Frontier Scientific Breakthroughs
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A multidecadal and county level analysis on the effects of land use, Bt cotton planting and weather on cotton pests in China (Prof. Lu Yanhui at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS and researchers from International Food Policy Research Institute, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Lu Yanhui at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS and researchers from International Food Policy Research Institute published an article titled "A multidecadal and county-level analysis on the effects of land use, Bt cotton planting and weather on cotton pests in China" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The result showed that Bt-based plant resistance is an effective w... -
Generation of self-compatible diploid potato by knocking out of S-RNase (Prof. Huang Sanwen’s team at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute, Nature Plants)
A team led by Prof. Huang Sanwen at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute of CAAS published a paper titled "Generation of self-compatible diploid potato by knocking out of S-RNase" in Nature Plants. The research overcame the self-incompatibility of diploid potatoes by knocking out of S-RNase using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. This approach provides a new way to produce self-compatible diploid po... -
Monocotyledon's receptor kinase SDS2 controls cell death and immunity in rice (Research group of the Laboratory of Plant Disease Resistance at the Institute of Plant Protection, Cell Host and Microbe)
A research group of the Laboratory of Plant Disease Resistance at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS published a paper titled "Monocotyledon's receptor kinase SDS2 controls cell death and immunity in rice" in Cell Host and Microbe. The group found that SDS2 is a positive regulator of programmed cell death and immunity in rice. This study has established an important foundation for further u... -
High-resolution structure analysis reveals the invasion and assembly process of alpha viruses to host cells (Prof. Wang Jingfei’s team at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute , Nature Communications)
Prof. Wang Jingfei at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS published a research article titled "High-resolution structure analysis reveals the invasion and assembly process of alpha viruses to host cells" in Nature Communications. The study analyzed a 3.5 Å cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of a Sindbis virus strain, which is of great importance to characterizing the pH-dri... -
Increased harvest index has a limited potential to reduce methane emissions from rice paddies (Prof. Zhang Weijian’s team at the Institute of Crop Sciences, Global Change Biology)
A group led by Prof. Zhang Weijian at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS published an article titled “Increased harvest index has a limited potential to reduce methane emissions from rice paddies” in Global Change Biology. They found the improvement of rice harvest index (HI) could reduce methane (CH4) emissions only under continuous flood irrigation and had inconspicuous effects under intermi... -
N6-methyladenine DNA modification in the human genome (Prof. Gu Xiaofeng’s team at the Biotechnology Research Institute, Molecular Cell)
A team led by Prof. Gu Xiaofeng at the Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS published an article titled "N6-methyladenine DNA modification in the human genome" in Molecular Cell. The study confirmed that 6mA is extensively present in the human genome, and the decrease of 6mA level of genomic DNA is closely related to the malignant phenotype of tumor and the poor prognosis of tumor patients. It... -
DNA N6-adeninemethylation in Arabidopsis thaliana (Prof. Gu Xiaofeng’s team at the Biotechnology Research Institute , Developmental Cell)
A team led by Prof. Gu Xiaofeng at the Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS published a paper titled "DNA N6-adenine methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana" in Developmental Cell. In the research, 6mA was found to be a potentially epigenetic mark in terrestrial plants. It was the first revealing of a genome-wide distribution and biological functions of 6mA methylation in plant. The study opens up... -
Methylglucosvlation of aromatic amino and phenolic moieties of drug-like bio-svnthons via cormbinatoria biosvnthesis (Prof. Xu Yuquan’s team at the Biotechnology Research Institute , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Xu Yuquan and his team at the Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS published an article titled "Methyl glucosylation of aromatic amino and phenolic moieties of drug-like bio-synthons via combinatorial biosynthesis" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They identified previously undiscovered fungal glucosyltransferase and methyltransferase, and created a synthetic biology p... -
Sensing diverse small molecules in vitro with new bacterial allosteric transcription factors (Prof. Li Shanshan’s team at the Institute of Plant Protection, Science Advances)
Prof. Li Shanshan and her team at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS published a research article titled "Sensing diverse small molecules in vitro with new bacterial allosteric transcription factors" in Science Advances. They found a new capacity of bacterial allosteric transcription factors (aTFs) - these factors could interact with nicked DNA binding sites. With this new finding, Li's tea... -
Genome variation of 3.010 asian cultivated rice samples (Prof. Li Zhikang at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS and Prof. Ruan Jue at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute , Nature)
Prof. Li Zhikang at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS and Prof. Ruan Jue at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute of CAAS published a paper titled "Genome variation of 3,010 Asian cultivated rice samples" in Nature. The article explored the origin, gene, classification and evolution of rice, and revealed the rich structures and genetic diversity of rice species. The study will greatly ... -
