As a newly-emerged healthy vegetable,ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) has won widespread popularity among consumers in Huzhou,Zhejiang. This paper formally introduces the nutritional and biological characteri...As a newly-emerged healthy vegetable,ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) has won widespread popularity among consumers in Huzhou,Zhejiang. This paper formally introduces the nutritional and biological characteristics of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum,and also summarizes its key cultivation techniques under the climatic conditions of North Zhejiang,including seed propagation, cuttage breeding,transplanting,field management,pest control, harvest,and seed preservation.展开更多
文摘As a newly-emerged healthy vegetable,ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) has won widespread popularity among consumers in Huzhou,Zhejiang. This paper formally introduces the nutritional and biological characteristics of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum,and also summarizes its key cultivation techniques under the climatic conditions of North Zhejiang,including seed propagation, cuttage breeding,transplanting,field management,pest control, harvest,and seed preservation.