黄省曾《种芋法》研究

明中期吴中学者黄省曾所著的《种芋法》是我国唯一的一部关于芋头的专著,书中对"芋"进行了系统的整理和全面的论述,并且对芋头的品种和栽种方法进行了补充和更新,为研究中国古代芋头的品种资源、探讨芋头栽培技术的发展提供了很好的文献资料,对发展现代芋头种植仍有较高的参考价值。

Study on Planting Taro by Huang Xingzen

The Planting Taro is a unique monograph on taro in China, which had been edited by Huang Xingzeng in Mid-Ming dynasty. In this book, Huang Xingzeng had carried on a system reorganization and a comprehensive elaboration to the taro, besides, the taro varieties and planting methods had been supplemented and updated. The Planting Taro is a kind of good literature material, which is for us to study on vari- ety resources of taro in ancient China, and explore the development of taro cultivation techniques. Moreover, this is a high-value reference for development of modem taro planting.