What is suitable for cultivation in arid areas

What is suitable for planting in arid areas

Crops: millet, millet, sorghum, sesame, peanut, buckwheat, castor, sunflower, sweet potato, corn, bean hybrid, wheat and so on.

Fruit: watermelon, cantaloupe, red jujube, Chinese wolfberry, banana, mango, durian, carambola, dragon fruit, grapefruit, kiwifruit, litchi, longan and so on.

Medicinal materials: Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Radix Astragali, Cistanche deserticola, licorice, lily, burdock, red peony, cohosh, Bupleurum, rhubarb, Gastrodia elata and so on.

Characteristics of vegetation in arid areas

The vegetation in arid areas is mainly xerophytic grasses and shrubs. Plants in arid areas are characterized by large root biomass, usually more than 50% of the biomass in arid communities is in its roots. The root-to-dry ratio of dry species was reported to be between 1 and 2. Arid communities have litter layers with high nitrogen content, with an average of 1.5%, which is higher than 1.2% of grasslands and 0.6% of forests. An example of nitrogen cycle in the community in arid areas, where we can see the large amount of root biomass and the importance of dustfall in the nutrient cycle. In this example, it is considered that the system is closed, in fact, through surface erosion and animal transmission, the loss of nitrogen is high. The dynamics of vegetation in arid areas is greatly affected by precipitation. Some observations show that, in general, the biomass or density of vegetation in arid areas holds a constant, and the biomass increases after precipitation, and there is a lag between seasonal lush and precipitation.