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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2023, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (10): 89-94.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2022-0160

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Present Situation and Prospect of Developing Machine Picked Cotton in the Yangtze River Basin

WANG Qiongshan(), WANG Xiaogang, XIA Songbo, ZHANG Jiaohai, QIN Hongde, FENG Changhui, ZHANG Youchang, BIE Shu()   

  1. Industrial Crops Research Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Breeding in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
  • Received:2022-11-09 Revised:2023-03-11 Online:2023-10-20 Published:2023-10-17

Abstract:

Based on the analysis of the complex changes of the international and domestic cotton situation, this paper describes the current situation and necessity of developing the machine picked cotton industry in the Yangtze River Basin. The advantages of developing machine picked cotton are clarified. We expound the problems and challenges faced by the popularization of machine picked cotton, and discuss the development strategy of machine picked cotton. We provide rational suggestions for the following aspects. The regional and optimized layout for mechanized cotton harvesting shall be developed in the Yangtze River basin. Make full use of the winter fallow fields in the region to develop wheat and rape crops. In the two lakes (Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake) and the two rivers (Yangtze River and Hanjiang River) areas of the Yangtze River Basin, cotton and rape (wheat) double direct seeding and double machine harvesting shall be expanded in nearly 700 thousand hectares of tidal flat and dry land suitable for cotton production. Form a pattern of increasing cotton area and stabilizing rape area in the Yangtze River Basin.

Key words: machine picked cotton, Yangtze River Basin, current situation, prospect, optimize layout