Figures (6)  Tables (2)
    • Figure 1. 

      Tropical fruits cultivated by Qionghai Shengda Modern Agricultural Development Co. Ltd., Qionghai city, Hainan province, China. Tropical fruits are currently grown in the region and contributing to socio-economic development including the following: (a) Selenicereus undatus, (b) Pouteria caimito, (c) Annona squamosa (Purple variety), (d) Pouteria sapota, (e) Citrus australasica, (f) Carica papaya (Golden variety), (g) Plinia cauliflora, (h) Spondias dulcis.

    • Figure 2. 

      Production area and quantity of tropical fruits in China between 2007−2017. From 2016, the statistics of tropical fruits in China excluded the data of citrus, lemon and other Rutaceae fruits; therefore, a downward trend was seen in 2016.

    • Figure 3. 

      Finger lime (Citrus australasica), also known as Australian finger lime or caviar lime, cultivated in Hainan.

    • Figure 4. 

      Different views of the bird's nest fruit, a yellow Pitaya cultivar known as Yanwo in Hainan (Selenicereus undatus).

    • Figure 5. 

      An ice cream fruit tree (Casimiroa edulis) and a fully mature ice cream fruit.

    • Figure 6. 

      Omics and CRISPR based strategy to improve tropical fruit crops.

    • Year20052010201420152016201720182019
      Farm output value179.63337.89555.72598.7676.56707.42729.51819.58
      Fruit crops120.55151.03157.96180.96200.69201.78256.54

      Table 1. 

      Value of total agricultural production and fruit crops in Hainan between 2005 and 2019 (Values given in 10,000 CNY; data taken from Hainan Agricultural Yearbook 2020).

    • YearPlanting
      area (mu)
      New planted area
      that year (mu)
      Harvest
      area (mu)
      Total output
      (10,000 tons)
      2008256.6232.30190.71246.12
      2009255.9042.52204.60267.90
      2010261.8040.90208.38285.35
      2011269.3748.78221.60308.17
      2012269.6839.96227.09334.63
      2013256.6531.67226.89342.54
      2014248.0533.47210.16311.35
      2015243.3023.14204.22296.68
      2016240.3018.89205.53291.53
      2017251.3023.77210.60303.81
      2018256.0826.88225.71322.12
      mu = 667 m2

      Table 2. 

      Overview of tropical fruit production in Hainan from 2008 to 2018.