Development Strategies of Forage Germplasm Resources in China

In the last 20 years,forage germplasm resources research has made obvious achievements in China.Guided by the principles of collect extensively,conserve effectively,research deep,innovate actively,utilize continually ,more than 15000 accessions has been collected,one medium-term seed genebank was established,more than 4500 accessions were evaluated,and 300 new forage cultivars were registered,in which 127 were breeding varieties.As the application of biological theories and technologies in the forage germplasm resources research,the forage germplasm resources research work is entering the development period from the research and utilization period.On the base of the research status,the future research strategies were proposed as follows:(1)Sampling strategy of genetic diversity in the collection work.(2)Core collection in germplasm reservation,to establish a minimum of accessions represent a maximum of the genetic diversity contained in the whole collection.(3)The utilization of molecular marker method.(4)The application of internet technology in germplasm information share.