South Korea: Pear pollen supply blocked from China, self-sufficiency measures must be established

Due to the recent outbreak of fruit tree burn disease in some regions of China, the import of pollen has been banned, raising concerns about the supply and demand of pear pollen for artificial pollination next year, and the Rural Development Administration has prepared a response method to stabilize the supply and demand of pear pollen and is actively promoting it. According to the Rural Development Administration, fruit trees usually bear fruit through a pollination process that causes pollen from stamens to be deposited on the stigma, but 'Shingo', the main pear variety in Korea, does not have pollen, so when the supply and demand situation is unstable, more care must be taken to secure pollen. do. Among the methods of securing pollen suggested by the Rural Development Administration, in the short term, collecting branches of pollinating trees (pollinating trees) and placing them in water during winter pruning is effective. 'Chuhwang', 'Wonhwang', 'Hwasan', 'Manhwang', and ...