While GM crops of past years contain one to few traits, the continuous discovery of new trait genes would mean that over time, crops could end up with a large number of transgene insertions. If they were dispersed throughout the genome, extensive breeding would be needed to reassemble all of them...

Do you have to put fruit in the fridge to keep it longer? Not for bananas! Because bananas turn brown in the fridge. Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is widely considered as one of the important factors for the tissue browning of fruits and vegetables. However, the molecular mechanism of banana peel brow...

Rapid urbanization in southern China has had significant impacts on the evergreen broad-leaved forests and caused a series of environmental issues. How plants, in particular plant functional traits, respond to urbanization is hence of importance for their acclimation to changing environments.
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Exposure to cadmium (Cd), a toxic heavy metal classified as a group 1 carcinogen can lead to cancer, osteoporosis and renal disorder.
　　Contamination of soil with Cd results in human dietary intake from plant-derived food, with rice as the major source of dietary Cd for nearly half of the world...