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2020-09-10Human disturbance and environmental change factors affect biological nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystemsAuthor: ZHENG Mianhai E-mail: zhengmianhai@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15328. Online time: 31 August 2020 Biological nitrogen (N) fixation, a key process of N conversion performed by symbiotic or free-living N-fixing organisms, plays an important role in terrestrial N cycling and represents a key driver of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). Despite the importance of N fixation in terrestrial ecosystems, our knowledge regarding the controls ...Read More
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2020-09-04Conservation and Reintroduction of Rare and Endangered Plants in China was publishedAuthor: REN Hai Email:renhai@scbg.ac.cn Recently, the book Conservation and Reintroduction of Rare and Endangered Plants in China, edited by Prof. REN Hai from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published by Springer, an international renowned academic publishing organization.Read More
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2020-08-06Photoperiod and temperature are major environmental drivers for secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifersAuthor: HUANG Jianguo E-mail: huangjg@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/08/04/2007058117 Online time: August 5, 2020 Forest trees play a critical role in regulating global carbon, water and energy cycles and mitigating global warming. The phenology of trees is a key to understanding the feedbacks between terrestrial vegetation and Earth’s climate. Recent climate warming has changed the seasonal timing of the primary (e.g., budburst, leaf unfolding and floweri...Read More -
2020-08-05The response of soil respiration to precipitation change is asymmetric and differs between grasslands and forestsAuthor: DU Yue E-mail: duyue@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15270 Online time: 29 July 2020 Intensification of the Earth’s hydrological cycle amplifies the interannual variability of precipitation, which will significantly impact on terrestrial carbon cycle. However, it is still unknown whether previously observed relationship between soil respiration and precipitation remains applicable under extreme precipitation change.Read More
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2020-08-04Characterization and function of banana DORN1s during fruit ripening and cold storageAuthor: SHAN Youxia E-mail: shanyouxia@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2020.111236 Online time: 2020-5-25 Given adenine 5’-triphosphate (ATP) is the universal energy source in all living cells, previous research proposed that extracellular ATP (eATP) play a critical role in plant growth, development and stress response. However, little is known in the action mechanism of exogenous ATP and its receptor DORN1 to mediate the physiological activities o...Read More -
2020-07-30Reflector-assisted double-layer hydroponic production helps to increase the effectiveness of urban rooftop farmingAuthor: SU Yunlin E-mail: suyunlin@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126766 Online time: 23 June 2020 By 2050, the world’s population is predicted to reach 9.8 billion and food production through conventional agriculture has been straining the global environment. Moreover, urbanization has continued to reduce farmland capacity and farm labor, but to increase the food miles that demand transportation and food preservation. Urban farming is propo...Read More -
2020-07-29Xinhua news:Plant community more sensitive to plant invasions on tropical coral islands链接：http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/29/c_139248810.htm Chinese researchers have discovered that the plant community showed higher sensitivity to plant invasions than the soil microbial and fauna communities on tropical coral islands.Read More
Plant invasion is a major factor leading to the degradation of indigenous vegetation on tropical coral islands, where ecosystems are more fragile.
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2020-07-29The effects of invasive plants on the health of forest ecosystems on small tropical coral islands were complex and desynchronizedAuthor: CAI Hongyue E-mail: hongyuecai@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106656 Online time: 1 July 2020 Plant invasion is a major factor leading to the degradation of indigenous vegetation on tropical coral islands, where ecosystems are fragile and endemism tends to be high. The holistic effects of biological invasions on island forests and their belowground organisms are poorly understood.Read More
Researchers from South China Botanical Garden of Chin...