Advances in research on relationships among Lycium species and origin of cultivated Lycium in China.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20170814.006
- Author:
Dan QIAN
1
;
Rui-Feng JI
2
;
Wei GAO
2
;
Lu-Qi HUANG
2
Author Information
1. Experimental Research Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
2. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cultivated Goji berry;
cultivation;
origin;
relationship;
wild Goji berry
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(17):3282-3285
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The Lycium genus consists of consist of 7 species and 3 variety which are main distributed in Northwest region in China, the cultivated Goji berry appeared about 1 000 years ago. The phylogeny of the wild Goji berry and the domestication of cultivated Goji berry are important scientific and practical value due to the medicinal and economic value. In this paper, a new advances achieved in studies on the phylogeny of wild Goji berry is summarized. The origin of cultivated Goji berry includes when, where, how and ancestral specie were reviewed. The current situation of cultivation and existing problems were summarized. We considered that through mutations and artificial selections, wild ancestors were domesticated to current cultivar groups. To find direct evidence for the origin of cultivated Goji berry, we must rely on genetic analysis in addition to morphological characters. To make full use of the Goji berry germplasm resources, the investigation and mining on wild Goji berry resource should be strengthened in the future.
