The 3rd Bougainvillea Innovation Conference was held from November 22nd to 25th in Xiamen, Fujian, China. More than 230 representatives from 102 universities, research institutes, and enterprises in 16 provinces attended the event, which focused on the industrialization and breeding of bougainvillea.
In Fujian the bougainvillea production area covers 3067 ha. According to official data, the selling volume of bougainvillea was over 5 billion RMB in 2023 of which 70% was sold online. To promote the development of bougainvillea production, a breeding innovation center was built in Xiamen Plant Garden. Until now, there are 512 varieties of bougainvillea in the center, which aims to provide support for future research.
Bougainvillea has rich colors and has been widely used in landscaping. The next step is to find more applications in home gardens and tourism. Since bougainvillea can suffer frost damage at less than 4°C, increasing its hardiness has been an important goal for breeders so that the plant can be also grown in the north of China.
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