中草药栽培现代化的基础性研究应在以下方面深入进行:1.药材品种的选育和种质资源的保护;2.栽培方式、田间管理模式和有效成分含量的关系;3.研究既控制病虫害;又保证产出的药材农药残留不超标的病虫害防治措施;4.农药的使用对药材生长及有效成分的影响;5.大量营养元素及其它一些微量元素与药材生长及有效成分积累动态的关系;6.连作问题;7.外源有害物质的控制;8.开拓新的中药材生产方式和渠道。

The foundamental research of modernization of the cultivation of Chinese medicinal herbes should be deeply carried out in the following areas: ⑴the selection and breeding and the conservation of germplasm resources of medicinal herbes, ⑵the relationship between the method of cultivation and the field management of medicinal herbes and the content of their effective components, ⑶measures of preventing and controlling plant diseases and insect pests which are able to ensure that either diseases and pests can be controlled or the pesticide residues of medicinal herbes do not exceed their set standards, ⑷the impact of the application of agricultural chemicals on the growth and effective components of medicinal herbes, ⑸the relationship between large quantities of various nutrients and trace elements to be applied to medicinal herbes and the trends of the growth and the accumulation of effective components of medicinal herbes, ⑹coutinuos cropping, ⑺the control of external harmful substances, and ⑻the exploitation of new modes and channels of production of Chinese medicinal materials.