安徽省是全国重点板栗产区之一，近几年，板栗发展速度很快。80年代，全省仅有板栗树1000多万株，年产果5000t。到1996年，已发展到12．7万hm2，4750万株，增加了近4倍。根据《安徽省林业建设第二次创业实施计划》，“九五”期间，要发展到18万hm2。到2000年，全省板栗面积将超 Anhui Province is one of the key chestnut producing areas in the country. In recent years, the development of chestnut has been very fast. In the 1980s, the province only had more than 10 million chestnut trees with an annual output of 5000 tons. By 1996, it had grown to 127,000 hm2 and 47.5 million, an increase of nearly 4 times. According to “Anhui Province Forestry Construction Second Entrepreneurship Implementation Plan”, “Nine Five” period, to develop to 180,000 hm2. By 2000, the province’s chestnut area will be super