Major Achievements
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National Science and Technology Awards
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Major Research Achievements
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Major Scientific Discoveries
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Large-scale identification, improvement, and utilization of elite maize germplasm (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The research team led by Prof. Wang Tianyu at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS studied the epidemic occurrence of northern leaf blight, southern leaf blight, sheath blight, and stalk rot in the main maize production areas of China, clarified the response characteristics of maize growth and development to drought stress, and tackled the difficulties of low accurate evaluation of disease and d... -
Breeding and application of Zhongjiazao 17 and series super-high-yield early-season indica rice varieties for special purposes (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The research team led by Hu Peisong at China National Rice Research Institute of CAAS has focused on the breeding and application of super-high-yield early-season indica rice varieties for special purposes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China. They aim to solve three outstanding technical difficulties: rotten seedlings caused by low temperature in the seedling stage, the bot... -
Creation and application of key technologies for quality and safety control of livestock and poultry feed (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The research team led by Qin Yuchang at the Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS has made many breakthroughs in key technologies, such as the detection of illegal additives and toxic & harmful substances in feed, the quality and safety control during the feed processing process, and the establishment of feed processing traceability system. These breakthroughs construct a whole industry chain feed ... -
Key technologies for safety control and quality improvement of milk and dairy products (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
China’s dairy industry faced severe safety and quality challenges in past decades: the absence of essential data for risk assessment, weak safety control technology, and backward quality improvement techniques. The Milk Research Team at the Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS developed the “Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Milk and Dairy products” database, which reveals the types of major ... -
Development and application of novel veterinary drugs for preventing and treating high-incidence diseases of dairy cows (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
With 20 years of continuous effort, Prof. Li Xiubo’s research team at the Feed Research Institute of CAAS has established the world’s largest pathogenic bacteria database for dairy cows, determined the pathogenic genera and distribution patterns of high-incidence pathogens such as mastitis and endometritis in dairy cows, and discovered a series of novel pharmaceutical targets for dairy cow disease... -
Drought-resistant and rain-adaptive planting technologies and their applications for dryland agriculture in northern China (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The research team led by Mei Xurong at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development for Agriculture of CAAS has been conducting synergic and innovative research for over 16 years. In view of the issues related to frequent drought and variable climate, excessive soil and water use, and decline in production stability in China’s northern dryland, the research has revealed the changing dy... -
Key Technology for efficient utilization of nutrient resources of major food crops (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The research team led by Zhou Wei at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning of CAAS aimed to reduce chemical fertilizer application and increase fertilizer use efficiency for the main food crops such as corn, wheat, and rice. The research team has established a new fertilizer recommendation approach based on yield response and agronomic efficiency by analyzing the nutrient d...
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Technological upgradation of fall armyworm control drives the innovative progress of pest management (Prof. Wang Zhenying’s team at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS)
Since first detected in China in January 2019, fall armyworm has spread across 27 provinces and infested more than 1.30 million ha of corn. As the occurrence and management of fall armyworm remain unclear in China, the team led by Prof. Wang Zhenying developed a new real-time system to monitor fall armyworm population dynamics based on the accurate clarification of the biology and occurrence of th... -
Creating new efficient biological pesticides and leading the new direction of domestic pesticide development (Prof. Zhang Jie’s team at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS)
The research team led by Prof. Zhang Jie independently developed the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis engineering bacteria G033A. This biopesticide solves the problem that no available efficient green pesticides can control flea beetle and important invasive pests, such as fall armyworm, potato beetle, and tomato leaf miner. It is the first genetically engineered microbial pesticide with indepe... -
Zhongmai 895 enhances wheat production in the Yellow and Huai Valley, China (Prof. He Zhonghu’s team at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS)
Zhongmai 895, developed by the Institute of Crop Sciences and Cotton Research Institute of CAAS, is characterized by a high and stable yield of 11,730 kg/ha, excellent tolerance to high temperatures, and resistance to diseases. Its total sowing acreage has reached 3.4 million ha. It also shows short stature and outstanding lodging resistance, top performance in grain-filling rate and tolerance to ... -
Zhonggan 21, a flagship brand of ‘Plateau Summer Vegetable’ (Academician Fang Zhiyuan’s team at the Cabbage Research Group of CAAS).
