THE EXPLOITATION VALUE OF CHINESE ALPINE RUSH(EULALIOPSIS BIN ATA)AND ITS PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS IN CHINA
论龙须草的开发价值及在我国的利用现状与展望

Chinese alpine rush (Eulaliopsiss binata) is a wild plant resource and only exists in some countries of Asia, such as China and India. It especially deserves to be exploited in the southwest mountainous area of China. In this paper,the important and special roles of this plant in enabling mountainous people's to eliminate poverty and get wealth,finding ways for the surplus labour, mitigatiung the serious shortage of raw materials for manufacturing paper, improving the quality and increasing the varieties of paper in China,and checking soil erosion and restoring the ecological balance are thoroughly discussed under the subjects of Chinese alpine rush's economic, ecological and social effects. The status quo of the exploitation and utilization of this plant in China is also analysed. It is pointed out that" forming a national coordinated organization specifically about producting, selling and the scientific research of Chinese alping rush"," studying systematically how to domesticate Chinese alpine rush into a cultivated cash crop" ,"searching after international academic exchange" and others are the seven problems to which immediate attention should be paid in the present exploitation and utilization of Chinese alpine rush.