Grassland ecological conservation and high-quality development of prataculture in Xinjiang

Xinjiang, a major grassland industry, is one of six traditional pastoral regions in China. With the global climate change and human activities, the ecological problems of grasslands in Xinjiang are prominent, which seriously threaten the ecological environmental security and economic and social development of Xinjiang and even the whole country. In order to systematically summarize and comprehensively reflect the status and achievements of Xinjiang pratacultural science and technology in recent years, the editorial department of Pratacultural Science organized and published the special issue “High Quality Development of Xinjiang Prataculture”. The special issue contains 28 original articles covering natural grasslands and cultivated grasslands of both northern and southern Xinjiang, focusing on four research fields: natural grassland monitoring and ecological protection, natural grassland resources and utilization, herbage resources and evaluation, and herbage cultivation and utilization. These articles well reflect the research status of grasslands and prataculture in Xinjiang. The publication of this special issue will further promote the ecological protection of grasslands and high-quality development of prataculture in Xinjiang.