Xinning County, Hunan Province
In Xinning County, Hunan Province, 13 of the 16 townships and towns have navel oranges as their characteristic industries, with a planting area of 500,000 mu, ranking first in the country in terms of single county area. The Baili "Langshan Navel Orange" theme sightseeing corridor has become an Internet celebrity check-in place, and many navel orange growers have eaten tourist meals.
Zigui County, Hubei Province
Zigui County, Hubei Province, with a planting area of 400,000 mu and an output of 1 million tons, 12 villages with a comprehensive output value of more than 20 billion yuan, has given birth to Zigui "late in spring, orange in summer, red in September, and Newhall in winter".
BASF Xerox Citrus Forum
In May, BASF's Xerox Citrus Forum visited Xinning and Zigui, two "hometowns of navel oranges in China", to exchange views with local citrus growers on the prevention and control of fungal diseases such as sand skin disease, canker disease, huanglongbing, and the improvement of fruit quality.
2024 BASF Xerox Citrus Forum Hunan Xinning Station
2024 BASF Xerox Citrus Forum Hubei Zigui Station
BASF supports Xinning
To build "China's first navel orange county"
Xinning, a small low-key county in Hunan, has a beautiful picture of "green waters and green mountains, hundreds of miles of navel oranges", but the current situation of local navel orange planting does not make us easy at all.
According to Jiang Qianyuan, who is in charge of BASF's promotion in Hunan, firstly, the coverage area of citrus huanglongbing is increasing, and almost every village has orchards where trees are cut down. Secondly, due to the two freezing injuries last year, it had a great impact on the tree potential, some trees were frozen to death, and some fell leaves seriously, which directly affected this year's yield; Third, the price is worrying, from last year's navel orange tree down to more than one yuan a catty, until now there is still no rise, and even some only a few cents a catty. All kinds of situations and problems urgently need better citrus solutions to solve them.
It is understood that in recent years, citrus sand skin disease in Hunan Province has been in a high state. The prevention and control of sand skin disease is also more difficult, and some growers on the scene bluntly said, "The difficulty of prevention and control is no less than that of huanglongbing and anthracnose, which leads to a decrease in fruit quality and affects income." ”
The meeting site of the 2024 BASF Xerox Citrus Forum in Xinning, Hunan
"Citrus sand skin disease is more serious in Hunan Province." He Kejia, a teacher from Hunan Dafang Plant Protection Co., Ltd., pointed out at the meeting, "Especially in Mayang, severe sand skin disease made Mayang rock sugar orange become a 'hemp face', which was once called 'hemp orange', and through the application of BASF's citrus solution, it successfully prevented and treated sand skin disease, and now it is finally no longer called 'hemp orange'." ”
He Kejia said that the prevention and control of citrus sand peel disease can adopt green prevention and control measures such as strengthening trees, clearing gardens, prohibiting sweetness, and applying pesticides. In terms of the selection of pesticides, through 5 years of exploration, testing more than 30 kinds of pesticides, and conducting more than 50 field tests, a more effective formula for the prevention and control of citrus sand skin disease has been found: one formula is 750-1000 times that of 60% pyrazoledesen (Baitai ®); The second formula is 41% pyrazole ester manganese zinc (pin gan) ® 750-1000 times; The third formula is 80% manganese substitute 300 times + 35% benzpyrazole ester (Shanchang ®) 1500 times.
He Kejia further said that since the successful study of the citrus sand peel disease prevention and control program in 2016, it has been widely demonstrated in Lixian, Shimen, Mayang, Dongkou, Xinning and other counties and cities in Hunan, and the prevention and control have been successful.
Not only that, while preventing and controlling sand skin disease, the products in the research program such as Baitai ® and Pingan ® have the effect of surpassing traditional plant protection and effectively promoting crop health, helping citrus to enhance tree strength and stress resistance, beautify the fruit surface and improve fruit quality and yield.
The meeting site of the 2024 BASF Xerox Citrus Forum in Xinning, Hunan
As He Kejia said, "Sand skin disease is a disease that bullies the soft and fears the hard, and when the tree is strong, it can resist the invasion of germs." "Orchards using BASF's solutions can prevent disease while maintaining good tree strength. In this regard, three farmers from Lianzhong Village, Jinshi Town, Xinning County, also said at the meeting, "After using Baitai ®for 3 years, the oil bubbles are delicate, the peel is very smooth, the tree is good, and the price of the fruit is higher." ”
This is the embodiment of BASF's practical actions to continuously enrich the quality connotation of Xinning navel oranges and help Xinning build "China's No. 1 Navel Orange County"!
