Abstract
In China, studies on seaweed genetics and the breeding of new varieties were initiated in 1958 by the Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica, and the Shandong College of Oceanology. Since their inception, these studies have been closely related to the cultivation of Laminaria (Fang, 1983b; Fang & Dai, 1984), and new varieties introduced to Laminaria farms are now grown in large quantities in North China. In recent years, studies have been conducted also on the genetics and breeding of Undaria pinnatifida (Fang et al., 1979; Fang, 1983a) and Porphyra (Zhang et al., 1985). A brief summary of the genetic research and breeding progress achieved since 1958 is given below.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Fang T. C ., 1983a. Cell and tissue cultures in the kelp genetic studies. Xlth int. Seaweed Symp., Abstracts, p. 67.
Fang Z. X. (Fang T. C.), 1983b. A summary of the genetic studies of Laminaria japonica in China. Proc. China-U.S. Seaweed Symp.: 123–136.
Fang Z. X. (Fang T. C.) & Dai J. X., 1980. The use of haploid phases in the genetic study of Laminaria japonica. Acta Gen. Sinica 7: 19–25.
Fang T. C. & Dai J. X., 1984. 1959–1984 Genetic studies in multicellular marine algae. J. Shandong Coll. Oceanol. 14: 16–19.
Fang T. C. & Kiang N. G., 1974. Responses to vitamin C of the female gametophytes of Laminaria japonica. Acta Bot. Sinica 16: 333–341.
Fang Z. X. (Fang T. C.), Ou Y. L. & Cui J. J., 1982. A natural mutant in Laminaria japonica. Acta Oceanol. Sinica 4: 201–208.
Fang Z. X., Ou Y. L. & Cui J. J., 1983. An experiment on the hybrid vigour in Laminaria japonica. Mar. Sci. Bull. 2: 57–61.
Fang T. C., Ou Y. L. & Cui J. J., 1985. Breeding of hybrid Laminaria “Danza No. 10” - an application of the Laminaria haploid cell clones. J. Shandong Coll. Oceanol. 15: 64–72.
Fang T. C., Tai J. H. & Chen T. C., 1979. Parthenogenesis and the genetic properties of parthenospcfophytes of Undaria pinnatifida. Acta Oceanol. Sinica 1: 112–119.
Fang T. C., Wu C. Y. & Jiang B. Y., 1961. The influence of X- radiations on the juvenile plant of Laminaria japonica Aresch. Kexue Tongbao 8: 40–43.
Fang T. C., Wu C. Y. & Jiang B. Y., 1962. On the sensitivity to X-radiations of the female gametophytes of Laminaria japonica Aresch. and the measurement of 30th day half lethal dose. Shandong Haiyang Xueyuan Xuebao 1: 6–13.
Fang T. C ., Wu C. Y. & Li C. Z., 1962. Increased adaptability to high temperature of gametophytes and sporelings of the Haiqing No. 1 breed of Laminaria japonica Aresch. Oceanol. Limnol. Sinica 4: 29–37.
Fang Z. X. (Fang T. C.), Dai J. X., Cui J. J. & Ou Y. L., 1978. The first record of parthenosporophytes of Laminaria. Kexue Tongbao 23: 43–44.
Fang Z. X., Ou Y. L., Cui J. J. & Dai J. X., 1978. Clones from Laminaria gametophytes. Kexue Tongbao 23: 115–116.
Fang Z. X ., Ou Y. L., Cui J. J., Dai J. X. & Chen D. Q., 1978. Experiments on the genetics and breeding of haploid Laminaria. Sci. Sinica 2: 226–231.
Fang T. C., Wu C. Y., Jiang B. Y., Li J. J. & Ren K. J., 1962. The breeding of a new breed of haidai (Laminaria japonica Aresch.) and its preliminary genetic analysis. Acta Bot. Sinica 10: 197–209.
Fang T. C., Cui J. J., Ou Y. L., Dai J. X., Wang M. L., Liu Q. S. & Yang Q. M., 1983. Breeding of the new variety “Danhai No. 1” of Laminaria japonica by using a female haploid clone of the kelp. J. Shandong Coll. Oceanol. 13 (4): 63–70.
Jiang B. Y. & Tang Z. J., 1979. Mature sporophytes cultured from the male gametophytes of Laminaria japonica Aresch. Kexue Tongbao 24: 713 - 714.
IOOMF (Section of Seaweed Genetics and Breeding, Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica, Qingdao, & Section of Seaweed Cultivation, Institute of Marine Fisheries, Qingdao), 1976. The breeding of new varieties of haidai (Laminaria japonica Aresch.) with high production and high iodine content. Sci. Sinica 19: 243–252.
Lüming, K. & M. J. Dring, 1972. Reproduction induced by blue light in female gametophytes of Laminaria saccharina. Planta 104: 252–256.
Zhang Y. J., Yang Y. X., Wang Q. Y. & Wang S. R., 1985. Studies on the breeding and genetics of Porphyra yezoensis Ueda. Trans. Oceanol. Limnol. 4: 44–52.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1987 Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
About this paper
Cite this paper
Wu, C., Guangheng, L. (1987). Progress in the genetics and breeding of economic seaweeds in China. In: Ragan, M.A., Bird, C.J. (eds) Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-8301-0
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-4057-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive