Comparison on agronomy and quality characters and breeding of new strains of Erigeron breviscapus / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore breeding method and breed new varieties of Erigeron breviscapus.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Superior individual were selected from natural outcrossing population of E. breviscapus, lines and strains were established and selected and compared.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The scutellarin contents of two E. breviscapus strains of 2003-15 and 2003-6 through line breeding were 3.21% and 3.01%, respectively, and increased 15.77% and 23.46% comparing with the control strain (QS-1), respectively, the yield increased 20.37% and 17.59%, scutellarin yield per hectare enhanced 39.31% and 44.82%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>New varieties of E. breviscapus can be bred through lines breeding.</p>