Research progress on breeding techniques of Lentinula edodes
Lentinula edodes is the second most cultivated edible fungus (following Agaricus bisporus) in terms of total world production and plays an important role in mushroom industry in China .This review was focused on the breeding techniques of Lentinula edodes, including selection of spontaneous mutation , domestication and breeding , isolation breeding of spores , cross breeding , mutation breed-ing, protoplast fusion, genetic engineering, and combination of molecular markers and traditional breeding techniques .Finally, pros-pects of breeding Lentinula edodes were also discussed .