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The study of interplanting models of fruit trees and medicine plants at the karst peak-clusterdepression area of Sanzhiyang

Authors LIU Ming; HU Xinghua; TANG Fengluan; WANG Xingui; HE Jinxiang

Journal Guihaia , APR 5 2006,7:54

DOI 10.1021/jf053052m PubMed 16569034

Abstract The cultivated lands in the karst peak-cluster depression area in Sanzhiyang of Du''an County can be differentiated into three kinds: small level grounds at the bottom of depressions, banding terraces around the foot of mountains and stone cave grounds around the half way up the mountains. The output value of those three kinds of cultivated land under the traditional interplanting model,in which maize is farmed together with soy bean,is very low. In order to raise the output value, the traditional variety structure has to be adjusted, and the interplanting mode has to be reformed. Four kinds of interplanting test between fruit trees and medicine plants which based on those land characteristic, such as Shatianyu + Gynostemma pentaphyllum, big fruit loquat + Belamcanda chinensis + Euonymus fortunei, high quality Wampee + Belamcanda chinensis + Euonymus fortunei, April peach + Lonicera japonica are reported. The preliminary result shows that the output value of cultivated land had been improved by those four kinds of interplanting mode by a big margin, so they can be regarded as the important sustainable development modes of eco-agriculture of the karst peak-cluster depression area.

Species covered 扶芳藤 Euonymus fortunei 绞股蓝 Gynostemma pentaphyllum 忍冬 Lonicera japonica 射干 Belamcanda chinensis