The formation and the applications of molecular biotechnology on mangrove plants in Hainan Province

Mangroves are woody plant communities which grow in the intertidal zones on tropical and subtropical coasts. Hainan Province is one of the largest areas of the mangrove plant species, distribution and preservation in China. The mangrove plants in Hainan Province have very important status and research value in China or even in the world. In this paper, several respects of mangroves research in Hainan Province are reviewed, such as mangrove species, the composition of the mangrove communities, the introduction and resume of mangrove plants, and the applications of molecular biotechnology in mangrove plants. And the applications of molecular biotechnology in mangrove plants are mainly summarized, including the application of the allozyme technique and random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD), and the research on salt tolerance of mangrove plants.