Zhonggan 21 is an early-matured spring cabbage cultivar derived from the world’s first discovered cabbage dominant genic male sterile line. It has been voted the primary popularized cultivar for two consecutive years by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. Zhonggan 21 is round in head shape, green in color, fresh in taste, and tolerant to cracking, with high uniformity, yield, a... -
Guangming 2 marks that China has independently developed white-feather broiler breeds (Prof. Wen Jie’s team at the Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS)
After ten years of cooperation between research institutions and enterprises, the government certified a new variety of the white-feather broiler, Guangming 2. New technologies, such as genomic selection, ultrasound determination, and meat quality and disease resistance selections, have improved the genetic progress of economic traits. These technologies save 2–3 years for the significant producti... -
“Ruminant enteric methane reduction technology” contributes to carbon reduction and production efficiency improvement of livestock (Ruminant Feed Innovation Team at the Institute of Feed Research of CAAS)
Enteric methane emissions from ruminants account for 25% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. The research team improved the microecological balance of ruminants and reduced enteric methane emissions by manipulating dietary nutrition composition, changing dietary forage proportion, optimizing dietary feed resources, and enhancing nutrient digestibility via supplementation of probiotics, enzym... -
An accurate understanding of the pig industry facilitates the country’s macro decision-making (Dr. Wang Zuli’s team at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of CAAS)
Dr. Wang Zuli’ team pays close attention to the changing situation of pig production capacity and the development trend of major animal epidemics throughout the country. They accurately assessed the pig supply and demand and the industry development trends based on extensive data analysis combined with monitoring and early warning technology. They provide essential information support and policy r... -
The breeding of Zhongyouza 19 indicated that the biological breeding of high oil content in China entered the world’s leading ranks (Prof. Wang Xinfa’s team at the Oil Crops Research Institute of CAAS)
The representative hybrid Zhongyouza 19, breaking through the contradiction in simultaneously achieving high oil, high yield, and multiple resistance, achieved an average oil content of 50.09%. It is the first winter-type rapeseed variety with a high oil content of up to 50%, high yield, and multiple resistances, and it is suitable for mechanized harvesting. In 2020, the accumulated demonstration ... -
A key step of foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle vaccine in industrialization (Prof. Guo Huichen’s team at the Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS)
Guo Huichen’s team has managed to express the same level of various viral capsid proteins in a soluble way simultaneously, thus breaking through the technical barrier of assembling intact virus-like particles (VLPs) in the liquid environment in vitro. This innovation has changed the traditional antigen preparation method that requires live viruses to produce inactivated foot-and-mouth disease (FMD... -
A breakthrough in crop breeding methods: The key technology of rice speed breeding under plant factory environment (Prof. Yang Qichang’s team at the Institute of Urban Agriculture of CAAS)
To solve the central problem of the long breeding time of rice and other crops, Prof. Yang Qichang’s research team takes the lead in finding out the environmental and biological characteristics of shortening the rice growth cycle. They have created dynamic co-regulation technologies of environment & nutrition for rice growth at different stages and established a technical method to significantly s...
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Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins(Institute of Vegetables and Flowers; first author: Xia Jixing; corresponding author: Zhang Youjun) (Cell, IF 41.584, ranking 2/295)
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci, one of the most important agricultural pests worldwide, can attack more than 600 host plants. We found that, through an exceptional horizontal gene transfer event, the whitefly has acquired the plant-derived phenolic glucoside malonyltransferase gene BtPMaT1. This gene enables whiteflies to neutralize phenolic glucosides, which widely exist in host plants of whitefly s... -
Non-syntrophic methanogenic hydrocarbon degradation by an archaeal species (Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; first author: Zhou Zhuo; corresponding author: Cheng Lei) (Nature, IF 49.962, ranking 1/72)
Traditionally, methanogenic degradation of complex organic matter requires the syntrophic metabolism between bacteria and archaea. The study used stable-carbon isotope-labeled culture, metagenome, and metatranscriptome sequencing and high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis to confirm that a novel single methanogenic archaeal species (Candidatus Methanoliparum) could directly complete the proces... -
Genome design of hybrid potato (Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen; first author: Zhang Chunzhi; corresponding author: Huang Sanwen) (Cell, IF 41.584, ranking 2/295)
Reinventing potato from a clonally propagated tetraploid into a diploid seed crop is an essential innovation in agriculture. Due to the numerous deleterious mutations hidden in the potato genome, developing highly homozygous inbred lines is still a big challenge. This research group constructed the pipeline of genome design of hybrid potato breeding, including the percentage of genome homozygosity... -
The genomic basis of geographic differentiation and fiber improvement in cultivated cotton (Institute of Cotton Research; first author: He Shoupu; corresponding author: Du Xiongming) (Nature Genetics, IF 38.331, ranking 2/325)
Large-scaled genomic variation investigations for germplasm are critical for understanding the formation and evolution of favorable traits in crops. This study demonstrated that two extensive chromosomal inversions derived from landraces were the essential causes for subpopulation divergence in the Upland cotton (cultivars) population via analyzing approximately 3,000 Gossypium hirsutum accessions... -
Clofazimine broadly inhibits coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2 (Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, co-first author: Yin Xin) (Nature, IF 49.962, ranking 1/72)
In this study, Yin and his colleagues found that clofazimine possesses broad antiviral activities against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2. They demonstrated that clofazimine inhibits cell fusion mediated by the viral spike glycoprotein, as well as the activity of the viral helicase. Prophylactic or therapeutic administration of clofazimine in a hamster model of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis led to r... -
