Zhenping potato

Zhenping potato is a specialty of Zhenping County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province. Zhenping potato is a green food with rich nutrition and good palatability. Local people often take potatoes as their staple food and can't get tired of eating them for a long time. Zhenping County, located at the southern tip of Shaanxi Province and at the northern foot of Daba Mountain, belongs to the humid climate zone in the northern subtropical mountainous area, with the highest elevation of 2917 meters and the lowest elevation of 540 meters. The vertical distribution of vegetation is obvious, the forest coverage rate is 84%, the annual average precipitation is 1029 mm, the annual average temperature is 12℃, the frost-free period is 243 days, the sunshine percentage is 34%, the air relative humidity is 75%, and there is no industrial pollution. The unique geographical environment and superior climatic conditions are excellent space for potatoes to thrive. Farmers' planting habits are intercropping, interplanting, dragon farming, plastic film mulching, and applying farmyard manure, without using pesticides. The potatoes produced are green foods with rich nutrition and good palatability. Local people often take potato as their staple food and can't get tired of eating it for a long time. Over the years, neighboring provinces, cities and counties have used Zhenping potato as seed and food, and there are an endless stream of merchants who come to Zhenping to transport potatoes. The market often sells well with Zhenping potato, which is favored by consumers. From the appearance, the product has smooth skin, few bud eyes and shallow bud eyes. Through the determination, it is 74.89% of crude starch, 17.57% of fresh starch, 0.208% of reducing sugar and 15.67 ㎎/100 g of vitamin C, which is very suitable for the development and fine processing of various foods. Suitable for planting, compact plant type, concentrated fruiting, 3-5 main stems, 100 days growth period, strong disease resistance (high resistance to late blight, leaf curl virus and mosaic virus), wide adaptability, and suitable for interplanting. Potato is the main crop in this county, with a perennial planting area of more than 60,000 mu and an annual output of more than 150,000 tons. The varieties are "175", "Qinyu 30" and "Qinyu 30".
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