Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continues to be a major component of global change to impact plant functioning, but a mechanistic understanding of plant photosynthetic response is needed to predict changes in terrestrial carbon (C) gain under conditions of chronically elevated atmospheri...

　　Recently, under the guidance of Prof. YANG Ziyin, the research group from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article entitled "Biochemical pathway of benzyl nitrile derived from L-phenylalanine in tea (Camellia sinensis) and its formation in response to ...

　　The long term stability of transgene expression is vital for commercial-scale production of seeds with transgenic traits. However, as an adaptive defense against foreign nucleic acids, gene silencing is likely to occur inevitably in transgenic plants and to influence stability of transgene e...

　　A recent research paper published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition reviews the regulatory mechanisms for the biosynthesis and metabolism of proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous amino acids in tea (Camellia sinensis).
　　Tea is the most popular beverage next to water througho...

　　Chinese researchers have found that several dietary components can reduce the cadmium solubility in the intestinal system.
　　Being one of the oldest environmental problems, heavy metal pollution threatens people's health. And the heavy metal cadmium can be contained within the diet and ent...