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2007-08-15SCBG Holds the Development and Strategy WorkshopSouth China Botanical Garden (SCBG) held the development and strategy workshop in Shunde City, Guangdong Province from 31 July to 2 August. Over 90 staff members including all SCBG leaders, principal investigators, directors-general of all departments, senior technicians, and parts of elder scientists participated in the workshop. Dr. SU Ronghui...Read More
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2007-08-10LI Jiayang Pays a Visit to South China Botanical GardenOn 2 August, Prof. LI jiayang, CAS Vice President in charge of biological research, made a visit to South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) in the company of Prof. HUANG Ningsheng, Vice President of Guangzhou Branch, CAS, and Prof. SU Ronghui, Director of Comprehensive Planning Department at the CAS Bureau of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. Prof. H...Read More
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2007-07-20"Coupling Research on Carbon, Nitrogen, and H2O in Tropical and Subtropical Forest Ecosystems" Wins the First Class Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology AwardsThe Annual Science and Technology Award Meeting of Guangdong Province was held in Guangzhou on July 30, 2007. One research project "Coupling research on carbon, nitrogen, and H2O in tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems (Project code: A03-1-01)" accomplished by Profs. ZHOU Guoyi, YAN Junhua, ZHANG Deqiang, MO Jiangming, et al., in SCBG rece...Read More
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2007-08-08The Situation of International and Regional Exchange and Cooperation in SCBG Show a Good Developing TendencyRecently the situation of international and regional academic exchange and cooperation in South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) is more gratifying than before. The frequency and influence of the exchange increase remarkably.Read More
Since April there have been ten scientists altogether from America, Britain and other countries visiting SCBG. In the be... -
2007-07-18WEN Xiangying Becomes the BGCI China Programme OfficerChina has many botanical gardens with abundant plant diversity. For the purpose of better promoting plant conservation and biodiversity education in Chinese botanical gardens and carrying out projects in China, the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) decided to establish an office in China beginning in 2007. Due to the influence an...Read More
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2009-08-11SCBG’s Scientists Investigate and Collect Vietnamese Plant Resources, and Conduct Further Cooperation with Vietnamese ColleaguesFrom July 15-30, a scientific investigation team, led by professor HUANG Hongwen, the director of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), and including professor XIA Nianhe, and senior engineers of JIANG Houquan and WEI Qiang from SCBG, visited Vietnam for investigation and collection of plant resources, and held talks with with the relevant depart...Read More
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2009-08-11Severe Health Risk from Heavy Metals Found around Dabaoshan Mine, South ChinaRecently, Dr. ZHUANG Ping, Prof. LI Zhian and Prof. XIA Hanping of South China Botanical Garden have made distinct progress in study on human health risk from heavy metals around the Dabaoshan mine, North Guangdong province. The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It was first designed to investigate concentr...Read More
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2009-08-10Cd Uptake by Maize Increases Greatly When Intercropped with LegumesRecently, Prof. LI Zhian and his research team, soil science and ecological engineering research group of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) found that Cd uptake by Maize from soil greatly increased when it was intercropped with legumes. Cicer arietinum worked best in promoting Cd uptake by maize, causing the highest Cd accumulation in maize wi...Read More