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2020-10-23Project launching and consultation workshop of the UNEP-NSFC key international cooperationA joint international cooperation key project "Study the sustainability and resilience of forests under different management systems and its impact on livelihoods in Kenya" funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the United Nations Environment Programme (NSFC-UNEP) was launched at the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of...Read More
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2020-10-23Xinhua news: Chinese oolong tea can be more aromatic with multiple stresseshttp://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/22/c_139459835.htm A research into aroma formation in Chinese oolong tea has revealed the role of continuous wounding of tea leaves and low temperature during processing.Read More
Oolong is a semi-oxidized tea known for its elegant fruity and floral aroma. It is produced through a process including withering, rolling and firing.
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2020-10-20Climatic seasonality explains the weak trade-off between plant hydraulic efficiency and safety at the global scaleAuthor: LIU Hui E-mail: hui.liu@scib.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16940 Online time: 2020-10-15 A classic theory proposes that plant xylem cannot be both highly efficient in water transport and resistant to embolism, and therefore a hydraulic efficiency-safety trade-off should exist. However, the tradeoff is weak and many species exhibit both low efficiency and low safety, falling outside of the expected tradeoff space. It remains unclear ...Read More
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2020-10-16SCBG researchers review mechanism of aroma formation in Chinese oolong tea during enzymatic reaction stagesAuthor: ZENG Lanting E-mail: zenglanting@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2020.10.001 Online time: 2020-10-10 Recently, under the guidance of Prof. YANG Ziyin, the research group from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences published a review entitled “Chinese oolong tea: An aromatic beverage produced under multiple stresses” in Trends in Food Science & Technology.Read More
Tea has been a popular beverage for millennia because of its he... -
2020-10-10Significant research progress has been made in the long-term field warming experiment of Dinghushan StationAuthor: WU Ting E-mail: wuting@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15355 Online time: 16 September 2020 Rising temperature associated with climate change may have substantial impacts on forest tree functions. Researchers from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a 7-year warming experiment in sub-tropical China by translocating important native forest tree species (Machilas breviflora, Syzygium rehderianum, Schima ...Read More
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2020-10-09Soil organic carbon accumulation modes between pioneer and old‐growth forest ecosystemsAuthor: XIONG Xin E-mail: xiongx@scib.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13747 Online time: 2020-8-19 Increasing evidence suggests that high biomass and litterfall do not necessarily bring about soil organic carbon (SOC) sinks, contrary to the assumption that higher litterfall implies higher SOC when designing carbon models. Previous studies on carbon input might miss some key processes which constrain SOC accumulation.Read More
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2020-09-30Bryophyte diversity is related to vascular plant diversity and microhabitat under disturbance in karst cavesAuthor: ZHANG Qianmei E-mail: zqm@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106947 Online time: 16 September 2020 Karst landscapes are widely distributed and account for nearly 15% of the world’s land surface. The karst regions of China cover 1.9 million km2 and are among the largest karst regions in the world. The average density of karst caves is 6.4/km2 in China. Plant diversity, habitat properties, and their relationships in karst caves remain poorly u...Read More
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2020-09-29Canopy, understorey nitrogen addition exert different effects on leaf traits of understorey plantsAuthor: ZHANG Lingling E-mail: zhanglingling@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13496. Online time: 16 August 2020 Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continuously increases in decades under human activities, which exerts huge impacts on terrestrial forest ecosystems.Read More
Researchers led by Dr. KUANG Yuanwen from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that nitrogen addition to canopy and understorey exerted different effect...