[Progress and prospect of botancial research in Dioscorea zingiberensis]

This paper is a summary of the progress of botanical research in Dioscorea zingiberensis. It contains biological characteristic, genetic diversity, growth circumstance, breeding, cultivating, tissue and cell culture of D. zingiberensis. According to the fact of market demanding and resources protection, the writers propose that some work, including establishing gene bank, resources appraise, employing advanced technology to utlize the resources and making the cultivated standard, should be taken into consideration.