Phenotype correlation analysis and excellent germplasm screening of herb Bletilla Rchb. f. based on comprehensive evaluation from thirty-three geographic populations

• Published in: BMC plant biology Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 154
• Main Authors: Huang, Junfeng, Yuan, Fang, Zhou, Ming, Huang, Tianyue, Zhang, Yanjun, Liang, Qiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 29.03.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Active ingredients; Analysis; Bletilla; Bletilla ochracea; Bletilla striata; China; Correlation analysis; economic valuation; flowers; Genetic aspects; genus; Germplasm; Gray relation analysis; Growth; harvest date; Health aspects; Herbal medicine; homeopathic drugs; Identification and classification; Indicators; Industrial development; industrialization; Ingredients; leaf width; Leaves; Linear free energy relationship; Lipotes vexillifer; Medicinal plants; Medicine, Botanic; Medicine, Herbal; Morphology; Orchidaceae; Orchids; Phenols; phenotype; Phenotypes; Phenotypic traits; Phenotypic variations; plant height; Polysaccharides; Populations; Screening; Statistical analysis; Stems; China; Gray relation analysis; Correlation analysis; Bletilla; Active ingredients; Phenotypic traits

The Bletilla genus of Orchidaceae includes plants with great economic value, among which B. striata is the main traditional medicinal plant, and its pseudobulb, known as BaiJi, was first recorded in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica. However, there has been little systemic evaluation of the...