Plant seedlings generally undergo a series of developmental changes to seek light from seed germination to seedling emergence. Once exposed in the light, plants undergo a series of photomorphogenic responses, which require to quickly remove the repressors accumulated in the dark and activate...

　　Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are two most commonly limiting nutrients for the growth and reproduction of photosynthetic biota. Increased supplies of N, P, or both are expected to exert substantial impacts on growth and metabolism of plants and soil microbes, therefore terrestrial carbon (...

　　Soil is a major terrestrial C pool. Nitrogen (N)-induced soil C sequestration has been well documented, however, the underlying mechanisms of how N regulates soil C budgets remain uncertain, which has generated extensive debate about the above and belowground C allocation, in particular unde...

　　In a new study, Dr. LU Xiankai and his colleagues from the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that tropical forests can capture carbon dioxide (CO2) into soils and thus reduce emitted CO2. But how exactly do tropical forest soils capture atmosp...

　　Global changes have profoundly effects on plant water use efficiency (WUE) and N availability (NA) in forests. Large-scale geographic gradients provide an opportunity to determine how global changes affect plant WUE and NA.
　　Recently, researchers led by Dr. KUANG Yuanwen from Southern Chi...