Yunnan, located in the southwest borcder of China, has a complex natural environment and breeds extremely rich biological resources, known as "Kingdom of Animals and Plants".
The plastid genome (plastome, plastids including the chloroplast and other plastid forms) and mitochondrial genome (mitogenome or chondriome) represent the portions of endosymbiotic organelle inheritance in eukaryotes that have remained in organelles without being transferred to the nucleus or lost.
Taxus is the most diverse genus within Taxaceae, with 13 recognized species plus three additional cryptic lineages. The genus is broadly distributed across the North Hemisphere, covering North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia.
Dodders are worldwide distributed plant parasites. There are about 200 dodder species (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae), which are close related to sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas var. batatas).
There are about 4,000-5,000 parasitic plant species.
The discovery of four novel fungal species growing on bat carcasses in an underground limestone karst system in China illustrates the pressing need for more scientific work in caves
Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are very important to human in economical and medicinal purpose. They are a key bridge that connected phytochemistry to other subjects of plant science and the important chemical trait for in-depth study of plant phylogeny.
Northern China is a major dairy-producing region in the country. However, milk production is expected to drastically decline by 2050, with losses potentially up to 50% by 2070, because of heat stress in July, says a new study.
Fungi play critical roles in all ecosystems, functioning as decomposers, epiphytes, endophytes, symbionts of plants, and animal and plant pathogens. Despite their importance, they are severely understudied organisms.
A critical, nature-based approach to mitigating climate change has been right at our feet all along, according to a new study revealing that soil represents up 25% of the total global potential for natural climate solutions (NCS) – approaches that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and lock it into landscapes, including forests, croplands and peatlands.
