Screening Plus Training: A Strategy to Counter Germplasm Degeneration in Cultivated Kelp ( Saccharina japonica )
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 growth performance, degrading diseas...