Study on Seedlings Quality Grading Standard of Amomum villosum Lour.
Abstract:Objective:To establish the seedlings quality grading standard of Amomum villosum Lour.,and provide guidance for seedlings standardization production of A.villosum. Methods:Seedlings of A.villosum including seed seedlings and ramet seedlings,which were collected from the main production area of China,the main quality indicators including plant height,leaf number,tiller number,spheroid stem diameter and stolon stem diameter were observed,and principal component and K-mean clustering method were used to analyze the data and establish the seedling quality grading standard. Results:The seedlings of A.villosum were divided into 2 grades,the seed seedlings with plant height ≥40 cm,tiller number ≥3 class were divided into the I grade,the seed seedlings with plant height of 15-40 cm,tiller number of 1-3 were divided into the Ⅱ grade. The ramet seedlings with plant height of 60-110 cm,leaf number of 5-10 were divided into the I grade,the ramet seedlings with plant height of 110-180 cm,leaf number of 10-20 were divided into the Ⅱ grade. Conclusion:The seedlings quality grading standard of A.villosum are suitable for its normalized production.