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Mar 10 2014
Zhongshuang No 9 Received 9th National Laurel Crown for Cultivation Acreage in China
Zhongshuang No. 9, an elite conventional rapeseed variety developed by Dr. Wang Hanzhong and his team won the 9th laurel crown for the largest area of planting conventional double-low rapeseed in Chin... -
Mar 06 2014
973 Program on grassland productivity underway
Grassland is one of the largest terrestrial ecosystems in China, occupies 41.7% of the total land area. Grassland is important for agriculture as it provides pasture for livestock, prevent wind and wa... -
Mar 04 2014
Genome-Wide Selection for Maize Yield “973” Program Launched
The kick-off meeting of National Basic Research Program (“973” Program) named Study on the genome-wide selection for maize yield and quality traits was held on February 18th, in Beijing, -
Mar 03 2014
CAAS to initiate the nation’s first nano-agriculture project
On February 22 in Beijing, CAAS rolled out the Basic Research on Improving the Effectiveness and Safety of Pesticides by nano-materials and nanotechnology. -
Feb 28 2014
D53 acting as a repressor regulates strigolactone signalling in rice
Recently, Dr. Wan Jianmin’s lab at Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS) of CAAS has made a major progress on the research of strigolactone signaling pathway. -
Feb 28 2014
GPA3 plays an essential role in post-golgi trafficking of storage protins in rice
The research group led by Dr. Wan Jianmin at Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS) of CAAS has achieved an important progress...... -
Feb 27 2014
CAAS to launch the first “973 Program” on edible mushroom
On February 15th in Beijing, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) formally launched China’s first major project of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) on edible mushr... -
Feb 26 2014
TaPIE1 mediates wheat responses to Rhizoctonia cerealis and freezing stresses
A research team led by Professor Zhang Zengyan at the Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), CAAS, cloned and discovered the functional roles of a novel ERF transcription factor TaPIE1 in wheat. -
Feb 24 2014
Breakthrough of PAR1 and PAR2 functions in plant light signal transduction
The research lab led by Dr. Yang Jianping at Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), CAAS confirmed PAR1 and PAR2 redundantly enhance seedling de-etiolation in multiple photoreceptor signaling pathways. -
Feb 20 2014
Systemic Spread and Propagation of a Plant-Pathogenic Virus in European Honeybees
Tobacco Ring Spot Virus (TRSV), a plant pathogenic virus, may cause infection in honey bees.