Jump out of the agricultural thinking to develop the tomato industry

Tomatoes are scientifically known as tomatoes, and one of the "ban" characters represents its "foreign" identity, and many Chinese even call it "foreign persimmon"

Tomatoes can't taste what they tasted when they were young

Although it is not the country of origin of tomatoes, after years of development, China has become the world's largest tomato country, accounting for more than

The large-scale cultivation of tomatoes began only after the founding of New

However, many consumers find that the tomatoes they buy from the market now, although large and look full, do not have much juice and do not have the original taste of tomatoes

The appearance of the current tomato is uniform and gorgeous, there is no juice after cutting, the touch is very hard, the taste is not sweet, sandless, tasteless, and even the feeling of sour is not

"Some of the old varieties in our country, although the flavor is very good, but the commodity rate is low and it is not resistant to storage, which affects its performance

"Some vegetables tomatoes are ready to be picked when they are seven or eight minutes ripe, and they will be bad during over-ripening transportation

It is understood that the production of tomato sand is closely related to its maturity, and in order to reduce the loss in the transportation process, most of the tomatoes are picked when they are only seven or eight minutes ripe, and the tomatoes that have undergone cold chain and other modes of transportation cannot form sand in this process, and their flesh taste is naturally inferior

In addition, changes in cultivation methods can also have an impact on

Li Junming said that tomatoes are native to South America, China's tomato germplasm resources are lacking, the current planting level also needs to be further improved, there is still a certain gap between

Nurture the texture of tomatoes to regain their old taste

"After meeting the demand for quantity, our next goal is to focus on nutrition and quality supply

Lv Yaqing, general manager of Zhongnong Meishu (Shenzhen) Technology Co.

Hou Lixia, head of the eggplant and vegetable team at the Vegetable Research Institute of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, introduced, "'delicious' tomatoes should take into account the glycic acid content index, and the higher the value of soluble solids (sugar content), the more delicious it is, and we are now doing breeding work

Zhongnong Meishu adopts the method of genome design breeding, which can be understood as the breeding of big data, and its breeding team includes genome, metabolome, epimorphome, etc.

Of course, while restoring the taste, it is also necessary to retain the advantages of previous tomato varieties, such as yield, resistance, storage and transportation resistance, etc

In recent years, China's own varieties of taste tomatoes are constantly rising, and have been recognized

Houjiaojiawu Village is a professional tomato village awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of "one village, one product", and its old tomato variety "Original Taste No.
1" cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been loved by consumers, and the supply during the harvest season is in short supply
.
"At the time of the New Year, you can't buy it
without trusting anyone.
" Yu Haijiang said that since the end of 2013, the village of Jiaojiawu has cooperated with the scientific research team of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to introduce the "original flavor No.
1" tomato variety
.
At the beginning of 2014, there were only 10 tomato sheds in the village, and it also experienced the process of
planting failure and product sales.
However, the good taste and pure tomato taste soon opened the market for "Original No.
1", and after this year, the tomato greenhouses in Jiaojiawu Village have expanded to more than
230.

Although the cost of growing is much higher than that of regular tomatoes, high-quality tomato products also bring better returns
.
Yu Haijiang said that the local purchase price of "Original Taste No.
1" in Houjiaojiawu Village is 25-30 yuan / jin, and the maximum income can reach 120,000-130,000 yuan
per shed.

In the eyes of industry insiders, compared with large-yield, large-circulation vegetable tomatoes, the development of taste tomatoes needs to change from agricultural thinking to industrial thinking
.

Dong Yongze said that to break through the traditional agricultural thinking mode of only from planting to selling, modern agriculture needs to lengthen the industrial chain
.
In the Internet era, industrialization thinking should realize the organic combination of "good seeds, good products, and good people", and explore new agricultural development models
from four aspects: good seed breeding, standardized planting, brand leadership, and channel grafting.

"In the next step, I also want to repair the roads in the village, paint the courtyard wall next to the greenhouse with graffiti, and then solve the accommodation problem, so that investors and tourists can stay, and leave the consumption behind
.
" Yu Haijiang said that he hopes that the village of Houjiaojiawu can make a big article
around the taste of tomatoes.

(Han Songyan, comprehensive arrangement)

China Food News (October 11, 2022 02 edition)

(Editor-in-charge: Han Songyan)