THE PROSPECT OF CULTIVAR RESOURCES AND UTILIZATION OF PERSIMMON IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION OF CHINA

Persimmon is highly localized in Pingdingshan region, central China which is abundant in cultivar resources, various processing and utilization, and long time of persimmon supply. The fruit culture and resource utilization of persimmon are similar to the original planting method which makes it vary a lot between cultivars in this region. The preliminary survey suggests that there are 42 cultivars or types in this region, 19 of them are fine cultivars which have unique advantages and condition to develop cultivar breeding selection, good gene research, resource development and utilization.