Beijing Botanical Garden

Genome-Wide Marker–Trait Analysis of Agronomic and Biomass-Related Traits in an Interspecific Miscanthus F1 Population Grown on Reclaimed Mine Land

Miscanthus is a perennial bioenergy crop suited to marginal and degraded land, yet relatively little is known about the genetic basis of biomass-related variation in interspecific hybrids across years. We evaluated 100 F1 genotypes from Miscanthus sacchariflorus × M. lutarioripar...

Aridity drives carbon redistribution among biomass, soil organic and inorganic pools following forestation

Forestation is widely promoted as a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration, yet its net carbon outcomes remain uncertain because water limitation may regulate both total carbon storage and carbon allocation among ecosystem pools. Here, we...

Ant Diversity of the Xisha Islands: Community Structure, Exotic Species Colonization, and Ecological Functions in a Tropical Coral Archipelago

ABSTRACT The Xisha Islands in the South China Sea are a typical tropical coral archipelago at the forefront of global climate change and anthropogenic disturbance, yet their ant diversity and ecological functions remain uncharacterized. In this study, we systematically surveyed a...

Toward high‐quality genomes: Standards, challenges, and strategies for assembly and annotation

Abstract Genomes provide the fundamental basis for understanding biological systems. Owing to rapid advances in sequencing technologies and assembly methods, the number of sequenced genomes has increased substantially. A high‐quality genome should have high continuity, completene...

Creation of rosemary germplasm resources with high glandular trichome density and elevated levels of volatile and non-volatile functional components

Rosemary originates in the Mediterranean region and is a traditional medicinal and aromatic plant. It contains a variety of bioactive components, including both volatile and non-volatile, and exhibits properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-fungal, and...

The LrAN2-LrSOS3 regulatory module enhances salt tolerance and anthocyanin accumulation in Lycium ruthenicum

Abiotic stress-induced anthocyanin accumulation enhances stress tolerance and improves the quality of fruits, vegetables, and other horticultural crops. The promising natural blue colorant petanin, mainly derived from the wild resource of Lycium ruthenicum fruit, has attracted co...

CRISPR /Cas9‐Mediated Knockout of LbSP1 and LbSP5G1 Reveals Efficient Customization of Shoot Architecture in Black Goji Berry

ABSTRACT Goji is recognized as a nutritionally rich superfruit with medicinal and industrial importance. However, its inherently indeterminate growth habit causes asynchronous flowering and uneven fruit ripening, resulting in harvesting inefficiency with high labour costs and low...

Global rice methane emissions tripled over six decades amid declining emission intensity

Abstract Rice paddies are among the largest anthropogenic sources of methane (CH4), yet substantial uncertainties persist in the long-term magnitude and spatiotemporal dynamics of the emissions. Here we show a spatially explicit global estimate of rice CH4 emissions from 1961 to...

Declining hydraulic safety in a drier world

Forests worldwide are increasingly exposed to soil drought under climate change, with their fates depending on the ability to maintain essential functions like water transport (hydraulics) and photosynthesis. Acclimation is expected to mitigate drought impacts, but the extent to...

Biocontrol efficacy and possible mechanism of a broad-spectrum antagonistic yeast, Pichia kluyveri NY23, screened from peach fruit via microbiome analysis

Fungus-induced postharvest diseases are the leading causes of fruit loss and waste. Meanwhile, some pathogens also produce mycotoxins, posing a grave risk to public health. Fruit epicarps harbor abundant microbiota, and shifts in these communities are tightly coupled with the occ...

Genetic distance and pollinator sharing shape divergence in floral volatiles in closely related dioecious Ficus species

Abstract Premise Floral scent is central to host recognition in the fig–fig wasp mutualism, yet how scent divergence relates to pollinator sharing among closely related dioecious Ficus species remains unclear. Methods We analyzed volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from four pairs...

Modulation of leaf economics spectrum, mycorrhizal type, and phylogeny on leaf nutrient resorption in a temperate urban forest

Abstract Background and Aims Nutrient resorption is a key nutrient conservation strategy employed by plants. However, the leaf economics spectrum (LES), which reflects a fundamental trade-off between resource acquisition and conservation in plants, has not been properly linked to...