加强园林花卉育种工作是提高园林绿化水平当务之急

Strengthening breeding of flowers:a urgent task for raising greenery construction level

简要分析了上海这一类特大型经济城市园林绿化中花卉应用的现状和特点，及加强花卉育种、在城市绿地花卉领域的作用和地位。上海每年应用各类草花（盆花）近千万盆（株），而这些草花基本上都是用进口的Ｆ１代种子生产。此外，大规模的城市建设形成了一系列特殊小环境，对传统花卉的生物学习性提出了新的要求。我国作为野生花卉种质资源极为丰富的国家，既为国际花卉的发展发挥了重大作用，也为国内一些传统名花的品种改良作出了贡献。但迫切需要加强花卉育种工作，形成我国的花卉育种及良种繁育基地。简要讨论了花卉育种的主要策略和进一步发展的方向。

This paper briefly discusses the present situation and aspects on the application of flowers in urban green land construction of big cities just like Shanghai,the biggest center of industry and economics in China.There is a great need for annual flowers every year in Shanghai,most of which is imported fom foreign countries.in addition,the large scale urban construction of the modern cities create a series of local small environment differing from origignal conditions.China is rich in wild floral germplasm resources,with which a lot of improved varietes have been bred.But the present situation asks floral breeders to put more effort to the breeding annual flowers to meet the growing need for new varieties which is more adaptable to the local conditions, In the paper, the main strategy on floral breeding is also discussed.