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Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinesis and A. deliciosa) plantings and production in China, 2002

H. Huang

Wuhan Botanical Garden/
 Wuhan Institute of Botany
The Chinese Academy of Sciences
Moshan, Wuchang
Wuhan City, Hubei 430074
People’s Republic of China
email: hongwen@public.wh.hb.cn

A. R. Ferguson*

The Horticulture and Food Research
 Institute of New Zealand Ltd
Private Bag 92 169, Auckland
New Zealand
email: rferguson@hortresearch.co.nz

*Author for correspondence.

Abstract  The Chinese kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis and A. deliciosa) industry continues to expand. Plantings in September 2002 occupied 57 400 ha with total production estimated to be 340 000 t per year. China now has more kiwifruit planted than any other country and annual production is probably second only to that of Italy. About one-quarter of total plantings are of A. chinensis cultivars, the remainder in cultivars of A. deliciosa. Eleven cultivars of A. chinensis and 11 cultivars of A. deliciosa together account for 91.5% of total kiwifruit plantings. One-third of all Chinese kiwifruit orchards are in Shaanxi, planted almost entirely in A. deliciosa ‘Qinmei’, by far the most common kiwifruit cultivar in China. ‘Bruno’ and ‘Hayward’, cultivars selected in New Zealand, now account for approximately one-sixth of the total area in kiwifruit in China.

Keywords  China; kiwifruit; cultivars

H03037 Received 10 April 2003; accepted 8 May 2003; published 8 August 2003
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2003, Vol. 31: 197-202
0014-0671/03/3103-0197 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2003

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