An awarding ceremony of “Yunnan Science & Technology Prize 2012” was held on May 23 in Kunming. Among the award winners, Prof. Feng Yulong and his team of XTBG were conferred on the Second Class Natural Science Award of Yunnan Province for their contribution to the project “Study on mechanism of nitrogen allocation of invasive plants”.
The hypothesis of nitrogen allocation in evolution of invasive plants revealed a new invasion mechanism of plants. Their major research results were published as the following:
1. Zheng Y-L, Feng Y-L, Liu W-X, Liao Z-Y: Growth, biomass allocation, morphology, and photosynthesis of invasive Eupatorium adenophorum and its native congeners grown at four irradiances. Plant Ecology 2009, 203(2):263-271.
2. Li Y-P, Feng Y-L: Differences in Seed Morphometric and Germination Traits of Crofton Weed (Eupatorium adenophorum) from Different Elevations. Weed Science 2009, 57(1):26-30.
3. Feng Y-L, Lei Y-B, Wang R-F, Callaway RM, Valiente-Banuet A, Inderjit, Li Y-P, Zheng Y-L: Evolutionary tradeoffs for nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis versus cell walls in an invasive plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009, 106(6):1853-1856.
4. Feng Y-L, Fu G-L, Zheng Y-L: Specific leaf area relates to the differences in leaf construction cost, photosynthesis, nitrogen allocation, and use efficiencies between invasive and noninvasive alien congeners. Planta 2008, 228(3):383-390.
5. Feng Y-L, Fu G-L: Nitrogen allocation, partitioning and use efficiency in three invasive plant species in comparison with their native congeners. Biological Invasions 2008, 10(6):891-902.
6. Feng Y-L: Nitrogen allocation and partitioning in invasive and native Eupatorium species. Physiologia Plantarum 2008, 132(3):350-358.
7. Feng Y-L: Photosynthesis, nitrogen allocation and specific leaf area in invasive Eupatorium adenophorum and native Eupatorium japonicum grown at different irradiances. Physiologia Plantarum 2008, 133(2):318-326.
8. Feng Y-L, Auge H, Ebeling SK: Invasive Buddleja davidii allocates more nitrogen to its photosynthetic machinery than five native woody species. Oecologia 2007, 153(3):501-510.
