Lirong Chang

Screening Plus Training: A Strategy to Counter Germplasm Degeneration in Cultivated Kelp ( Saccharina japonica )

ABSTRACT Based on the introduced founder sporophytes, a set of S. japonica varieties and a few hybrid kelp have been bred and intensively cultivated in China. The cultivation of S. japonica has been running up against the impasse of germplasm degeneration characterized by low gro...