Progress on germplasm enhancement and breeding of Rehmannia glutinosa.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20180820.012
- Author:
Feng-Qing WANG
1
;
Cai-Xia XIE
2
;
Rui-Bin SUN
3
;
Zhong-Yi ZHANG
4
Author Information
1. College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
2. School of Medicine, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
3. Jiudao Seedling Propagation and Cultivation Co., Ltd., Jiaozuo 454950, China.
4. College of Crop Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rehmannia glutinosa;
breeding;
germplasm enhancement;
germplasm resources
- MeSH:
Plant Breeding;
Plants, Medicinal;
genetics;
Rehmannia;
genetics
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2018;43(21):4203-4209
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The history of Rehmannia glutinosa breeding has already beyond 100 years. There are rich cultivated varieties and wild germplasm resources in R. glutinosa. However, there also exist a lot of problems, such as, the pedigree of the existing varieties is not clear, the genetic basis is narrow, backward method of germplasm enhancement and breeding. Breeding of new varieties has been unable to meet the demand of R. glutinosa production in the new era. This paper summarizes the species of Rehmannia and their distribution, the diversity of plant morphology and the quality of R. glutinosa germplasm resources, as well as the progress of R. glutinosa breeding in recent 100 years. For ensuring the orderly, effective and safe production of R. glutinosa, the authors suggest to establish the wild resources protection area and germplasm resources garden, deeply study the genetic base of quality, strengthen application of new breeding method such as mutation breeding, haploid breeding and gene editing.
