梅花花色研究进展(英文)

Research Advances in the Flower Color of Prunus mume

该文综述了中国对梅花花色的研究。中国古代文献对梅花花色的直观记载提供了梅花花色进化的线索。中国近代在梅花品种分类和从观赏角度研究梅花时对梅花花色进行了详细记载。现在 ,红色花色已首先作为梅花花色研究的重点 ,已经鉴定‘南京红须’、‘南京红’花色色素花色苷的分子结构。梅花红色花色的产生可能是长期低温诱导自然选择的结果 ,而梅花红色花色除了吸引传粉者外 ,更重要的是强化梅花凌寒而开的能力。梅花花色色素的开发利用将创造巨大的社会和经济效益。

This paper reviews the studies on the flower color of Mei in China. The intuitional description of the flower color of Mei in Chinese archaic literatures provided the clue of the flower color evolution of Mei. In neoteric China, detailed record about the flower color of Mei was made in the course of cultivar classification and from the angle of appreciation. At present, red flower color has been regarded as the first keystone of the research in the flower color of Mei. The molecular structures of the anthocyanins from the flower color pigments of P. mume ‘Nanjing Hongxu’ (Nanjing red-bearded) and P. mume ‘Nanjing Hong’ (Nanjing-red) have been identified. The production of red flower color is perhaps the result of cold induction and natural selection of a very long period of time. Besides luring pollinators, the red flower color of Mei can strengthen the ability of Mei to effloresce against cold. The exploration and utilization on the red flower color pigment of Mei will create tremendous economic and social values.