Ecological Mulberry Industry in Xinjiang:Development Status,Problems and Countermeasures
Ecological mulberry industry is a new sustainable sericulture industry model with mulberry as the core,highlighting the ecological management function of mulberry,and taking into account the eco-nomic and social benefits of the industry.This paper introduces four types of ecological mulberry under special climate in Xinjiang,namely courtyard mulberry,wind-controlled mulberry forest,saline-alkali soil improvement mulberry garden and urban green mulberry.According to the experiment demonstration and operation practice of ecological mulberry industry in recent years,four main development modes of ecolog-ical mulberry industry are introduced,namely,ecological mulberry rearing mode,ecological mulberry feed development mode,ecological mulberry fruit utilization mode and comprehensive utilization mode of mul-berry resources.On this basis,the problems existing in the development of ecological mulberry industry at the present stage were summarized,and specific plans and suggestions were put forward to win govern-ment support,take talents and science and technology as the support,promote the diversified utilization of mulberry resources,integrate into the culture and tourism industry,and integrate into the beautiful Xin-jiang construction,so as to contribute to the high-quality development of ecological mulberry industry in Xinjiang.
Morus L.Ecological governancePlanting typeIndustrial development modeXinjiang region