Recently, by cixi city agricultural technology promotion center and provincial academy of agricultural sciences of common “Zhejiang black 5” peanuts, through the national major crop varieties registration, become the city first through the national crop varieties registration of fresh peanut varieties, is also the city through the national registration only peanut varieties.
Cixi city has a long history of peanut planting, at present, the perennial planting area is about 60,000 mu, mainly fresh tender pods, but relatively few high quality and high yield varieties.
In recent years, cixi city agricultural technology promotion center actively introduce Shandong, Henan peanut varieties, efficient cultivation technology research application, in the municipal public welfare project “early spring fresh peanut varieties introduced and supporting technology integration research” support, and the provincial agricultural science research institute, Shandong peanut breeding research.
“Zhejiang Caihei No.5” is a black fresh edible peanut variety selected with “Huayu 52” of Shandong Peanut Research Institute as the mother parent, and “Zhejiang Flower No.5” as the father parent, after crossing.
” This peanut has high yield, early maturity, high oleic acid, open ground, suitable for greenhouse planting, fresh food output is expected to reach more than 600 kg per mu, the market prospect is good.
” Project leader, science and technology correspondent Xu Linying said, through the registration is only the first step, next, they will make more efforts in the promotion of new varieties, and hope that through the innovation of marketing ideas, to improve the popularity of Cixi peanuts, increase the income of farmers.
(Source: Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau)