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2010-12-09The Project “Guangdong Provincial Tropical and Subtropical Plant Germplasm Resource Bank ” Finished Satisfactorily30,2010,the project“Guangdong provincial tropical and subtropical plant germplasm resource bank(2006-2008)”。 The project has built a digital tropical and subtropical germplasm resource database and a SCBG live plant database with more than 13000 data items. The project named“Research and application of indigenous plants in urban green land e... On Nov. 30, 2010, the project "Guangdong provincial tropical and subtropical plant germplasm resource bank (2006-2008)", presided by Prof. REN Hai of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), was checked and accepted by the Science & Technology Department of Guangdong Province. The expert group, whose members were from Guangdong Academy of Agricultur...Read More
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2010-11-28The Ecological Economic Study of Rice Production System in Pearl River DeltaChina is the largest rice producing and consuming country in the world,but rice production has given way to the production of vegetables during the past twenty years. An economic analysis clearly showed that the reason for this conversion was simply that the economic output/input ratio and the benefit density of the vegetable production system w... China is the largest rice producing and consuming country in the world, but rice production has given way to the production of vegetables during the past twenty years. The government has been trying to stop this land-use conversion and increase the area in rice-vegetable rotation. ''What is the reason behind this conversion?''; ''Which system is...Read More
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2010-11-23New Advance on Ecological Economic Research of Aquaculture Systems on Wetlands Surrounding the Pearl River Estuary, ChinaPearl River is one of the produce and export area for aquacultural products,and the rapid development of aquaculture is also one of the main results for the past shrinkage of mangrove ecosystem and the difficult restoration of it. Counter intuitively,the high economic input and output mode did not have higher environmental impact or lower sustai... Pearl River is one of the produce and export area for aquacultural products, and the rapid development of aquaculture is also one of the main results for the past shrinkage of mangrove ecosystem and the difficult restoration of it. Thus, the ecological economic benefit and impact of these aquaculture systems have great effect on regional sustai...Read More
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2010-11-05Director of USA Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Visits South China Botanical GardenFU Shenglei,deputy director of SCBG and Prof. Fu introduced basic information about SCBG’s scientific research fields,conservation status,and construction of individual gardens. Lewis and Liu gave the colleagues of SCBG academic lectures separately,named as“Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden”and“Input of extreme weather on wild orchids popula... At the invitation of CAS South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), Dr. Carl Lewis, the director of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Miami, America and his assistant Dr. LIU Hong visited SCBG on Oct. 31, 2010. Prof. FU Shenglei, deputy director of SCBG and Prof. YAN Junhua, assistant director warmly received the visitors.Read More
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2010-11-05Tissue Culture in Ochna integerrima Achieves Success in SCBGIt is a high ornamental and medicinal plant and all parts of the plant can be used as Chinese medicine. The bark can be used for treatment of digestive diseases。 It demonstrates biotechnological scientific values and feasible uses in the conservation and utilization of the endangered medicinal plant Now the above study results have been publish... Ochna integerrima belongs to Ochnaceae. It is a high ornamental and medicinal plant and all parts of the plant can be used as Chinese medicine. The bark can be used for treatment of digestive diseases; the roots are an insect repellent herb and the leaves and branches contain a variety of flavonoids. Bioassay displays that some flavonoids extrac...Read More
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2010-10-28South China Botanical Garden and Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology Conduct Strategic Cooperation and Academic CommunicationFU Shenglei,principals from all research teams,and the department of scientific research and co-operation. Xue also presented general information about SIPPE,and emphasized on the current research situation and progress of the National Key Lab of Plant Molecular Genetics. Ow,who is the introduced scholar of the‘Thousand Talent Program’by SCBG,... During 25th to 26th of October, a deputation from Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS (SIPPE) was invited by South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) to conduct strategic cooperation and academic communication in Guangzhou. The deputation was composed of the director of SIPPE Dr. XUE Hongwei as ...Read More -
2010-10-27A New Rice Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Line “Yuang A” Identified in SCBGA new rice cytoplasmic male sterile line“Yuan A”bred by South China Botanical Garden(SCBG),Chinese Academy of Sciences,passed the technical appraisement under the direction of the Seed Administration of Guangdong Province on October 24,2010.The rice experts from Guangdong Science and Technology Department,Rice Institute of Guangdong Academy of... A new rice cytoplasmic male sterile line "Yuan A" bred by South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, passed the technical appraisement under the direction of the Seed Administration of Guangdong Province on October 24, 2010. The rice experts from Guangdong Science and Technology Department, Rice Institute of Guangdong Acad...Read More -
2010-10-26New Research Progress in the Ecological Function of N-fixing Species in Forest RestorationThe role of different tree species of plantations on soil nutrient cycling is of great importance for restoration of degraded lands. In southern China,both N-fixing and non-N-fixing tree species were widely used in forest restoration To evaluate the potential of N-fixing and non-N-fixing tree species to recuperate degraded land,Dr. N-fixing Acac... The role of different tree species of plantations on soil nutrient cycling is of great importance for restoration of degraded lands. In southern China, both N-fixing and non-N-fixing tree species were widely used in forest restoration.Read More
To evaluate the potential of N-fixing and non-N-fixing tree species to recuperate degraded land, Dr. WANG F...