Wax gourd is one of the main vegetable varieties for the regulation of the balanced supply in the market.Germplasm resources are important guarantee and material basis for scientific and technological innovation,new variety breeding and sustainable development of seed industry.This paper summarized the research progress of wax gourd breeding in Jiangxi province in recent years,including collection and preservation,identification and evaluation,mining of important traits,innovative utilization of wax gourd germplasm,and proposed future development directions and priorities of wax gourd germplasm resources in Jiangxi Province.
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