The Chinese version of International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Shenzhen Code) has been published in November 2021 by Science Press, Beijing. Prof. Deng Yun-Fei from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prof. Zhang Li from Fairy Lake Botanical...

　　Human activities have increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition and affected the structure and function of forest ecosystems. The effects of increased N deposition on forests greatly depend on the fates of the deposited N. Legume trees are widely distributed across terrestrial forests, e...

Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition rates have rapidly increased at the global scale, which has become an environmental issue that receives wide-spread concerns. It is well documented that elevated N deposition often exacerbates soil acidification in tropical/subtropical forests, characterized ...

　　News from our newspaper (Reporter Zhu Hanbin, Correspondent Zhou Fei) Tian Lu and Liu Leru, Ph.D. students of the Energy Plant Research Group of the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the guidance of their supervisors, Associate Researcher Chen Yaping and Resear...

　　Ageing is an inevitable natural phenomenon characterized by physiological function deterioration and cell homeostasis disorder. The Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases are the common neurological disorders, which have become a global social problem among ageing population. Increasing atte...