The invention relates to a
radiation breeding method for
gardenia, and belongs to the technical field of
plant breeding. The method comprises the following steps of: selecting an excellent
gardenia tree, and
cutting a
branch as a
radiation material; performing 60 Co-
gamma ray radiation on the radiation material, wherein the radiation dosage is 20 to 25Gy; raising seedlings of the radiated
branch by
cutting,
transplanting the seedlings after the seedlings raised by
cutting survive, breeding the seedlings for three years, comparing the seedlings with a common
seedling control group bred without radiation, screening the beneficial variable strains, and raising the seedlings by cuttage propagation to obtain optimized strains with stable trait inheritance. After the
gardenia tree is grown up and enters a fruiting period, the flowering period and the fruit maturing period are shortened, the
flowering time and the fruit maturing time are more centralized, the yield of fresh gardenia fruits is more than 750kg / mu, and the gardenoside content is over 5 percent; the
pigment mass is more than 26.68 by using 1
centimeter of 1 percent 61
color scale E and 100 grams of raw medicament through detection; the
plant height is 1.6 to 2.0 meters; the form is proper in branching, and the
plant is green; the leaf length is 6 to 15 centimeters, the
leaf width is 2.6 to 7 centimeters, the leaf edge is rolled inwards, and the leaves are thick and dark green; the full fruit length is 6 to 9 centimeters, the fruit length is 4.0 to 5.5 centimeters, the length of the fruit calyx is 2 to 3.5 centimeters, the fruit
diameter is 2 to 2.5 centimeters, and the weight of the
dried fruits is 7 kilograms; after maturing, the fruit is red; and the gardenia tree is a plant with strong
cold resistance.