Recently, it was learned from the Forestry and
Grassland Bureau of Xinjiang Autonomous Region that Xinjiang will use three
years to overcome the bottleneck of the walnut industry and further improve the
level of walnut industrialization.
The kickoff meeting and implementation plan review
meeting for the "Xinjiang Walnut Germplasm Innovation and Key Production
Equipment Research and Application" project, a key research and
development task in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, has been held recently. The
project is undertaken by the Xinjiang Academy of Forestry, and the R&D team
has gathered research backbones such as the Xinjiang Academy of Forestry,
Xinjiang University, the Forestry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of
Forestry, Tarim University, etc. The breakthrough point is the integration of
germplasm resources, irrigation, and machinery in the development of the walnut
industry in Xinjiang, and the project implementation design is carried out. The
project plans to complete a background investigation of walnut germplasm
resources in Xinjiang within 3 years, to solve the problem of low water
resource utilization in high-quality, high-yield and stable production of
walnuts, and to develop walnut tree pruning, walnut harvesting and hatching
equipment to improve the mechanization level of walnut production throughout
the process.
Walnuts are the main economic tree species for the development of forestry and fruit industry in Xinjiang, with important ecological, economic, and social values. In recent years, the walnut industry in Xinjiang has flourished, with excellent varieties such as "185 Walnut Inshell", "Xin2 Walnut Inshell", and "33 Walnut Inshell". Xinjiang produces over 1 million tons of walnuts annually, ranking second in China. In the main walnut producing areas, over 40% of farmers' annual income comes from walnuts, and the walnut industry has become a pillar industry for increasing farmers' income.
