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Loquat production in China and Spain
China
Monday 10 September 2007
From the 1970s, loquat production in China witnessed a rapid increase from 2000 ha to 26,000 ha in 1995 and to 120,000 ha with an output of 460,000 tons in 2005.
Commercial activities are concentrated in central to south China. The increase was due to new technology including: genetic improvement that resulted in new cultivars such
as ‘Zaozhong No.6’ and ‘Dawuxing’, the widespread use of grafting to seedling rootstocks, an improved planting technique called the planting ditch (1 m3 pits), flower and fruit thinning, and fruit bagging. These practices enable production of large-sized high-quality fruit with high profit.
Spain is the second world producer of loquat with more than 40,000 t per year, and the leading exporting country with around 83% of worldwide exports, with the main destination being EU countries: Italy, Portugal, and France.
Commercial activities are concentrated in central to south China. The increase was due to new technology including: genetic improvement that resulted in new cultivars such
as ‘Zaozhong No.6’ and ‘Dawuxing’, the widespread use of grafting to seedling rootstocks, an improved planting technique called the planting ditch (1 m3 pits), flower and fruit thinning, and fruit bagging. These practices enable production of large-sized high-quality fruit with high profit.
Spain is the second world producer of loquat with more than 40,000 t per year, and the leading exporting country with around 83% of worldwide exports, with the main destination being EU countries: Italy, Portugal, and France.
