★What is the origin of the name of the cactus "Mibonta"?
"Opuntia Milpa Alta" cactus (Opuntia Milpa Alta) was introduced from the Milpa region of Mexico in 1997 by the Quality Agricultural Products Development Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of my country. After adaptive cultivation and variety screening, outstanding of vegetable cactus varieties. On July 10, 1999, the Quality Agricultural Products Development Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture sent a letter to the invited "People's Daily", "Xinhua News Agency", "CCTV", "China People's Broadcasting Station", "Beijing TV", "Economic Daily", " News media such as "Farmers Daily", "China Science and Technology News", "Beijing Evening News", and "Vegetable Magazine" announced the naming of the "Mibonta" edible cactus, as well as reports on its introduction and trial planting. In order to promote and apply Milbonta Edible Cactus, in April 2001, the China Association for International Agricultural Exchange established the Milbonta Edible Cactus Collaboration Committee in Beijing.
"Mibonta" cactus morphological characteristics: green flesh, jointed, thornless or basically thornless, the stem nodes are flat and oval, 14-45 cm long, and the plant height is 2-3 Rice, the production period is 10-15 years; it likes dryness, light, and heat; it can be grown in the open when the winter temperature in southern my country is kept above 0°C, while in the north it is grown in greenhouses.
Variety names are different from brand names. Variety is an expression of biological category, specifically referring to species with certain biological characteristics, which are often named (or named) by authoritative institutions and scientific research units; trademarks are registered by the National Trademark Office and are used to identify goods or services and are used by enterprises, The names of all goods and services of a public institution that meet the trademark registration category. Although Mibonta has been registered as a corporate trademark by a certain company, it is used on the names of products produced by the company that comply with the registered category. As an excellent vegetable cactus variety introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture of my country, Milbonta edible cactus has been unimpeded in the north and south of my country. Today, Milbonta has become synonymous with edible cactus.
(Legal Counsel of China Edible Cactus Network Chen Jianfeng