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2019-05-16Precipitation or Phylogeny: Which Drives the Variation of Plant Hydraulics of Subtropical Trees?Author: LIANG Xingyun E-mail: liangxingyun@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1YgZzcFXJSYMP In a recent article in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, a research group led by Professor YE Qing of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made advances in understanding the drivers of the va... Plant hydraulic traits represent strategies of water transport efficiency and safety, affecting the growth, survival and distribution of trees under different environmental conditions.Read More
Although both can contribute to the variation of plant hydraulic traits, the effects of environment and phylogeny have not been clearly distinguished.
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2019-04-282019 South China Botanical Garden Hippeastrum Herb. Exhibition Open SoonAuthor: LI Biqiu Translator: TAN Jie E-mail: lbq@scbg.ac.cn The stunning 2019 South China Botanical Garden Hippeastrum Herb. Exhibition will be held in the greenhouse scenic spot of South China Botanical Garden from April 29 to May 20.Read More -
2019-04-16Advances in species speciation of fig waspsAuthor: Yu hui E-mail: yuhui@scib.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15046 Previous studies generally believe that figs and fig wasps are co-evolutionary and co-speciation. However, the discovery of different species of pollinating fig wasps on the same host indicates that some fig wasps and their hosts did not evolve at the same time and co-speciation, and the situation should be more complicated: after the formation ...Read More
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2019-04-04Are reproductive traits of dominant species associated with specific resource allocation strategies during forest succession in southern China?Author: HAN Taotao E-mail: hantt@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.007 Plant reproductive traits (e.g. seed traits, reproductive phenology, etc.), which can reflect the adaptation of plants to the environments, are important indicators for predicting the impacts of global climate change on plants and vegetation. However, due to the great variances in reproductive strategies among different species, the establishmen...Read More
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2019-03-25Life history is a key factor in explaining functional trait diversity among subtropical grassesAuthor: Dr. LIU Hui E-mail: hui.liu@scib.ac.cn Paper link:: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery462 Poaceae is the most economically important vascular plant family, containing many dominant species in various biomes. Since C4 photosynthetic pathway was discovered in 1966 in sugarcane, Poaceae has been focused to study ecophysiological, geographic and evolutionary differences between C3 and C4 species. Although there are large area grasslands ...Read More -
2019-03-19Flora of the South China Sea Islands was publishedAuthor: WANG Faguo （SCBG） E-mail: wangfg@scib.ac.cn Recently , the monograph named Flora of the South China Sea Islands was published by the China Forestry Publishing House . The editor-in-chief of the monograph was professor XING Fuwu of South China Botanical Garden , Chinese Academy of Sciences ( SCBG ) .After China liberation , scholars f... Recently, the monograph named Flora of the South China Sea Islands was published by the China Forestry Publishing House. The editor-in-chief of the monograph was professor XING Fuwu of South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCBG).Read More
The South China Sea Islands, consisted of four island groups, namely Xisha Qundao, Nansha Qu... -
2019-03-05The Secret Behind Maximum Plant Height: Water!Physiological coordination between plant height and xylem hydraulic traits is aligned with habitat water availability across Earth ’ s terrestrial biomes , according to a new study .They found that taller species from wet habitats exhibited greater xylem efficiency and lower hydraulic safety , wider conduits , lower conduit density , and lower ... Physiological coordination between plant height and xylem hydraulic traits is aligned with habitat water availability across Earth’s terrestrial biomes, according to a new study.Read More
Ecologists from the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, conclude that such coordination plays an important role in determining global... -
2019-01-25The authorization of the invention patent of A Vector Suitable for Site Specific Gene Stacking from South China Botanical GardenConventionally , transgenic traits are introduced into transformable varieties before introgressing them out to field cultivars .To minimize the number of segregating transgenic loci , the option of in vitro stacking prior to its introduction into the plant genome would mean the re-engineering and re-deregulating of previously introduced traits ... Conventionally, transgenic traits are introduced into transformable varieties before introgressing them out to field cultivars. However, for diploids and diploid-like allopolyploid plants, the ‘n’ number of unlinked transgenic loci can be assorted as homozygous into a single genome at a probability of (1/4)n. However, along with the ‘x’ numb...Read More