Gaozhou litchi production area has become the dominant area of characteristic agricultural products in Guangdong Province. The planting area of litchi in Gaozhou has reached 550,000 mu, and the output is 200,000 tons, accounting for one tenth of the global output. One out of every ten lychees in the world comes from Gaozhou. There are more than 30 varieties planted, enjoying the reputation of "China Li Xiang". There are more than 30 litchi varieties planted in Gaozhou, and there are mainly three excellent varieties: Feizixiao, White Sugar Poppy and Guiwei.
Now Gaozhou has formed high-quality litchi production bases mainly in Genzi Town, Fenjie Town, Sishui Town, Xieji Town, Xindong Town and Jinshan Town in the east, as well as Guiwei litchi in Dajing Town, white sugar poppy litchi in Pingshan Town and shatian town Jizui litchi. Gaozhou litchi has formed a complete industrial chain from production, processing, storage, logistics, cold chain and sales to product research and development, brand building, cultural creativity and leisure tourism.
Gaozhou is a national demonstration county for green prevention and control of crop diseases and insect pests. The city strengthens the supervision of pesticide use, actively supports and encourages the promotion of integrated pest control technologies such as physical control, biological control and agricultural control by means of quality supervision, green agricultural product certification and quality and safety traceability, and standardizes the two-dimensional code of product information to make litchi safer in quality and more delicious in taste.
Gaozhou litchi ranks first in the world;
1, the longest history: Gaozhou litchi has a history of more than 2,000 years, which began in the Qin Dynasty and became a tribute in the Tang Dynasty. There are 9 litchi trees1over 300 years old in the root uterus garden. "Riding the world of mortals and laughing, who knows that it is litchi." The litchi presented by Gao Lishi to Yang Guifei comes from Gong Yuan.
2. The widest area: Maoming is the world's largest litchi producing area, which is the sum of the global litchi planting area outside China, and Gaozhou litchi planting area accounts for half of Maoming, with 550,000 mu. Gaozhou is known as Li Xiang, China, and Genzi Town is known as the first litchi town in China.
3. Maximum yield: Gaozhou litchi accounts for half of Maoming's output, one quarter of Guangdong's output, one eighth of the national output and one tenth of the global output. That is, one litchi in every 10 in the world comes from Gaozhou.
4. The most complete variety: there are more than 30 varieties of litchi in Gaozhou, such as cinnamon, white sugar poppy, princess smile and glutinous rice paste. The Maoming Litchi National Modern Agricultural Industrial Park project, the National Litchi Germplasm Resources Park and the China Litchi Expo Center, which have settled in Genzi Town, are under construction. The germplasm resources park will introduce litchi germplasm resources from all over the world.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Gaozhou Litchi.