A collaborative research led by LU Fei from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology and GUO Zifeng from the Institute of Botany pinpointed key genetic factors shaping wheat spike morphology—a critical trait for yield—using a high-throughput phenotyping platform.
A new study led by Prof. LIU Xiaojuan from the Institute of Botany has revealed a positive relationship between tree growth and insect herbivory, as well as between tree species richness and herbivory, based on data from 8,800 trees across 80 species in nine biodiversity experiments from the Tree Diversity Network in various biomes.
A new study led by Prof. ZHANG Daoyuan from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography has uncovered the phosphorylation-mediated regulatory mechanisms of desiccation tolerance of Syntrichia caninervis, a model moss for desiccation tolerance research.
A research team led by Prof. HOU Xingliang from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has employed Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) and quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping to pinpoint a Nuclear Factor-YA (NF-YA) gene located on chromosome 14, which they named Seed Weight 14 (SW14).
Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the collaborators developed a new framework for transboundary conservation in the biodiversity-rich Gaoligong Mountains. This framework emphasizes integrating biodiversity hotspots, ecological gradients, and ecosystem services to create an effective conservation plan that transcends national boundaries.
A team led by Dr. SHEN Guozhen from the Institute of Botany, together with domestic and international collaborators, has revealed a "hidden extinction crisis" in China's flora over the past four decades. The study integrates satellite-derived land-cover data (1980-2018) with species-composition models to quantify, for the first time at a national scale, how habitat loss reshapes extinction risk for entire plant communities.
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