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2009-09-22International Botanical Expert Delegation Visits SCBGOn September 16, twelve botanists, from Britain, France, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries, visited South China Botanical Garden (SCBG). The expert delegation was invited by the Field of Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of SCBG, and was warmly welcomed by Professor HUANG Hongwen, director of S...Read More
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2009-09-08Recent Findings from “Responses of Subtropical Forest Ecosystems to Nitrogen Deposition”There is an increasing concern over how elevated nitrogen (N) can affect ecosystem processes in tropical and subtropical forests. To better understand the risks and consequences of N deposition in the subtropical forests in southern China, a N addition experiment has been conducted in three forests in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong prov...Read More
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2009-09-08Progress Made on Understanding the Phylogeographical Pattern of Myricaria Plants in ChinaMountain range, especially those in the tropics and in more temperate regions, are regarded as particularly important drivers of plant evolutionary divergence and speciation. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) together with adjacent regions in western China is a complex mountain system that shows large altitudinal changes and heterogeneous ecolog...Read More
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2009-08-31SCBG Wins First Prize of 2008’ Guangdong Science & Technology AwardOn August 25, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and Guangdong Provincial People's Government held the 2008' annual meeting of Guangdong Provincial Science & Technology Award in Guangzhou city. The member of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee WANG Yang, vice secretary of CPC Guangdon...Read More -
2009-08-29Scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Visit SCBGIn August, 2009, Prof. Yukio Kakuda and John Shi from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, visited SCBG under the invitation of Prof. JIANG Yueming, the principal investigator of Postharvest Biology Research Group of SCBG.Read More
During the visit, Prof. Yukio Kakuda presented a lecture entitled "Natural Antioxidants". He systematically introduced the ... -
2009-08-29JIANG Yueming Chosen as Vice Director-General of Chinese Society for Plant PhysiologyThe Tenth Conference of Chinese Society for Plant Physiology (CSPP) was held at Kaifen, Henan province from August 13 to 17, 2009. This conference, whose theme was "Plant Science & Technology", attracted the most majority of elites in the field of plant physiology over the country. More than 600 delegates attended this conference, including memb...Read More -
2008-04-10Directors of Earth Institute Visit Dinghushan StationOn March 29-30, Dr. Daniel Bebber, head of climate change research group at the Earthwatch Institute, and Dr. Cindy Cheng, director of Regional Program Development (Asia) of the institute, visited Dinghushan Forest Ecosystem Research Station (DFERS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Mr. LIU Shizhong and Dr. TANG Xuli, the research staff of DFE...Read More
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2008-04-04Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition May Drive Accumulation of Soil Carbon in Mature ForestsProfessor MO Jiangming and his research team from South China Botanical Garden, CAS found that nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest of southern China. This finding has recently been reported in Global Change Biology (Mo et al., 2008, 14: 403-412). This finding is consistent with the previous result of litter de...Read More