BASF helps to grow navel oranges
Sell for a better price
Thanks to the unique river valley ecology, superior soil and water quality, Zigui navel oranges in Hubei Province are of excellent quality, with large and seedless fruits, thin skin and fresh color, and crispy and juicy meat. The Lunwan fresh oranges, which should have been sold out in May, have been unsalable this year, and according to local growers, many have not been sold.
In the face of last year's frost damage and poor sales, Dr. Deng Shudong, Regional Manager of the Yangtze River Basin of BASF's Agricultural Solutions Division, said, "We must stick to the road of quality".
It is understood that the main disease of Zigui navel orange is also sand skin disease, and in the BASF program observation garden, you can see that the fruit surface of navel orange under the research programs of Baitai ® and Shanchang ® is smooth and bright, and there is no manifestation of sand skin disease. A farmer at the scene said bluntly, "From part-time work to planting navel oranges by myself, I have now achieved a yield of more than 8,000 catties per mu, and I have also used pyrazole-related products from other companies, but it is still BASF's Baitai ®." ”
2024 BASF Xerox Citrus Forum Hubei Zigui Station Observation Site
According to Hao Mingwei, who is responsible for BASF's promotion in Hubei, Baitai ® has been applied in Zigui for 8 years, and in the past 3 years, it has benefited from the supplement of more program products, such as Wangqiu ® amino acids, which began to be promoted the year before, which has a very good effect on adjusting tree potential, preserving flowers and ® fruits, coloring and increasing yields. ®
It is evident from the observation field that the leaves of the fruit trees of BASF's solution are more glossy and bright in green. In this regard, Hao Mingwei said, "This is where Xerox plays a role, not only the fruit disease prevention and control performance is good, but also the tree performance is also very good."
Some growers at the scene said that the rain and snow during the Spring Festival had an impact on the quality of navel oranges, and some of them were covered with snow and dried water, and the poor taste affected the price. But today in BASF's demonstration orchard, after cutting a navel orange on the spot, it was obvious that the fruit was very lightly dehydrated. If the quality of the fruit is good, the buyer can see it at a glance, and a better price can be given on the spot.
2024 BASF Xerox Citrus Forum Hubei Zigui Station Observation Site
BASF's citrus solution from start to finish
The big "orange" is heavy, and only the "orange" is sweet
China's citrus plant protection products market is worth about 11.8 billion yuan, of which fungicides account for 45%. BASF, as the creator of fungicides, is also constantly creating classics in citrus solutions. Shi Nianjiao, product manager of BASF's Agricultural Solutions division, said that BASF has a complete citrus fungicide solution and will continue to make efforts in the citrus market in the future to help citrus growers improve their fruit quality and sell at a good price.
"The future of navel oranges lies in the implementation of high-quality cultivation." Mr. Ye Gencheng, senior agronomist of the Chinese Citrus Society, analyzed citrus deficiency and nutritional application technology on the spot, and Chen Guoqing, product development department of BASF's Agricultural Solutions Department, introduced the Wangqiu series of products from Wangqiu ® trace element water-soluble fertilizer to comprehensively supplement trace elements, to Wangqiu ® amino acids, Wangqiu ® soaking leaf algae to resist stress and promote growth, and then to Wangqiu ® root, Wangqiu ® fruit to root domain protection, sweet fruit and other Wangqiu ® series products to solve the problem of citrus deficiency.
Comparison diagram of Wangqiu ® series products at the meeting site
China is currently the country with the largest citrus planting area in the world, and it is also one of the countries with the fastest growth in the world.
The big "orange" is heavy, only for the "orange" sweet!
Dr. Deng Shudong, Regional Manager of the Yangtze River Basin of BASF's Agricultural Solutions Division, said that although the domestic citrus supply exceeds demand and there is a surplus of production, as long as the quality is high, there is still a market for good citrus. BASF hopes to help local citrus farmers improve their quality awareness, improve management level, increase yields and increase efficiency through the whole process of solutions, and enhance the premium space by improving varieties and building brands, build diversified sales channels, and help citrus growers have a better "money bag" and a warmer "heart".
It is understood that BASF will also go to Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places to bring BASF Xerox citrus solutions to more growers!
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