Xinjiang Academy of Forestry

Spatiotemporal characteristics of vegetation responses to compound drought and heatwave events in Central Asia

With climate warming intensifying, compound drought and heatwave (CDHW) events have become more frequent and intense in arid Central Asia, severely affecting vegetation growth. However, systematic quantitative assessments of vegetation responses and their drivers under such compo...

Estimation of field-scale crop evapotranspiration from the mechanistic SIF-ET model using the UAV hyperspectral imagery

Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is critical for agricultural water management and understanding land-atmosphere interactions. Conventional thermal and optical remote sensing is a powerful tool for ET estimation, but existing methods remain constrained by empirical...

Multi-analytical investigation on materials and techniques of wall paintings in Kizil Giant Buddha Cave

This study investigates the wall paintings in Cave No. 47 of the Kizil Grottoes, the earliest surviving Giant Buddha cave. p-XRF, SEM-EDX, XRD, and micro-Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize the painting materials, stratigraphy, and alteration products. Three plaster and...

Flowering-Stage Heat Stress in Xinjiang Jujube Orchards: Spatiotemporal Evolution, Integrated Risk Assessment, and Multi-Scale Drivers

Jujube is an important economic fruit tree in China, with Xinjiang being the largest production region, where flowering-stage heat stress threatens yield stability. Assessing heat risk in jujube orchards requires consideration of crop-specific phenological sensitivity and heat in...

Integrated omics analysis provides preliminary insights into the regulatory network controlling ethephon-promoted calyx abscission in Korla Xiangli (Pyrus × sinkiangensis Yü)

<title>Abstract</title> Background Calyx abscission is a key horticultural trait affecting fruit quality in Korla Xiangli <italic>(Pyrus</italic> × <italic>sinkiangensis</italic> Yü <italic>).</italic> Exogenous ethephon treatment has been shown to significantly promote calyx abs...