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Aug 07 2014
Major breakthrough in key technologies and equipments for utilization of bone residues
Recently, a research team led by Professor Zhang Chunhui at the Institute of Agro-Products Processing Science and Technology (IAPPST) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has successfull... -
Aug 06 2014
Comparative population genomics reveals the domestication history of the peach (Prunus persica) and human influences on perennial fruit crops
Recently, researchers at the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute (ZFRI) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) have made a periodical progress on the research of peach resequencing. -
Aug 04 2014
Flowering for 200 days—Limonium aureum (L.) Hill. cv. Longzhong
Recently, researchers at Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (LIHPS) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) have made breakthrough in breeding a new grass varieties,... -
Jul 28 2014
Sino-US scientists made a breakthrough in combinatorial biosynthesis of fungal polyketides
The research article, Diversity-oriented Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Benzenediol Lactone Scaffolds by Subunit Shuffling of Fungal Polyketide Synthases, was published online on July 22 in PNAS (Proce... -
Jul 14 2014
CAAS researchers found the mechanism of the population genetic differentiation of Ectropis obliqua Prout
Researchers led by Prof. Xiao Qiang at the Tea Research Institute (TRI) found that the tea geometrid (Ectropis obliqua Prout, Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the different geographic population in Chin... -
Jul 14 2014
IAS researchers discovered major candidate gene for porcine ear size
Researchers headed by Dr Wang Lixian at the Institute of Animal Science (IAS) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) found that LEMD3 and WIF1 represent major biological candidates for por... -
Jun 27 2014
Breakthrough in the mechanismic study of honeybee embryogenesis
Honeybees provide us with honey, royal jelly, pollen, propolis and beeswax and support the ecological structure of the environment by transferring pollen between plants. Despite their ecological and e... -
Jun 27 2014
FRI researchers build novel α-galactosidase resources
α-Galactosidase has the hydrolysis ability to catalyze the breakage of α-D-galactoside bond and transglycosylation activity, and it is widely used in the feed, medicine, food and chemical industries. ... -
Jun 26 2014
Transcriptome comparison reveals the patterns of selection in domesticated and wild ramie
Researchers headed by Dr Liu Touming at the Institute of Bast Fiber Crops (IBFC) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) found that both artificial and natural selections accelerated the do... -
Jun 25 2014
Hair samples can be used as target for monitoring β-adrenergic agonist abuse in cattle
Prof. Junmin Zhang’s team in the Institute of Animal Science (IAS) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has made a new progress in monitoring β-adrenergic agonist abuse in cattle.