PERSIMMON CULTIVAR RESOURCES AND HIGH QUALITY CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES IN HENAN PROVINCE

As one of the three major persimmon producing areas in China, more than 550,000 mu (about 36,667 hectare) persimmon are cultivated in Henan Province. And the production of persimmon is 140,000 t per year, mainly in Luoyang, Nanyang, Anyang, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo and Pingdingshan City. We investigated the persimmon resources, processed products development and some Japanese pollination-constant non-astringent (PCNA) persimmon cultivars which have been introduced into Henan Province in recent years. The main problems including variants are complex, production instability, lack of intensification cultivation, scattered planting, imperfect marketing system, not-yet-become industrialization development, insufficient persimmon storage and deep processing. ‘Jinshi’, ‘Xin’an-niuxinshi’, ‘Boaibayuehuang’ and ‘Xingyangshuishi’ are the representative astringent persimmon cltivars in Henan Province.