In a study published in New Phytologist, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) revealed that IMAs interact with Cu-DEFICIENCY INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR1 (CITF1) to maintain Cu homeostasis in plants.

In a study published in Current Biology, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with their collaborators, revealed a groundbreaking discovery: Morphology of the orchid mantis’s petal-shaped femoral lobes actually serves as structures for gliding, rather than the long-held belief that these lobes mimic flowers to attract pollinating prey.

In a study published in Taxon, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and Guangxi Normal University utilized plastid genome sequencing to reinvestigate the phylogenetic and biogeographic history of trees in the tribe Cryptocaryeae,with around 800 species that rely on vertebrate frugivores to disperse their seeds.

In a study published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) reported a newly discovered megafossil flora from the late Miocene of the Yen Bai Basin, northern Vietnam.

In a study published in Plant and Soil, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to make clear whether and how the dominance, ecological impacts, PSFs, soil nutrients and microbes change for Ageratina adenophor (a noxious invasive perennial weed) during its invasion processes, their causual relationships, and if these differ among different habitat contexts.

In a study published in Integrative Conservation, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tested whether dung beetles collected by conventional pitfall traps, which preserve specimens with an alcohol-based solution, can be used to extract, sequence, and identify mammal DNA from their guts.

In a study published in Pest Management Science, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to assess the impact of intercropping legume plant on tea aphid, ant, and predator guilds and examine dynamic variations of networks over three consecutive years. They then explored the potential effects of the legume on both tea quality and yields.

In a study published in Geoderma, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated the variations in soil properties and forest water conservation function during the forest conversion (from tropical rainforest to rubber monoculture, rubber monoculture to rubber-tea agroforestry, rubber-tea agroforestry to rubber rainforest, and rubber rainforest retransformation into tropical rainforest) in the humid tropical region of Xishuangbanna, China.

In a study published in Integrative Conservation, a researcher proposed a 13-step framework that aimed to integrate a comprehensive range of conservation research fields, from traditional ecology and behavior to inclusive mitigation plans, policy recommendations, and monitoring processes, ensuring that conservation research results are translated into tangible conservation actions.

The new species was names Primula weimingii to honor Prof. ZHU Weiming from Yunnan University, who worked on plant taxonomy and made significant contributions to China's flora of lycophytes and ferns.

In a study published in Ecology and Evolution, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to disentangle the effects of forest structure, topography, and spatial structure on multidimensional beta-diversity (i.e., taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic) and its turnover and nestedness components at local and regional scales in a Chinese subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest.