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2010-05-06

SCBG Holds the First Academic Annual Meeting

There were about 100 staff members from six research fields of SCBG attending the meeting In this annual meeting,ten academic reports,which were recommended by the six research fields,respectively,were presented. These reports revealed the research highlights in the recent development of scientific research work. The speakers included multi-leve... On April 30th, South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) held the First Academic Annual Meeting. The meeting was presided by Dr. FU Shenglei, the deputy director of SCBG. Prof. HUANG Hongwen, the director of SCBG, attended the meeting and gave an address to all participants. There were about 100 staff members from six research fields of SCBG attending...

2010-05-05

3rd Woon-young Chun Lecture Series Held at SCBG

100 graduates and researchers from Canton universities and research institutes as well as SCBG to attend the lecture. Deputy director of SCBG Prof. They all presented respective excellent lecture. All 4 lectures were integrated with the newest research results and the future developments on the field of ecology or botany. Woon-young Chun Lecture... The 3rd Woon-young Chun Lecture Series was held at South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) on April 28, with ca.100 graduates and researchers from Canton universities and research institutes as well as SCBG to attend the lecture. Deputy director of SCBG Prof. FU Shenglei hosted and addressed the Lecture Series.
　　Four famous experts who were invit...

2010-05-03

A Delegation from Aceh Province, Indonesia Visits SCBG

Accompanied by the International Cooperation Department, China Council for Promotion of Nationalities Trade, a delegation of Aceh province, Indonesia visited Souch China Botanical Garden (SCBG) on May 1. The delegation was composed of over 10 people, including Mr. Said Mustafa, Aceh Governor's Assistant for Economic and Development, Mr. Anwar Mu...

2010-04-21

Study on Conservation and Reintroduction of Primulina tabacum Makes New Progress

With the support of the National Basic Research Program of China and the Guangdong and Guangzhou Sci-Tech Planning Projects, Prof. REN Hai and his colleagues of South China Botanical Garden have studied the conservation and reintroduction requirements of Primulina tabacum Hance, a rare and endangered plant in China.
　　Primulina tabacum Hance i...

2010-04-20

New Progress on Seed Supply and Regeneration Potential for Plantations in Southern China Made

Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China and supervised by Prof. REN Hai, two postgraduates of South China Botanical Garden, WANG Jun and LI Danyan have studied the seed supply and the regeneration potential for plantations and shrubland in southern China and obtained new discovery.
　　Currently in southern China, large areas of for...

2010-04-18

Work Summary and Symposium of the Project “Investigation, Collection and Conservation of Non-food Biodiesel Plants and Related Microbe Resources” Held in Nankunshan Nature Reserve

The work summary and symposium on National Science and Technology Groundwork Program “Investigation, collection and conservation of non-food biodiesel plants and related microbe resources” was held in Nankunshan Nature Reserve of Guangdong Province from 6 to 8 April 2010. More than 70 delegates, including Academician HONG Deyuan from CAS Insti...

2010-04-16

Study on effects of Elevated N Deposition on Plant Diversity in N-rich Forest Ecosystems Makes New Progress

Recently, Dr. LU Xiankai, Prof. MO Jiangming and his colleagues from South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) found that elevated N deposition significantly decreased plant diversity by N deposition-mediated soil acidification in a N-rich tropical forest ecosystem of Southern China.
　　It is widely accepted that elevated atmospheric N deposition can...

2010-04-15

Key Project of Special Basic Research Foundation of China launched

The key project of Special Basic Research Foundation of China "Documenting plants ex-situ conserved in botanical gardens and its information standardization" was launched in SCBG on April 8, 2010. More than 30 participants coming from the Department of Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Bureau of Program and Finance of...