Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Study of Soybean in China

• 来源期刊: 中国粮油学报（英文版）
• 学科: 农学
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（z1）
• 页码范围: 7-14
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: S33
• 语种: 英文

摘要

1 Soybean production,utilization nd genetic improvement in China Soybean production in china Soybean [Glycine max (L) Merr.] has itsorigin in China. Gai and Guo (2001) traced thehistory of soybean production in ancient China,among the "Five Crops" or "Nine Crops",soybean and millet were most important foodcrops, which were recorded in ancient Chineseliterature, such as the Book of Poems (Shi-Jin),a collection of songs before the written time in6th century B.C. It is believed that soybeans were cultivated as early as in Yan and Huang Empires about 5000 Years ago.