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2010-06-02

Japanese Delegation Visits South China Botanical Garden

A delegation from Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd in Japan visited South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 26, 2010. Prof. HUANG Hongwen, the director of SCBG, and other researchers warmly received the guests.
　　Huang gave a brief introduction of SCBG including its history, research fields, and achievements. Mr...

2010-05-18

Scholar from Australia Visits SCBG

Under the invitation of Prof. ZHANG Dianxiang, the curator of SCBG Herbarium, Dr. Joe Miller, a research scientist from CSIRO plant industry, Australia visited SCBG during May 10-15, 2010.
　　On May 12, Dr. Joe Miller delivered a lecture entitled "Application of Next Generation DNA sequencing to understand evolutionary processes in Acacia (Leg...

2010-05-13

South China Botanical Garden Reveals a New Mechanism of Earthworm Invasion

It was the fact that the feeding process of Pheretimoid disrupted the essential relationship between Lumbricidae and soil microorganisms and consequently hindered litter consumption and ruined the life of Lumbricidae in the temperate northern American forest This study revealed a new mechanism of earthworm invasion,presented additional approache... Lumbricidae and Pheretimoid were the two most popular invasive earthworm groups in this world. It is notable that although the introduced Lumbricidae have distributed widely in northern China, the abundance declined significantly in southern China where many native earthworm of Pheretimoid dominated. This distribution pattern of earthworm may re...

2010-05-09

“The Terrestrial Plant Resources in Guangzhou” Published

The book entitled The Terrestrial Plant Resources in Guangzhou has recently been published by Guangdong Science and Technology Press. In addition,it is also the first time for a large city in China to launch such kind of synthetical investigation. The data and conclusions from the investigation can provide important theoretical and practical sup... The book entitled The Terrestrial Plant Resources in Guangzhou has recently been published by Guangdong Science and Technology Press. Edited by Dr. WANG Ruijiang of South China Botanical Garden, the monograph is composed of nine chapters, which are: 1) the outline of the nature and plant resources in Guangzhou; 2) the biodiversity of the ferns; ...