Fruit scientific research in New China in the past 70 years:Pear

Abstract: Pear research has achieved fruitful achievements and gained great breakthrough in some fields during the seventy years since the founding of the People's Republic of China,which made important contributions to the sustainable development of pear industry. This paper is an evolutionary review of the pear industry in China including the recent progress in pear germplasm evaluation, genetic breeding, cultivation pattern and technology, prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, postharvest storage and processing, and orchard machinery, and finally presented the trend of future development in these research fields.