Progress and Perspective on Chinese State Field Trials for Sesame New Varieties in the Past 40 Years

Abstract

Chinese sesame state field trial began in 1983. Since then, 44 varieties have been recommended or approved by state sesame certification committee. Most of the listed varieties have been widely utilized in agricultural production. In this review, we summarize the main achievements in the past 40 years and point out existing problems in sesame regional field test after a brief retrospection in China. The advancement of sesame breeding was also summarized and highlighted by the performance of some representative new sesame varieties recommended by the national field trial. Then, the problems in sesame breeding and state field trial were discussed. Finally, we provided some suggestions for the sesame breeding and state field trial that may be of interest of the sesame community in future.