Gokseong-gun, South Korea: Taro selection and productivity test service results report meeting

[Gokseong=Newspim] Reporter Ji Young-bong = On the 24th, Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, announced that it held a report on the results of a service for selecting excellent varieties of taro grown locally and testing productivity. Gokseong-gun, the nation's largest producer of taro, conducted this service with Chonnam National University of Science in order to establish its own varieties and select superior varieties to solidify the location of local specialty crops. As for the project cost, Jeonnam Provincial Agricultural Research and Development Institute's 1 Si-Gun 1-specialized crop development project cost and Gokseong-gun's own budget were invested. Since taro is not sexually reproduced in the domestic cultivation environment, it is difficult to develop new varieties, and because there are no seeds, it is important to store them because seedlings must be used. In addition, although it is strong in moisture in the soil, there are many cases where the quantity of water decreases ...