Chinese Tree Peony (Northwest, Southwest and South of the Changjiang River Volume)

This is a monograph related to Chinese tree peony cultivars and the cultivars’ resources. There are 9 chapters, describing the origin and development. Resources status quo, genetic diversity of tree peony; elaborating the advances of tree peony cultivars’ stratigraphy in the tree peony industrial development. Furthermore, it introduces the historical changes and development, cultivars constituent, ecology habit, cultural technique, development prospect and the 430 main cultivars of Xibei(Northwest), Xinan (Southwest) and Jiangnan (South of the Changjiang River) tree peony cultivar groups and Yan’an sub-group, E’Xi sub-group. At the same time, the Handi(Cold area) tree Peony is also introduced.

● Germplasm Resources
1.1 The Origin and Evolution of Wild Species
1.2 The Status of Wild Germplasm Resources and Their Protection
1.3 Research and Use of Wild Germplasm Resources
● The Origin of Cultivars
2.1 The Origin of Cultivars and the Cultivated Variety Group
2.2 The Development of Horticultural Varieties of Tree Peony in Each Dynasty
2.3 The Study and Use of Cultivar Resources
● The Evolution of Cultivars
3.1 The Evolution of Flower Color and Blotch
3.2 The Evolution of Floral Organs
3.3 The Formation and Evolution of the Proloferation Flower
3.4 The Discussion of the Evolutional Rule of the Flower Form
● Cultivar Classification
● Cultivar Improvement and Industrial Development
● Xibei Cultivar Group
● Xinan Cultivar Group
● Jiangnan Cultivar Group
● Other Tree Peony Cultivar Groups