Evaluation of Wild Germplasm Resources of Abelia macrotera in Yunxi
Abelia macrotera is a plant of Caprifoliaceae family Abelia genus,It was Widely distributed in local region,also a local traditional food materials,and it was rich in wild resource types."Yunxi Immortal Leaf"is a geographical indica-tion agricultural product validated and registered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the People's Republic of China.In this study,We surveyed and collected 20 different germplasm resources to create a resource bed.Ob-servations and research on cultivation utilization values through phenotypic traits combined with molecular marker tests.Five types were selected that had a good overall traits and their botanical characteristics of number of new shoots,number of new leaves,and fresh weight of new mature leaves were determined.Among them,It was found that plant No.5 had sig-nificantly higher leaf yield per plant than the other plants.The results of the AFLP test showed that the similarity coeffi-cients of the five sample materials ranged from 0.750 3 to 0.819 4,The results of AFLP test showed that the similarity co-efficients of the five sample materials ranged from 0.750 3-0.819 4,which were related and had some genetic differ-ences.The above research results provide a basis for the large-scale cultivation of Yunxi Shenxianye and related scientific research.