Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden

First Report of Shoot Blight on Cinnamomum cassia Caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in China

Cinnamomum cassia Presl, an aromatic tree of the Lauraceae family, is widely cultivated in southern China as a source plant for traditional medicine and spice (Zhang et al. 2019). In June 2025, a shoot blight was observed on C. cassia plants in a plantation at the Guangxi Botanic...

Integrated Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Candidate Genes for Huperzine A Biosynthesis in Huperzia serrata

Huperzine A (HupA) is a natural Lycopodium alkaloid known for its potent neuroprotective properties through the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. Nevertheless, the limited understanding of its biosynthesis restricts its broader application. This study integrates full-length and...