Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed how intercropping medicinal plants within fruit tree orchards can modify soil microbial communities to improve sustainable phosphorus utilization.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have synthesized decades of research through a global meta-analysis, revealing the complex and varied effects of fungicides on wild plant at species and community levels.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences delved into this issue, offering valuable insights into the impact of climatic factors on cellular wood formation. The study emphasized the susceptibility of subalpine conifers to changing climate patterns and pointed to the necessity for species-specific conservation strategies.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences uncovered how the complex topography of the Indo-Burma region has driven the evolutionary history of the Engelhardia spicata complex, a representative group of walnut trees (Juglandaceae).

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators outlined a new framework for transboundary conservation in the biodiversity-rich Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan. This framework emphasizes integrating biodiversity hotspots, ecological gradients, and ecosystem services to create an effective conservation plan that transcends national boundaries.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators demonstrate that the original calibration for the widely adopted TDM often significantly underestimates water flow, particularly in fast-transporting species like lianas and ring-porous trees, leading to inaccurate environmental data.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrate for the first time that the leaf-root nitrogen isotope is smaller in epiphytes compared to soil-rooted plants, but it still holds ecological significance. Although the degree of nitrogen isotope fractionation between leaves and roots of epiphytes is consistent within the same group, there are significant differences among species.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that spiny species are more prevalent in dry climates, certain soil types, and regions historically rich in large mammalian herbivores. The research, which analyzed distribution data of woody plants from China, South Africa, and Australia, combining climate, soil, and paleo-herbivore data, provides broad-scale evidence that plant defences are shaped by both environmental conditions and pressure from herbivores.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a novel mechanism by which the plant hormone jasmonate regulates seed size, a crucial trait for plant adaptation and crop yield. They discovered that the jasmonate signaling pathway acts as a negative regulator of seed size in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered a key mechanism by which plants use their internal circadian clock to precisely time seed germination in response to environmental stresses, solving a long-standing puzzle in plant biology. It demonstrated how core clock components directly regulated hormone signaling to optimize seedling emergence.