Research Progress and Prospects of Genetic Breeding in Medicinal Plants
药用植物遗传育种的现状与展望

Medicinal plants are basic ma terials of traditional Chinese medicine,which have direct relationship with t h e quality and curative effects of medicines.Therefore,their genetic breeding p lays a very important role in the improvem ent of the quality and yield of Chine se medicin al plants and is also a major area of ap plied basic research in this field.T he research of genetics and variety improvement of medicinal plants h as drawn great a ttention at home and abroad.This pap er gives a general review of the research progress and results in genetic breeding of medicinal plants in four aspects i n China and in the world,and in particular,prop oses some sugg estions on the genetic breeding of medicinal plants by the a pplication of new b iotechnologies and looks forward to its prospects.