China News Service, Datong, August 18 (Reporter Wang Huilin) ​​In recent years, Yanggao County, Datong City, Shanxi Province has insisted on cultivating and developing the "Yanggaohong" tomato industry as a characteristic and enriching industry. Continuously expand regulations and improve quality.

Why is "Yanggaohong" so popular?

On the 18th, Li Lingzhi, dean of the Tomato Industry Research Institute of Shanxi Agricultural University, told reporters the "cultivation code" of "Yanggaohong" tomato.

  Yanggao County is a national key county for vegetable production and a major county for facility vegetable production in Shanxi Province.

Yanggao County is located in the cold temperate zone of 40 degrees north latitude, with long sunshine hours and large temperature difference between day and night, and the area is mostly volcanic lava soil, rich in more than 20 kinds of essential and beneficial elements such as selenium, silicon, calcium, zinc, iron, etc. It is the "golden zone" for tomato cultivation.

The "Yanggaohong" tomatoes produced in Yanggao County have a sugar content of up to 12 degrees, 5 points higher than ordinary tomatoes, lycopene content as high as 5.01%, and vitamin C can reach more than 13%. favor.

  According to Li Lingzhi, "Yanggaohong" tomatoes are currently the public brand of Datong City-level agricultural products, covering tomatoes produced in Yanggao County, mainly including large-fruit tomatoes, medium-fruit tomatoes and cherry tomatoes for fresh food. kind.

Each type has the characteristics of sweet and sour, unique taste, and is deeply loved by the public.

"Yanggaohong" tomatoes have a sugar content of 12 degrees and a lycopene content of 5.01%.

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  Li Lingzhi believes that the growth conditions and fine management of agricultural products directly affect their quality.

Conditioned healthy ecological soil, nutritious meals in different growth periods, solar greenhouses in northwest Shanxi, LED plant growth lights, and space electric fields to control humidity, etc., all improve the quality of "Yanggaohong" tomatoes and the industry of "Yanggaohong" tomatoes. development to provide a strong scientific and technological guarantee.

  In the past, due to the special geographical environment, there was a local saying that "north of Yanmen Pass, do not grow vegetables with flowers in winter".

Even the solar greenhouses that produce vegetables out of season can only produce the relatively cool fruit vegetables of the temperature-loving vegetables - cucumbers and zucchini, as well as leafy vegetables.

Previously, the Yanggao County Government and Shanxi Agricultural University jointly established the Tomato Industry Research Institute of Shanxi Agricultural University.

The institute provided strong technical support for the technical research and development of "Yanggaohong" tomatoes.

Through the continuous innovation of technicians, the branches are covered with red tomatoes.

  Li Lingzhi said that the breakthrough of "Yanggaohong" tomatoes from zero to industrial development is inseparable from the support of modern technology.

A few years ago, it can only be said that it is "high green in the sun", not "high red in the sun", because the autumn and winter tomatoes in the solar greenhouse with Shouguang structure have always been "green eggs".

Now, after the optimized design of the solar greenhouse structure and the continuous innovation of technology, "Yanggaohong" tomatoes have finally been planted. "This achievement is really hard-won."

  On August 16, the 2022 "Yanggaohong" Tomato Industry Development Forum with the theme of "Gathering in Daquan Mountain and Sharing Yanggaohong" was held in Yanggao County, Datong City.

Tomato industry experts, agricultural industry operators, buyers, etc. gathered in Yanggao to share the latest research results and development trends of the industry.

  In recent years, Yanggao County has explored a road to rural revitalization for high-quality tomato cultivation.

At present, the county's total planting area has reached more than 8,000 mu, with an output of more than 96 million kilograms and an output value of 200 million yuan, showing a good momentum of development.

The local has established supply and marketing relationships with more than 50 merchants in more than 10 large and medium-sized cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hohhot, etc., laying the foundation for the realization of rural revitalization.

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