广西玉米地方品种调查

Investigation on Maize Landraces in Guangxi Province

对广西省11个县市及16个乡镇的玉米地方品种进行调查,收集玉米地方品种43份。总结了当地农户种植玉米地方品种的经验以及农民坚持种植地方品种的主要原因。建议制定适宜的保存及利用玉米地方品种的鼓励机制,支持农户继续种植本地的玉米地方品种,以便保护广西的玉米品种多样性,促进生物遗传资源多样性利用的可持续发展。

In this paper maize landraces germplam from 11 counties and 16 towns of Guangxi province were investigated, and 43 maize landraces were collected. The reason of the indigenes cultivateing maize landraces, and the experiences of seed selection and variety improvement were summed up. In order to conserve the diversity of Guangxi maize landraces gremplasm, and sustain the cultivation of maize landraces, feasible encourage mechanism should be established. It would be contributed to protecting and utilizing the diversity of genetic resources in Guangxi.