Small Strawberry，big Industry.China Has Become The World's Largest Producer And Consumer Of Strawberries

  China is actively introducing new strawberry varieties from abroad, and economic cultivation of strawberries has begun in various places, and strawberry planting areas have expanded to the north and west. At present, China is the largest producer of strawberries in the world, and its cultivation area and output rank first in the world for a long time. Data show that in 2022, China's strawberry planting area is 1,909,400 mu, ranking first in the world, and 1,331,500 mu higher than Russia, which ranks second in the world (577,900 mu).

  Overall, at present, China's strawberry industry has begun to change from traditional planting to modern agricultural production, and the selection and introduction of new varieties have become the key factors to promote the development of the industry. In recent years, with the development of strawberry breeding in China, more and more domestic strawberries began to board the "big stage" of strawberry industry, and gradually replaced some foreign varieties, such as Ningyu, Snow White and other domestic strawberry new varieties. By the end of 2021, China has applied for 213 new strawberry varieties and authorized 76, with an average annual application of 12.5 and authorization of 4.5.

  Although China's production of strawberry planting industry continues to expand in recent years, the promotion and application of new varieties, new technologies, new products and new models have been popularized. However, at present, more than 90% of the strawberry varieties cultivated in China are quoted from abroad, and the market share of domestic own varieties is less than 10%. According to relevant data, the current domestic cultivation of strawberry varieties are mainly from Japan's Hongyan, Zhangji, Fuka, Tochigi, Yayoi, etc., from the United States sweet Charlie, Camrosa, All star, strawberry Prince, Hani, etc., from Europe's Duke, Tudela, Anna, Gorella, etc. As well as our own cultivation of strawberry varieties are red sleeve Tianxiang, small white strawberry, red real beauty and so on. Among them, Japanese strawberries have good appearance, high sugar content and good flavor, and are the main varieties of fresh strawberries in recent years.