近年来,江苏农垦系统比较大面积地推广种植甜叶菊,并把栽培这种糖料新作物称为新兴的甜蜜的事业。甜叶菊属菊科,又名甜菊、蜜菊、甜草,为多年生草本植物,原产南美洲巴拉圭东北部与巴西接壤的阿曼拜伊山脉中,产地属亚热带高海拔地区。叶片含糖甙,甜度为蔗糖的150到300倍,是目前世界上已知最甜的天然糖料植物,所以有“糖王”之称。近年来,人们发现应用已久的化学糖精对人类健康有害,一些国家已经禁止或严格限量使用。甘蔗和甜菜糖限于各种条件,目前的生产仍不能满足人们的需要。因此,寻找新的糖源植 In recent years, Jiangsu Land Reclamation System has promoted the cultivation of stevia in a relatively large area and called the cultivation of this new sugar crop a newly emerging sweet cause. Stevia Compositae, also known as stevia, honey chrysanthemum, sweet grass, is a perennial herb native to South America Paraguay northeast and Brazil bordering the Oman Baai mountains, the origin is subtropical high altitude areas. Leaf glycosides, sweetness of sucrose 150 to 300 times, is the world’s most known natural sweet sugar plant, so there is a “sugar king,” said. In recent years, it has been found that the application of chemical sweeteners, which have been used for a long time, is harmful to human health. Some countries have banned or strictly limited use of it. Sugar cane and beet sugar are limited to a variety of conditions and the current production still can not meet people’s needs. So look for new sugar source plants