A Review of the Commercial Crops in Northwest China: Response to Regional Climate Change and Coping Technology
In this paper,the growth and development,growing region,weather disasters,biomass,yield and quality of ten commercial crops(white melon,cherry,grape,apple,peach,angelica,codonopsis,astragalus,licorice and medlar) are summarized,and the responses of these crops to climate change are revealed.It is preliminarily revealed that climate shifting to warm and dry will advance the bud period and turn green period of the crops,speed up their growing and developing and then shorten the whole growth period of fruit crops and extend the growth period of root crops.The plant will raise about 150 m more,the plantable area will extend to higher latitudes and the plant area spread quickly.At the same time,the climate yield of the crops in dry farming areas will decline.On the contrary,in the irrigated agriculture areas the climate yield will be affected less.For the chimonophilous and thermophilic crops the climate yield will increase.For the drought-enduring crops stable yield will be keep,otherwise,climate effect will be significant.It is good to improve the quality of fruits and crops,especially sugar content.Planting base or demonstration area should be set up.Realizing the depiction of industry series service should be speed up.The models of modern agriculture and adapting climate changing should be set up.The fine comprehensive agricultural natural resources division should be worked out.The plant structure should be adjusted by results of weather forecast,together with monitoring,assessing and controlling meteorological disaster.