糯玉米育种概况及育种方法探讨

General Situation of Waxy Maize Breeding and Discussion on Breeding Methods

介绍了国内外糯玉米育种概况和常用的糯玉米育种方法,并对糯玉米育种方法进行了探讨。美国糯玉米育种和生产与糯玉米作为工业原料紧密联系在一起,品种大多属专用化深加工型;当前我国糯玉米主要用作鲜食,糯质资源丰富,但生产上应用的糯玉米品种血缘较为狭窄,符合鲜食要求的品种尚不多。探索鲜食糯玉米育种新方法,育成适口性佳、产量高、抗逆性强的鲜食糯玉米品种,是现今我国鲜食糯玉米育种的重要研究方向。

In this paper, the general situation of waxy maize breeding both domestic and overseas and the breeding methods often used for waxy maize were introduced, some discussion on breeding methods for waxy maize was made. America＇ s waxy maize breeding is close related to process industry which uses waxy maize as raw material, so most America＇ s waxy maize varieties are of deep process customization type. Presently, most waxy maize is mainly used as fresh food, the waxy germplasm is abundant, yet the consanguinity of the waxy maize varieties used in production is narrow, few of these varieties meet the demand of fresh food in China. Exploring new breeding methods for waxy maize to breed fresh waxy maize with fine taste, high yield and resistance is the important research direction nowadays in our county＇ s waxy maize breeding.