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Jul 14 2014
IAS researchers discovered major candidate gene for porcine ear size
Researchers headed by Dr Wang Lixian at the Institute of Animal Science (IAS) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) found that LEMD3 and WIF1 represent major biological candidates for por... -
Jun 27 2014
Breakthrough in the mechanismic study of honeybee embryogenesis
Honeybees provide us with honey, royal jelly, pollen, propolis and beeswax and support the ecological structure of the environment by transferring pollen between plants. Despite their ecological and e... -
Jun 27 2014
FRI researchers build novel α-galactosidase resources
α-Galactosidase has the hydrolysis ability to catalyze the breakage of α-D-galactoside bond and transglycosylation activity, and it is widely used in the feed, medicine, food and chemical industries. ... -
Jun 26 2014
Transcriptome comparison reveals the patterns of selection in domesticated and wild ramie
Researchers headed by Dr Liu Touming at the Institute of Bast Fiber Crops (IBFC) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) found that both artificial and natural selections accelerated the do... -
Jun 25 2014
Hair samples can be used as target for monitoring β-adrenergic agonist abuse in cattle
Prof. Junmin Zhang’s team in the Institute of Animal Science (IAS) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has made a new progress in monitoring β-adrenergic agonist abuse in cattle. -
Jun 25 2014
QTL qLSCHL4 increases yield of indica super rice 93-11
The basic premise of high yield in rice is to improve leaf photosynthetic efficiency and coordinate the source-sink relationship in rice plants. In selection breeding, molecular markers become extreme... -
Jun 24 2014
New research progresses of rice resistance to the whitebacked planthopper
The whitebacked planthopper (WBPH), Sogatella furcifera Horváth, is a serious rice pest in Asia. It damages the plants by sucking sap from the phloem and transmitting viruses, which lead to reductions... -
May 28 2014
Novel mechanized rapeseed production with enhanced efficiency
On May 15, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) hosted a demonstration meeting for mechanized rapeseed production in Gong’An County, Hubei Province. Successful integration of nine key t... -
May 28 2014
New research progresses on the mechanism of polyploidy heterosis in wheat
Recently, a research team at the Institute of Crop Science (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) research led by Dr. Mao Long revealed novel insight on the polyploidy heterosis using ... -
May 26 2014
Decoded Genome Sequence of the Cultivated Cotton- Gossypium arboreum
The genome sequence of the cultivated cotton Gossypium arboreum (AA) was decoded after the successfully sequencing of Gossypium raimondii (DD) in 2012. This great work was done by Institute of Cotton ...