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2010-01-07Progress on Bioactive Fungal Carbasugars Made by SCBGCarbasugars are analogues of furanoses or pyranoses in which the ring oxygen is replaced by a methylene group. This class of carbohydrate mimetics has attracted increasing interests because of their chemical stability as well as interesting biological properties as antibiotic and as glycosyltransferase and glycosidase inhibitors. However, new na...Read More
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2010-01-05South China Botanical Garden Holds Second "Chen Huanyong Lecture Series" Academic SymposiumThe second "Chen Chanyong Lecture Series" academic symposium was held in South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) on December 28, 2009. Five scientists, who are well-known in the research fields of botany and ecology in China, were invited to attend this academic symposium and give a report, respectively.Read More
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2010-01-04New Phytoremediation Technique for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils DiscoveredZHANG Xingfeng, the Ph.D candidate of soil ecology and ecological engineering group of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), under the guidance of the supervisor of Prof. XIA Hanping, carried out a pot experiment in the greenhouse to evaluate the phytoremediation abilities of four forage grasses, Pennisetum americanum × P. purpureum, Paspalum at...Read More
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2009-12-31South China Botanical Garden Hosts Training Program Sponsored by Ministry of CommerceSponsored by the National Ministry of Commerce, South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) hosted the foreign-aiding project "International training workshop of research and management for tropical / subtropical forest biodiversity conservation" from December 1st to 21st in Guangzhou. The workshop included 18 participants who were from 10 countries: Ma...Read More
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2009-12-30Workshop on Conservation and Reintroduction of the Endangered Species Euryodendron Excelsum HeldOne of the BGCI China projects "Conservation and reintroduction of the endangered plant species Euryodendron excelsum" workshop was held in the Yangchun county, Guangdong province on 22-23 December, 2009. About 40 people attended this workshop, including BGCI China programme officer, Ms. WEN Xiangying, and several specially invited experts from ...Read More
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2009-12-26Lu Yongxiang Inspects South China Botanical GardenLu Yongxiang Inspects South China Botanical GardenProf. LU Yongxiang, the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and president of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), made a special inspection of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) and gave an important speech on December 19, 2009. Dr. HUANG Hongwen, director of SCBG, and Dr. REN Hai, Mr. WEI Ping, and Dr. FU Sh...Read More
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2009-12-09New Progress on Nurse Effect of Plants Made in SCBGUnder the guidance of research professor REN Hai, Dr YANG Long and their research fellows in Vegetation and Landscape Ecology Research Group carried out controlled experiments in situ on nurse effects of typical subtropical grassland/shrubland. They found that only the basal diameter and shoot height of Schima superba seedlings can be facilitate...Read More
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2009-11-27A Scientist from California Department of Fish and Game Visits SCBGOn November 16, Dr. HUANG Changzhi, from California Department of Fish and Game, USA visited South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) under the invitation of Prof. REN Hai, the principal investigator of Vegetation and Landscape Ecology Research Group of SCBG.Read More
During the visit, Dr. Huang presented a lecture entitled "If I were a graduate student a...