Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified optimal balance between forest coverage and planting density to boost tea quality and soil health. They demonstrated that integrating medium tea planting density within medium-coverage forests significantly enhanced tea quality, improved soil nutrients, and created a better microclimate compared to conventional monoculture plantations.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences highlighted the complex origins and urgent conservation needs of EBLFs. The biodiverse ecosystems, crucial for regional climate regulation and species survival, emerged hand-in-hand with the Asian monsoon system but face unprecedented challenges in the modern era.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences explored how microbial functional gene approaches can be used to protect soil health against AgNPs. They proposed an approach of employing a functional genomics analysis to improve the accuracy of toxicity predictions and identify impaired soil processes.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered the structure, evolution, and key genes governing sex determination in economically and ecologically important genus Hippophae.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the exceptional drought-survival mechanisms of mistletoes.The results demonstrated that mistletoes exhibit superior drought tolerance and hydraulic efficiency compared to their host species, thereby indicating a heightened ability to withstand low water conditions in canopy environments.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that water availability combined with herbivory or phosphorus limitation created an advantage for alien plant species over natives.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the presence of critically endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) is associated with significantly more robust and abundant mammal communities in tropical forests. It highlighted the elephants’ overlooked ecological role in sustaining biodiversity beyond their well-known impact on vegetation.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified the pivotal role of two specific genes, OsIRT1 and OsIRT2, in the process of iron uptake in rice plants. This form of iron is the most accessible in the flooded paddies that characterize these plants' typical growing environment.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have recently identified two new species of flowering plants in the remote forests of Motuo County, southeastern Xizang , underscoring the region’s critical role as a global biodiversity refuge.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated how the valuable medicinal plant P. polyphylla (Chong Lou) adaptively enhanced the production of its potent anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory compounds, known as polyphyllins, in response to drought stress.