花(Chrysanthemum morifolium)栽培历史悠久,是兼具观赏和食用、药用的重要花卉。菊花茶外形轻美,具有清热、解毒、平肝明目等功效,现已成为人们休闲养生的首选茶品之一。‘中农夏妆’(C. morifolium 'Zhongnong Xiazhuang')是中国农业大学培育的适合庭院美化且可作为茶用的彩色茶用菊花品种。该品种以‘粉翎’(C. morifolium 'Fenling')(父本)和‘中农红袖’(C. morifolium 'Zhongnong Hongxiu')(母本)为亲本,采用常规杂交方法选育而成,其株型高大,花型优美,花色鲜艳,综合抗逆性较强,适合在我国大部分地区推广。本文介绍了茶用菊花品种‘中农夏妆’的选育过程、主要性状、栽培技术要点和应用价值。
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) has been cultivated for a long history in China as an important ornamental plant, as well as plants of culinary and medicinal. Chrysanthemum tea has become one of the first choice of tea for health and leisure due to its beautiful shape and multiple medical effects, such as heat-clearing, detoxicating, calming the liver, improving eyesight and other efficacy. Chrysanthemum cultivar C. morifolium 'Zhongnong Xiazhuang' was bred by China Agricultural University, and can be used as courtyard landscaping and colorful tea variety. It was selected by the conventional hybridization method from the cross of male parent C. morifolium 'Fenling' and female parent C. morifolium 'Zhongnong Hongxiu'. This cultivar was suitable for application in most areas of China, with high plant, beautiful flowers, bright color, and strong comprehensive stress tolerance. The breeding process, main characters, cultivation techniques and application value of the colour tea cultivar of chrysanthemum ‘Zhongnong Xiazhuang’ were described in this paper.