Ginkgo biloba is close to becoming a "national tree" ginkgo industry in Shaanxi is starting

Business news on November 27 and dinosaurs an era, through the vicissitudes of life, now in many parts of the world take root Perhaps most people would not have thought that the humble ginkgo would have such a legendary experience, and even become a sunrise industry with great development potential Ginkgo biloba is one of the oldest tree species on the earth Dinosaurs of the same age have become fossils However, it has survived hundreds of millions of years of vicissitudes and storms It grew only in China at first, and now it is planted in a large area all over the world Guo Moruo praised it as "the sage of the East" and "the memorial tower of life" He thought Ginkgo biloba could be called the fruit tree of China In 2005, the State Forestry Administration held the "national tree" selection, ginkgo obtained more than 90% of netizens' votes "Although the national tree selection failed for some reasons, the status of ginkgo is still very high in the hearts of netizens." Cao Fuliang, President of Nanjing Forestry University, said that at present ginkgo has been identified as "provincial tree" and "city tree" by many provinces and cities, which is almost officially identified as "national tree" Pizhou: Ginkgo earns 2.1 billion a year Cao Fuliang has been devoted to the study of Ginkgo for many years In his opinion, besides its rich cultural connotation, the economic value of ginkgo is also not to be underestimated Ginkgo biloba is a treasure all over the body - fruit is food, leaves can make tea, and Ginkgo biloba extract is a good medicine for Alzheimer's disease According to the results of experiments in many western countries, taking drugs containing ginkgo biloba extract makes Alzheimer's patients "more alert and more active", and "the speed of disease deterioration is delayed and memory is improved" According to Cao Fuliang, as a sunrise industry, Ginkgo biloba has been developed in Jiangsu Province Efforts have been made to carry out detailed research on Ginkgo biloba, and large areas of ginkgo trees have been planted Take Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province as an example At present, the whole city has a total area of 280000 mu of Ginkgo biloba forest There are 250 million Ginkgo biloba seedlings in the nursery, with an annual output of 3500 tons of Ginkgo biloba fruit and 15000 tons of dried green leaves There are six leading enterprises in the deep processing of Ginkgo biloba Last year, they brought in 2.1 billion yuan of income In Cao Fuliang's view, ginkgo itself contains many secrets that need to be further explored "We are very surprised to see a Ginkgo biloba in Hiroshima, who lived tenaciously after the atomic bomb explosion We are going to do genetic research on it and hope to get something Shaanxi: ginkgo industry has started Shaanxi is the suitable place for ginkgo, while Hanzhong is the largest area for ginkgo planting in Shaanxi According to Li Yangfan, deputy director of Hanzhong Forestry Bureau, the current planting of ginkgo trees in Hanzhong City has formed a certain scale, but most of them are mainly for greening and viewing, and a number of enterprises engaged in ginkgo production have also emerged, but there is still a certain gap compared with other cities "Ginkgo industry has started at present, and we hope to do some articles in this regard in the future." Li Yangfan said.