chinese reared on mulberry trees for growing
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Mulberry cultivation and utilization in China
Yongkang Huo
Regional Sericulture Training Centre for Asia and Pacific
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
AREA CULTIVATED WITH MULBERRY
China is the largest producer of mulberry and silk in the world. In 1998, fresh cocoon production was 432 820 tonnes from 626 000 ha of mulberry. Mulberry is distributed all over the country. The main provinces and autonomous regions with mulberry cultivation and their varieties are described here.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Geographical position. Situated in northwest China.
Climatic features. Continental, dry and sunny. In south Xinjiang, the effective accumulated temperature is higher than 3 500oC, the frostless season is more than 150 days, but the annual rainfall is less than 100 mm.
Main mulberry variety cultivated. He Tian Bai Sang.
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