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2015-07-28

Agreements signing with Germany, Bolivia and Vietnam

SCBG signed cooperation agreements with Bolivia University of San Andres(UMSA), Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, and Germany University of Wuerzburg in June,2015.
　　

2015-06-19

Identification of four genes related with agronomic traits of rice

Rice is one of important crops and a model plant for molecular biology. Growth period, nutrition utilization efficiency, stress resistance and ideal plant type are important agronomic traits.
　　Recently, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified four rice genes, which affect above agronomic traits. Li et al found th...

2015-06-17

SCBG Delegation visit Bolivia

SCBG delegation led by Director-general, Prof. Huang Hongwen visited University of San Andres (UMSA) in La Paz for scientific cooperation and exchange at the first time from May 24 to 29，2015.
　　During the visit, SCBG and UMSA discussed the future cooperation such as flora of Bolivia, biodiversity conservation especially for rare and endanger...

2015-06-04

New development on Nitrogen saturation hypothesis

Nitrogen (N) saturation hypothesis suggest that when an ecosystem reaches N-saturation, continued N input will cause increased N leaching, nitrous oxide (N2O) emission, and N mineralization and nitrification rates. It also suggests that a different element will become the main limiting factor when N saturation has been reached. Although this hyp...