Floral germplasm pool established in Guangdong
A research project to develop a germplasm resources pool for the tropical and sub-tropical flora in south China's Guangdong Province has passed the acceptance check under the auspices of S&T administrations of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou city.
With the support from the S&T administrations of Guangdong and Guangzhou, the project was started in early 2005 by a research team led by Prof. REN Hai with the CAS South China Botanical Garden. As a result of the three-year implementation, an advanced ex-situ base for conservation of subtropical plants native to the province has been built up, transplanting more than 1,600 individuals of rare and precious plants in some 800 species. They have also established a technological system for conserving adult plants, seedling, seeds, twig cutting, organic tissues, DNA samples, chemical components etc. In addition, they have also developed technologies for breeding five endangered and rare plants under the first-grade State protection.
