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Dec 08 2023
The Skyscraper Crop Factory: An efficient Crop-Production System to Meet Rising Urban Food Demand
Recently, scientists from the Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IUA-CAAS), have highlighted the potential role of skyscraper crop factory (SCF), an efficient c... -
Dec 08 2023
A new gene for regulating the tassel branch number in maize
Recently, the Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (BRI-CAAS), in collaboration with South China Agricultural University (SCAU), revealed the molecular mechanism of the... -
Dec 06 2023
Discovery Unveils Biosynthesis Mechanism of O -methylated Catechins in Tea Plants
The Tea Germplasm Resource Innovation Team of the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, in collaboration with relevant scientific research teams from domestic univers... -
Dec 01 2023
Researchers from IFST-CAAS explored the influence of different pre-treatments on flavor quality of freeze-dried carrots mediated by carotenoids and metabolites during 120-day storage
Carrots are known as the “King of Vegetables” and are widely consumed for their rich nutritional content, bioactive substances, unique flavor and texture. -
Dec 01 2023
Researchers from IFST-CAAS announced novel insight into the evolution of volatile compounds during dynamic freeze-drying of Ziziphus jujuba cv. Huizao based on GC–MS combined with multivariate data analysis
As food and medicine in China, red jujube ( Zizyphus jujuba Mill.) has high nutritional value and pleasant flavor. Its leisure products are also popular by consumers. Compared to the raw red jujube, -
Nov 28 2023
Greater wax moth control in apiaries can be improved by combining Bacillus thuringiensis and entrapments
Recently, a biocontrol entrapment method for the greater wax moth (GWM), a major bee pest, was developed through a joint effort of the Innovative Team for the Resource Insects Protection from Institu... -
Nov 28 2023
Jute ( Corchorus olitorius L.) Nanocrystalline Cellulose Inhibits Insect Virus via Gut Microbiota and Metabolism
Researchers from the innovation team of utilization and biosynthesis of bioactive compounds in the Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IBFC, CAAS), systematically... -
Nov 24 2023
Scientists from IPPCAAS Reveal a Broad-spectrum Rice Blast Resistance Gene in Regulating Whole Growth Period
Recently, a paper entitled " Pijx confers broad-spectrum seedling and panicle blast resistance by promoting the degradation of ATP β subunit and OsRbohC-mediated ROS burst in rice" was published in t... -
Nov 24 2023
Discovery of a New Mechanism of Negative Regulation of Genes Related to Cyanidin Synthesis in Cotton Alkali Tolerance
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has conducted research on the mechanism of cotton response to alkali stress, and found that the cotton leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase gene ( GhLDOX3... -
Nov 24 2023
Risk assessment framework for pine wilt disease: Estimating the introduction pathways and multispecies interactions among the pine wood nematode, its insect vectors, and hosts in China
A recent paper titled "Risk Assessment Framework for Pine Wilt Disease: Estimating Introduction Pathways and Multispecies Interactions Among the Pine Wood Nematode, Its Insect Vectors, and Hosts in C...