A selfish genetic element confers on ricenon-mendelian genetics (Prof. Wan Jianmin’s team at the Institute of Crop Sciences, Science)
Prof. Wan Jianmin and his colleagues at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS reported the mechanism on how a rice's selfish genetic element controls hybrid sterility. A related study named "A selfish genetic element confers on rice non-Mendelian genetics" was published in Science. The study proposed that the selfish genetic system promoted differentiation between wild and cultivated rice and pla... -
Re-sequencing an updated A genome of 243 diploid cotton varieties identifies the genetic basis of key agronomic traits (Prof. Li Fuguang at the Institute of Cotton Research and Dr. Lin Tao at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genome Research Institute , Nature Genetics)
Prof. Li Fuguang at the Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS and Dr. Lin Tao at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genome Research Institute of CAAS published a paper titled "Re-sequencing an updated A genome of 243 diploid cotton varieties identifies the genetic basis of key agronomic traits" in Nature Genetics. The study elucidated the evolution, genetic diversity and population structure of Asiatic cott... -
Importing food damages domestic environment: evidence from global soybean trade (Prof. Sun Jing’s team at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Prof. Sun Jing and his team at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning of CAAS recently published a paper titled "Importing food damages domestic environment: evidence from global soybean trade" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Contrary to conventional wisdom that importing countries benefit from international food trade at the environmental cost of the exp... -
Rapid evolution of H7N9 highly pathogenic viruses emerged in 2017 in China (Prof. Chen Hualan’s team at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Cel/ Host& Microbe)
Prof. Chen Hualan and her team at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS found that the highly pathogenic viruses H7N9 evolved rapidly into multiple genotypes by deriving genes from other chicken and duck viruses, enabling certain strains to become highly lethal in mice and ducks. The application of an H5/H7 bivalent vaccine in poultry can successfully prevent the spread of the viruses i... -
Architecture of the nativemajor royal jelly protein 1oligomer (Prof. Tian Wenli’s team at the Institute of Apicultural Research, Nature Communications)
Prof. Tian Wenli at the Institute of Apicultural Research of CAAS published a paper titled "Architecture of the native major royal jelly protein 1 oligomer" in Nature Communications. The heterogeneous ternary complex structure of MRJP1 was determined by using its weak homologous protein structure. The result explains why MRJP1 oligomer in royal jelly is more stable than MRJP1 monomer and why royal... -
Decreases in global beer supply due to extreme drought and heat (Prof. Lin Erda at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture , Nature Plants)
Prof. Lin Erda at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of CAAS published an article titled "Decreases in global beer supply due to extreme drought and heat" in Nature Plants. The study showed that global climate changes, severe drought and extreme heat will lead to yield decrease of barley, which makes the beer more scarce and expensive. Consumption and pric... -
A colony hybridization study reveals the duck size and color-related genes (Prof. Hou Shuisheng’s team at the Institute of Animal Science, Nature Communications)
Prof. Hou Shuisheng and his colleagues at the Institute of Animal Science of CAAS published a paper titled "A colony hybridization study reveals the duck size and color-related genes" in Nature Communications. It illustrated the evolutionary process from mallard to Peking duck, identified a major gene IGF2BP1 to control the body size of Peking duck. The findings provide both theoretical and techni... -
Re-sequencing the upland cotton's core collection identifies genome variation loci that influence the fiber quality and yield (Prof. Du Xiongming’s team at the Institute of Cotton Research, Nature Genetics)
Prof. Du Xiongming at the Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS published a paper titled "Re-sequencing the upland cotton's core collection identifies genome variation loci that influence the fiber quality and yield" in Nature Genetics. The study found more than 3.66 million SNP markers in a core collection of 419 Chinese upland cotton samples for the first time. It also identified fiber-related el... -
Mutations in the DNA demethvlase OsROSI result in a thickened aleurone and improved nutritional value in rice grains (Prof. Liu Chunming’s team at the Institute of Crop Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science)
A team led by Prof. Liu Chunming at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS published an article titled "Mutations in the DNA demethylase OsROS1 result in a thickened aleurone and improved nutritional value in rice grains" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This study discovered a novel way to improve the nutritional value of rice through identification of thick aleurone mutants, w... -
Rewrite the fruit metabolome in tomato breeding (Prof. Huang Sanwen’s team at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute, CELL)
A team led by Prof. Huang Sanwen at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute of CAAS published an article titled "Rewrite the fruit metabolome in tomato breeding" in Cell. The metabolic changes of tomato fruits during the process of domestication, improvement, divergence and introgression were comprehensively revealed for the first time. Genetic loci controlling nutrients and flavor substances...