›› 2012, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 0-540.

• 论文 •    

Research progress on breeding and utilization of oilused Camellia L.

WEI Jia;CHEN Xiao-long;SUN Hua;SHEN Guo-xin;*   

  1. Sericulture Research Institute,Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou 310021,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2012-05-24 Published:2012-05-24

Abstract: Genus Camellia L. is a woodoil species which has a very long cultivated history in southern China. In the article, research progresses of C. oleifera breeding including selecting,breeding and molecular markerassisted selection/ breeding were reviewed. Nutritive/chemical composition of C. oleifera oil was evaluated. Processing method and processing techniques of C. oleifera oil were summarized.Comprehensive utilization of its byproducts was introduced. Finally, the application prospect of the nonedible Camellia oils used in the bioenergy industry was discussed.

Key words: oilused Camellia, nonedible Genus Camellia, breeding, utilization