关键词: 花卉, 常规育种, 生物技术育种, 基因工程

Abstract: Advances of research in breeding techniques of ornamental plants around the world in recent years are reviewed. Cross breeding and selection are still the major methods to breed new ornamental cultivars. With the progress in biotechnology, some new breeding methods including genetic engineering have become the focus of the ornamental plant breeding, and gained many researchs on varietal improvement.

Key words: ornamental plant, conventional breeding, biotechnological breeding, genetic engineering