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| Research Status on Breeding of Ginger Germplasm Resource and Prospect |
| WANG Lei1，2，XU Kun1*，LI Xiu1 |
（1College of Horticulture Science and Engineering of Shandong Agricultural University， Tai’an 271018， Shandong，
China；2Academy of Agricultural Science of Dezhou City， Dezhou 253015， Shandong， China） |
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Abstract Ginger（Zingiber officinale Rosc.） is a perennial root herb plant．Its weighty tuber
is edible organ．Ginger is one of the healthy vegetables widely used all over the world and also an
important material for food，medicine and chemical products．This paper summarizes the internal
and external research status on ginger germplasm resource，and progress made in new ginger varieties
breeding and selection，and innovating ginger germplasm by using natural selection，mutation
breeding，biotechnology breeding．Suggestions are also put forward about future ginger breeding and
purity conservation of elite varieties．
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Received: 08 March 2013
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