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2019-09-19A method for transgene replacement in plantaAuthor: SU Yunlin E-mail: suyunlin@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pbi.13172 While GM crops of past years contain one to few traits, the continuous discovery of new trait genes would mean that over time, crops could end up with a large number of transgene insertions. If they were dispersed throughout the genome, extensive breeding would be needed to reassemble all of them into a single breeding line. Stacking new DNA to ...Read More
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2019-09-17The "middle way" of plant defense response: a new mechanism of plants fine-tuning growth-defense balanceAuthor: LI Yuge E-mail: liyuge@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167420521930259XRead More
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2019-08-29Why do bananas brown in the fridge? - probably because of miRNA528 !Author: ZHU Hong E-mail: zhuhong@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16130 Do you have to put fruit in the fridge to keep it longer? Not for bananas! Because bananas turn brown in the fridge. Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is widely considered as one of the important factors for the tissue browning of fruits and vegetables. However, the molecular mechanism of banana peel browning is still poorly understood.Read More
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2019-07-25Changes in plant functional traits and their relationships with environmental factors along an urban-rural gradientAuthor: SONG Guangman E-mail: songguangman@scib.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105558 Rapid urbanization in southern China has had significant impacts on the evergreen broad-leaved forests and caused a series of environmental issues. How plants, in particular plant functional traits, respond to urbanization is hence of importance for their acclimation to changing environments.Read More
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2019-07-22Engineering low-cadmium rice through expression of OXS3-family member genesAuthor: WANG Changhu E-mail: cwang@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678417305198 Exposure to cadmium (Cd), a toxic heavy metal classified as a group 1 carcinogen can lead to cancer, osteoporosis and renal disorder.Read More
Contamination of soil with Cd results in human dietary intake from plant-derived food, with rice as the major source of dietary Cd for nearly half of the world’s population that relies on it as a staple.
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2019-07-19Urbanization intensifies phosphorus (P) limitation in subtropical forest ecosystemsAuthor: HUANG Juan E-mail: lotus-hj@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719323721?via%3Dihub Urbanization, the migration of populations from rural to urban areas, has been causing great stress on natural environments, leading to air pollution and nitrogen (N) deposition, negatively affecting forest health. Although there is evidence that urbanization has changed forest N cycling, little is known about whether urbanization also changes t...Read More
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2019-07-17Global Pattern and Controls of Biological Nitrogen Fixation under Nutrient EnrichmentAuthor: ZHENG Mianhai E-mail: zhengmianhai@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14705 Biological nitrogen (N) fixation (BNF), an important source of N in terrestrial ecosystems, plays a critical role in terrestrial nutrient cycling and net primary productivity. Currently, large uncertainty exists regarding how nutrient availability regulates terrestrial BNF and the drivers responsible for this process.Read More
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2019-07-08Researchers Reveal Contributions of Competition and Climate on Radial Growth of Pinus Massoniana in Subtropics of ChinaAuthor: LIANG Hanxue E-mail: hanxuel@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.04.014 The limiting factor of tree growth in subtropical regions of China has not been conclusive. Numerous studies have shown that climate is not the primarily limit factor of tree growth. Therefore, it is widely speculated that competition may play a vital role, but there is no relevant report at present, and there is no more quantifying the effect.Read More
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