Study on selective breeding of medicinal Chrysanthemum morifolium / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate botanical characters and yield of four cultivars of Chrysanthemum morifolium for further study on their genetic diversity and selective breeding.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The characters were observed and yield was investigated by field randomized block and analysis of variance.</p><p><b>RESULT AND CONCLUSION</b>The botanical characters are difference among four cultivars; the amount of single flower head is the main factor influencing on the output of Chrysanthemum morifolium (r = 0.925); the yield of "Hongxinju" and "Xiaobaiju" are remarkably higher than that of "Dabaiju" and "Changbanju".</p>