kilogram in advance of the ordinary market time, and the planting efficiency was good.
Source: Wenzhou News