Amul Forestry Bureau Yidong Forest Farm in Daxinganling completed standardized planting of autumn sown grass cistanches

China News Service, Daxinganling, September 29th (Tian Deyu, Wang Li) On September 29th, reporters learned from the Amul Forestry Bureau of Daxinganling that the Amul Forestry Bureau seized the opportunity to carry out autumn sowing at the Yidong Forest Farm, and has now completed the standardized planting operation of cistanche.

The Amul Forestry Bureau, where the Yidong Forestry is located, is located in Mohe City, Daxinganling Region, Heilongjiang Province. It is one of the northernmost state-owned forest areas in China. Yidong Forest Farm's Wild Grasshopper Protection Base covers an area of ​​1,142 acres. It has an excellent ecological environment and rich germplasm resources. Wild Grasshopper is naturally widely distributed. Intensive planting will begin in 2023. In 2024, it was successfully awarded the title of Provincial Wild Grasshopper Protection Base. Grass cistanche is also known as "Mountain Maize" and "Eternal Grass". The whole plant can be used as medicine. It has medicinal effects such as tonifying the kidneys and moisturizing the intestines. It has extremely high economic and ecological value. It is a national second-level protected wild plant.

The high-quality Amaranthus seeds used in this operation were all collected from mature wild plants at the base. The germplasm is pure, highly adaptable, and fits the local growth environment to the greatest extent. The operation site is well-ordered and has a clear division of labor. The forest farm employees used the method of autumn sowing as the host alder and strictly followed the technical specifications of bionic cultivation of Echinacea, effectively improving the seedling survival rate and bed retention rate.

The Amul Forestry Bureau organized cadres and workers to sow cistanche in autumn at Yidong Forest Farm. Photo by Wang Li

In recent years, Yidong Forestry Farm has closely followed the overall idea of "up, middle, down, short, medium and long" for the three-dimensional management of the Forestry Bureau, relying on the "industry + base + employee consortium" development model, and continued to deepen cooperation with the Heilongjiang Provincial Authentic Wild Medicinal Germplasm Resource Research Center of Harbin Normal University and the regional academy of agricultural and forestry sciences. It has made every effort to carry out special research on the collection and preservation of Amaranthus germplasm resources, germplasm evaluation, and wild tending technology, and continues to improve the authentic medicinal material cultivation technology system.

This standardized planting of Amaranthus has effectively expanded the scale of artificial cultivation and planting in the base, enriched the resource reserve of wild Amaranthus species, and further consolidated the development foundation of the local northern medicine industry. (over)