Screening and identification of accessions used for sprout in peanut germplasm
Peanut sprouts,also known as longevity sprouts,are a therapeutic food produced by sprouting pea-nut kernels and are now favored by more and more people.Therefore,the selection of suitable accessions in peanut germplasm resources is crucial for the production of peanut sprouts.In this study,181 peanut accessions in germ-plasm resources were used to screen those which were superior suitable for sprout production by hydroculture in mearsuring of sprout length,sprout yield and weight gain rate.The results showed that 7 peanut accessions had sprout lengths longer than 8 cm,15 peanut germplasm resources had sprouting rates over 95%and 17 peanut germ-plasm resources had weight gain rates higher than 300%.Combining these three indicators,four peanut germplasm resources with excellent performance,including JND44,JNP310,ZY131 and Huayu 16,were finally selected.The above four peanut germplasm resources were repeatedly tested by the sand culture method to determine their shoot length,shoot yield and weight gain rate,and the results were similar with hydroculture indicating these four germ-plasm resources were suitable for the production of peanut sprouts.This study provided basic materials for the sub-sequent production of peanut sprouts.