Hainan Chengmai cultivated seedless litchi 98 yuan a catty is still selling well

In Chengmai County, Hainan Province, litchi is sold for up to 98 yuan per jin. Since the beginning of large-scale picking on the 26th, more than 6000 cases of lychees have been sent to all parts of the country every day, with long queues of vehicles pulling goods at the gate of the orchard, and many shippers are worried that they will not be able to get the goods.

"in the past, we relied on heaven for a living, but now we rely on technology. The seedless litchi I cultivated has high yield and high quality, with an average yield of more than 1000 jin per mu, and the annual seedless rate is as high as 99%. " Wang Tingbiao, 70, is known by local villagers as "Litchi King". He has devoted more than 30 years of painstaking research and development to cultivate "seedless litchi".

This kind of litchi is popular with consumers because there is no kernel in the flesh, and it is paired in pairs. It is juicy and sweet.

In 1982, Wang Tingbiao, an ordinary farmer in Qiaotou Town, Chengmai County, successfully bred "Seedless Li A4" which was low temperature sensitive and seedless by using 37 excellent and sparse mother trees of Hainan litchi through numerous screening and successful breeding. Up to now, he has five patent rights for litchi production technology, such as "litchi radionuclide", "seedless litchi fruit stabilizer", "litchi fruit cell membrane preservative", "litchi modifier" and "seedless litchi seedless fruit production technology".

"this year, a potted seedless litchi has just been cultivated. A small litchi tree covered with red fruit can be moved into the house and picked and tasted." Between words, the order phone in the hands of Wang Tingbiao has never been cut off.

Wang Tingbiao also cultivated a large number of "seedless litchi" seedlings to be transported to other places. Although planting 1500 mu in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and other places has led to an increase in the income of local farmers, Wang Tingbiao is worried: "the planting technology of seedless litchi is high, farmers do not know how to maintain, and the fruit has always been very poor."

Chengmai County uses this patented technology of Wang Tingbiao to develop large-scale seedless litchi production bases such as Land Bridge and Meili. Collectivized production and scientific and technological capital investment have greatly increased the output of seedless litchi. Yang Sitao, secretary of the Chengmai County CPC Committee, said that this year, the planting area of seedless litchi in the county has reached 10,000 mu, hanging fruit is more than 7000 mu, and the output value is expected to be more than 300 million yuan.

The reporter saw in Luqiao Seedless Litchi Base that the litchi trees hanging fruit, green branches and leaves, dotted with clusters of red seedless litchi, more than 200 farmers were busy picking. In the production and processing workshop, all three production lines are opened, and more than 300 employees pack and pack separately. Li Wengui, director of the base production plant, said: "this year, the base hangs 110000 fruits, with an output of more than 1 million jin. At present, Internet sales are booming, with more than 12000 orders shipped in three or four days."

In fact, agricultural science and technology can not be separated from the investment of funds. The base has invested more than 20 million yuan to build litchi processing workshop, including sorting and packaging workshop in full air-conditioning environment, 200t cold storage and-20 ℃ cold storage. Li Wengui said that with the investment of capital and technology, the shelf life of "seedless litchi" has been extended and sold further.

Chengmai county seedless litchi quality, taste far more than ordinary litchi, more than 7000 mu of hanging fruit area, compared with the national market, appears to be very small. Therefore, the agricultural science and technology research and development of "seedless litchi" is far from stopping here.

"now there is only one monthly fruiting period for seedless litchi every year, which is concentrated in June and July. Such a short listing period is very bad for an industry. This is exactly what I want to study, to expand the production of litchi to the whole year in Hainan. " Wang Tingbiao said.