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2021-06-23SCBG researchers reveal responses of plant water relations to canopy nitrogen addition in a subtropical forestAuthor: ZHANG Tong E-mail: zhangt@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145415 Online time: 2021-1-27 Much effort has gone into a mechanistic understanding of how atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition may affect plant growth via nutritional status and photosynthesis, but the possible involvement of hydraulically mediated responses, especially those of leaf hydraulics remains unclear.Read More
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2021-06-18Effects of Typhoon Mangkhut on a Monsoon Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest Community in Dinghushan Nature Reserve, Lower Subtropical ChinaAuthor: LI Yuelin E-mail: yuelin@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.692155 Online time: 31 May 2021 The Dinghushan National Nature Reserve located in subtropical China faced typhoon Mangkhut in 2018. This led to damage to the vegetation and highlighted the sensitivity of the ecosystem to storms that will inevitably emerge as a result of climate change. Tree population comparisons and damage, before and after the typhoon, had previously not bee...Read More
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2021-06-09Research progress on transcriptional regulation of floral scent in Dendrobium officinaleAuthor: YU Zhenming E-mail: zhenming311@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110952 Online time: 2021-5-24 Orchid plants are the most species-rich plants and highly interact with pollinators via visual or olfactory cues. Biosynthesis and emission of floral scent (e.g. linalool, geraniol) to the atmosphere facilitate the olfactory cues and ensure successful pollination. Economically important ornamental flowers, including the orchids Dendrobium offici...Read More
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2021-05-27A rare new parasitoid species discovered from South China Botanical GardenAuthor: LUO Shixiao E-mail: luoshixiao@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.82.62148 Online time: 29 Apr 2021 For taxonomists, there is nothing more awe-inspiring than finding a fantastic new species, something that probably no one has ever seen before! And it is more fun when such a new species is found from the backyard of your workplace. Recently, a team led by Dr. LUO Shixiao at South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. CHE...Read More
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2021-05-20The effect of urban nature exposure on mental health—a case study of GuangzhouAuthor: LIU Hongxiao E-mail: liuhx@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127100 Online time: 14 April 2021 The Report on National Mental Health Development in China (2017–2018) revealed that 11%–15% of the Chinese population have mild to moderate mental health conditions and 2%–3% have moderate to serious mental health conditions. A growing body of empirical evidence in developed countries has revealed the benefits of nature exposure to human ment...Read More
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2021-05-11A New Mechanism of Light Signal Inhabits Brassinosteroids Pathway during PhotomorphogenesisAuthor: ZHANG Wenbin E-mail: 215867397@qq.com Paper link: https://academic.oup.com/plcell/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plcell /koab112/6237499 Online time: 19 April 2021 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 the related promotors. Brassinosteroids, one of the ma...Read More
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2021-04-21Interactions between nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect belowground carbon-cycling processesAuthor: JIANG Jun E-mail: jiangjun@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108216 Online time: 16 March 2021 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 (C)-cycling. While responses of aboveground C processes ...Read More
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2021-04-19Nitrogen enrichment stimulates soil aggregation and enhances carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of ChinaAuthor: KUANG Yuanwen E-mail: kuangyw@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15604 Online time: 19 March 2021 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 under N enrichment.Read More
Researchers led by Dr. KUANG Yuanwe...