Industrial Cluster: Xinjiang Cotton Standardized Production Technology Has Made All-Round Breakthroughs

Recently, the project of "Integrated Demonstration of High Quality, High Yield and Efficient Standardized Production Technology of Cotton" in our region passed the acceptance of the Science and Technology Department of the autonomous region. With the goal of "reducing costs, improving quality and increasing benefits", the project has carried out a series of theoretical, model and product innovations around high yield, high efficiency and water saving of cotton. The standardized production technology of cotton has made all-round breakthroughs, which will provide strong scientific and technological support for the stable production and increase of cotton in China.

It is understood that the project is led by Xinjiang Agricultural University and jointly undertaken by Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinjiang Water Resources and Hydropower Research Institute and other units.

Since the project was launched and implemented in 2020, aiming at the scientific and technological needs of Xinjiang's high-quality, high-yield, efficient and standardized production of cotton and the safe supply of agricultural water resources, taking the 500000 mu high-efficiency water-saving cotton field in Shaya County, southern Xinjiang as the research object, the project has carried out high-efficiency water-saving technology in cotton fields, screening of machine picked cotton varieties and supporting regulation technology, high-efficiency utilization technology of water, fertilizer and pesticide in cotton fields A series of scientific research breakthroughs, such as the integrated demonstration of large-scale high-yield and high-efficiency standardized production technology, have successfully created green production technology and smart cotton field construction technology, and established large-scale cotton standardized production technology and efficient water-saving project operation management mode.

Jiang Ping an, the project leader and president of Xinjiang Agricultural University, introduced that thanks to the scientific research of the integration of production, teaching, research and application, the project has achieved fruitful results in theory, mode and product innovation. In terms of high yield, the project will create a standardized high yield and efficient production core demonstration area of 14790 mu, and the per mu yield of seed cotton can reach 500 kg; Establish a high quality and efficient standardized cultivation technology demonstration area of 21600 mu for cotton, with an average yield of 474.84 kg of seed cotton per mu; The radiation area of standardized cotton production technology is 566000 mu, with an average yield of 410.03 kg of seed cotton per mu.

In terms of high efficiency and water saving, the project will increase the fertilizer utilization efficiency and water saving efficiency of cotton fields by 12% and 15% respectively, reduce the pesticide consumption by 35%, increase the cotton flower production by 15%, and achieve a total of 930 million yuan of cost savings and efficiency gains by promoting the integrated demonstration of technologies such as water and fertilizer integration, ecological prevention and control of cotton fields, new varieties of machine picked cotton, and smart agricultural technologies and products.

At present, the project has applied for 41 national patents, formulated 11 local standards, formed 2 sets of technical models, developed 8 sets of products, selected 4 new varieties of machine picked cotton, published 3 books and 77 academic papers. The project achievements have been popularized in Xinjiang and beyond.