METHOD FOR BREEDING SPINACH

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for breeding spinach enabling reduction in a breeding term and labor, not requiring broad cultivated field, having no fear of intrusion of any other pollens than mating ones, and enabling easy setting and manage of growth condition. PSOLUTION: The method for breeding spinach comprises the following process: putting culture medium in a transparent container made of glass or plastic; sowing seeds followed by covering the opening part of the container with a filmy cap material preventing foreign matters such as water drops, various germs or dust from getting in the container without blocking permeation of air required for growth of the spinach; and culturing the seeds, forced sprouts or seedlings at 2-10C for 1-4 weeks followed by raising them at 15-25C under solar irradiation for 12 h. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI