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2009-08-29

Scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Visit SCBG

In August, 2009, Prof. Yukio Kakuda and John Shi from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, visited SCBG under the invitation of Prof. JIANG Yueming, the principal investigator of Postharvest Biology Research Group of SCBG.
　　During the visit, Prof. Yukio Kakuda presented a lecture entitled "Natural Antioxidants". He systematically introduced the ...

2009-08-29

JIANG Yueming Chosen as Vice Director-General of Chinese Society for Plant Physiology

The Tenth Conference of Chinese Society for Plant Physiology (CSPP) was held at Kaifen, Henan province from August 13 to 17, 2009. This conference, whose theme was "Plant Science & Technology", attracted the most majority of elites in the field of plant physiology over the country. More than 600 delegates attended this conference, including memb...

2008-04-10

Directors of Earth Institute Visit Dinghushan Station

On March 29-30, Dr. Daniel Bebber, head of climate change research group at the Earthwatch Institute, and Dr. Cindy Cheng, director of Regional Program Development (Asia) of the institute, visited Dinghushan Forest Ecosystem Research Station (DFERS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Mr. LIU Shizhong and Dr. TANG Xuli, the research staff of DFE...

2008-04-04

Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition May Drive Accumulation of Soil Carbon in Mature Forests

Professor MO Jiangming and his research team from South China Botanical Garden, CAS found that nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest of southern China. This finding has recently been reported in Global Change Biology (Mo et al., 2008, 14: 403-412). This finding is consistent with the previous result of litter de...