Abstract:Nutritional composition and its genetic variance of Phyllostachys iridescens shoots were studied. The results showed that crude protein, soluble sugar and crude fat were 31.73%, 5.11%, 4.44%, respectively; total amino acids were 327.81 mg.g-1, among which 35.95% were essential amino acids; mineral elements were N 5 079.31 mg·kg-1 , P 6 037.40 mg·kg-1 , K 45 169.40 mg·kg-1 g, Fe 70.68 mg·kg-1 , Zn 78.60 mg·kg-1 , Ca 168.56 mg·kg-1 , Mg 1 443.76 mg·kg-1 , Cu 17.32 mg·kg-1 , Se 0.88 mg·kg-1 , respectively. Composition of crude protein, soluble sugar and crude fat were significantly different among geographical sites, all of their genetic variance were higher than environmental variance, crude protein had the lowest genetic variance coefficient, each with broad heritability of 88.69%,63.07%and 74.74%. As for the 17 amino acids detected in shoots, Glu was top with 37.92 mg·g-1, the second was Asp with 35.45 mg·g-1, and Met was the lowest with 3.29 mg·g-1. Only Se of 9 mineral elements had a high variance coefficient of 26.51%, others were no more than 13.11%. No evident correlation existed between shoots and local soil in the amount of mineral elements among different geographical sites. Some correlation existed among 3 organic nutrition and 9 mineral elements, for example, evident positive correlation existed between crude protein to K and Zn, soluble sugar to Fe, and K to Mg.