MAGICAL TRACEABILITY
Located in the southeast edge of Junggar basin, the Mulei Kazak Autonomous County on the north slope of Tianshan Mountain, Xinjiang, with a sea level of more than 1300 meters, belongs to the hilly and reverse temperate zone. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has four types of landform: mountains, hills, grasslands and deserts. Its geographical location is unique and the temperature difference between day and night is more than 30 ℃ (35 ℃ - 5 ℃). It is dry and rainless all the year round. The annual average temperature is 5 ℃ -- 6 ℃, and the effective accumulated temperature is 2600 in the period that daily average temperature more than or equal to 10 ℃. The frost free period is about 125 days, and the annual precipitation is about 250mm. There is no severe cold in winter and no hot summer in summer, which is the most suitable growth condition for chickpea which is drought and barren resistant and needs 2500 accumulated temperature for germination and maturity. Because of the alternation of glacial climate in this hot desert, the chickpea bred in such a special environment has obvious advantages in nutrition and medicinal value compared with other regions in Xinjiang.
Chickpea is most suitable for planting in cold and cool climate. The vertical difference of natural soil in Mulei County is quite obvious. The inversion zone of Tianshan Mountain, 1200-2800 meters above sea level, is dominated by chernozem, which is an ideal area for cultivation of psychrophilic crops. Planting chickpea has a unique geographical advantage.
Located in the southeast edge of Junggar basin, the Mulei Kazak Autonomous County on the north slope of Tianshan Mountain, Xinjiang, with a sea level of more than 1300 meters, belongs to the hilly and reverse temperate zone. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has four types of landform: mountains, hills, grasslands and deserts. Its geographical location is unique and the temperature difference between day and night is more than 30 ℃ (35 ℃ - 5 ℃). It is dry and rainless all the year round. The annual average temperature is 5 ℃ -- 6 ℃, and the effective accumulated temperature is 2600 in the period that daily average temperature more than or equal to 10 ℃.
