Following the cabbage moss and red cabbage moss, another new kind of cabbage moss is about to appear. In order to speed up the planting and promotion efforts, the field observation meeting of broccoli planting hosted by Wuhan Agricultural Technology Extension Center was held in Wuhan Seed Industry Town (Xiangkou, Hannan) on November 19th.

More than 80 representatives from 16 units of the moss planting professional cooperatives, large growers and fresh supermarkets from Hubei, Henan, Hunan and other provinces were invited to attend the meeting.

According to reports, Wuhan broccoli is a cross between broccoli and kale, belonging to the Brassica genus of the cruciferous family, and has independent knowledge rights. Breeding series of new varieties of early maturity, middle maturity, late maturity and extra-late maturity. "It is more delicious than broccoli, better-looking than red cabbage moss, and more nutritious than cabbage moss. It is a new, strange, special, and excellent functional vegetable rookie; it is the first batch of high-quality brands in the country with the registered trademark of broccoli moss and green food logo. "

At present, the main producing areas of broccoli in China are Gansu, Ningxia, Yunnan, Guangdong, Henan and Hubei. Among them, the Asian and African seed industries have established trial planting bases in Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan and other provinces, as well as Hubei Changyang, Dangyang, Lichuan and other regions. "To ensure the supply of moss stalls in provincial wholesale markets, provincial chain supermarkets and large distribution companies."

In order to allow more citizens to eat the sweet, soft, nutritious Asian and African broccoli moss, and at the same time, let more vegetable farmers get rid of poverty and become rich by planting Asian and African broccoli moss. Starting from the second half of this year, the Promotion Center has demonstrated the promotion of new, exotic, special, and excellent functional vegetable rookie broccoli in the city, and has achieved initial results.

In response to the problems existing in the production and sales processes of the various production units and planting cooperative partners in the previous assessment, the Wuhan Agricultural Technology Promotion Center hosted this on-site observation meeting, hoping to promote the next step of Asian and African broccoli through on-site training and guidance The promotion work runs more healthily, steadily and efficiently.

According to He Yafei, general manager of Asian and African Seed Industry, Asian and African Broccoli has the right to protect new plant varieties, and has a series of varieties with wide adaptability (heat resistance and cold tolerance), long market cycle, and long harvest period. Scientific research shows that Asian and African broccoli is rich in protein, vitamins A, B, C, and E. The vitamin content is twice that of cabbage and four times that of tomatoes. The content of vitamin A is 100 times that of broccoli. Because of this, As soon as Asian and African Sealand moss went on the market, it was favored by the market.

It is reported that the Wuhan Asian-African Seed Industry series broccoli is suitable for planting in various regions of the country, with an average yield of 3000 jin per mu. After deducting seeds, land rent, fertilizer, pesticides, labor and other expenses, the average net income per mu is 5000-7000 yuan. The potential is huge.

At the planting site observation meeting, major planters from Henan, Ningxia and other port supply bases shared their successful planting and sales experience. At present, Asian-African Seed Industry Broccoli has been used in Hema Xiansheng, Zhongbai Warehouse, Benlaixian and other supermarkets, and it can be enjoyed in 10 chain stores of Wuhan Sunny Sky and 4 chain stores of Mr. Xie.

In order to expand and strengthen the Wuhan broccoli industry, and better provide products and services for the urban "vegetable basket" project, relevant experts suggest that Wuhan should strengthen organization and leadership, strengthen policy support, strengthen publicity and guidance, strengthen promotion of production, and form a Han city as soon as possible. The scale of the production of broccoli moss makes it a functional nutritious vegetable of "Wuhan Geographical Indication" as soon as possible.