African lungfish genome sheds light on the vertebrate water-to-land transition (Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen; co-first author: Ruan Jue) (Cell, IF 41.584, ranking 2/295)
Lungfish have the largest known genome of vertebrates. Scientists have failed to assemble it successfully for a long time. Therefore, the research on the transition of vertebrates from aquatic to terrestrial habitats missed a critical link. In a previous study, only 34.5 Gb of genome sequence was obtained from Australian lungfish, and the extremely low core gene completeness (67%) hindered the i... -
An insight to pretreatment, enzyme adsorption and enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: Experimental and modeling studies (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture; first author: Zhang Haiyan; corresponding author: Dong Hongmin) (Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, IF 14.982, ranking 1/44)
Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive method for sustainable cellulosic ethanol production. Given the complex lignin-cellulose-hemicellulose network of lignocellulosic biomass, enzymatic hydrolysis is a complicated heterogeneous catalytic process. This work is the first to comprehensively analyze the research progress of enzymatic hydrolysis (including pretreatment, enzy... -
Engineering acetogens for biofuel production: From cellular biology to process improvement (Institute of Feed Research; corresponding author: Dong Lifeng) (Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, IF 14.982, ranking 1/44)
Increasing environmental concerns regarding fossil fuels and potential future supply constraints have driven the exploration of alternative fuel resources. The natural fermentation products by anaerobic acetogens can synthesize fuels and chemicals cleanly and sustainably. Cellular biology that enables syngas fermentation by using these versatile microorganisms contributes substantially to design s... -
Current status and future prospective of bio-ethanol industry in China (Biogas Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; first author: Wu Bo; corresponding author: He Mingxiong) (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, IF 14.982, ranking 1/44)
Currently, the fuel ethanol industry in China is in a critical period of transforming from the first-generation (1G) to the second-generation (2G). In this research, issues on the policy system, financial subsidy, industry layout, and historic yield of the fuel ethanol industry in China are comprehensively summarized and comparatively analyzed. Based on the correlation between the annual yield of ... -
Regional winter wheat yield estimation based on the WOFOST model and a novel VW-4DEnSRF assimilation algorithm (Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning; first author: Wu Shangrong; corresponding author: Chen Zhongxin) (Remote Sensing of Environment, IF 10.164, ranking 1/29)
In order to improve the accuracy of regional crop yield estimation based on data assimilation, this study proposed a novel EnSRF assimilation algorithm based on a variable time window and four-dimensional extension (VW-4DEnSRF) and constructed a new crop yield estimation system based on crop growth model and VW-4DEnSRF algorithm. This study conducted the quantitative simulation and yield estimatio...
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Major Scientific Discoveries
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Top 10 Science and Technology Achievements
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Solve the complex genome assembly problem of Longjing tea cultivar and reveal the origin and evolution of the tea plant (Prof. Yang Yajun’s team at Tea Research Institute)
The tea plant is an important cash crop characterized by a large genome, high heterozygosity, and high species diversity. The research team assembled a 3.26-Gb highquality chromosome-scale genome for the ‘Longjing 43’ cultivar of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis. Genomic resequencing of 139 tea accessions from around the world was used to investigate the evolution and phylogenetic relationships of ... -
Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2 (Prof. Bu Zhigao’s team at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) causes the infectious disease COVID-19. SARSCoV-2 is thought to have originated in bats; however, the intermediate animal sources of the virus are completely unknown. Bu Zhigao’s team investigated the susceptibility of ferrets and animals in close contact with humans to SARS-CoV-2. They found that SARS-CoV-2 replicates poorly in dogs, pig... -
A rationally engineered cytosine base editor retains high on-target activity while reducing both DNA and RNA of-target effects (Prof. Zuo Erwei’s team at Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen)
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) use the rat apolipoprotein-B-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-1 APOBEC1 (rAPOBEC1), a cytidine deaminase binding to singlestranded DNA (ssDNA) and is fused to nCas9, to convert cytosine to thymine. CBEs ofer a powerful tool for correcting point mutations, yet their DNA and RNA of-target activities have caused concerns in biomedical applications. We described scree... -
Fast and accurate long-read assembly wtdbg2 (Prof. Ruan Yu’s team at Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen)
The third-generation DNA sequencing technologies have changed the approach to genomics and brought up the research of largescale population genome assembly. Genome assembly is the first step in genomics and also a touchstone for new technologies. Existing long-read assemblers require thousands of central processing unit hours to assemble a human genome and are being outpaced by sequencing technolo... -
Haplotype-resolved genome analyses of a heterozygous diploid potato (Prof. Huang Sanwen’s team at Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important tuber crop worldwide. To accelerate genetic improvement in potato, several projects have been initiated to redomesticate potato from a tuber-propagated, tetraploid crop into a seed-propagated, inbred-line-based diploid crop, which requires a better understanding of the potato genome. Huang Sanwen’s team reported the first haplotype-resolved assem... -
Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding (Wang Haiyang’s team at Biotechnology Research Institute)
The success of modern maize breeding derives from the development of hybrid maize breeding programs begun in the first half of the 20th century. Since then, much of the seven-fold increase in yield can be attributed to the tolerance of increased planting density and an increased density. To investigate the genetic impacts of selection during breeding and identify the key genes contributing to adap... -
A tripartite ssDNA mycovirus from a plant pathogenic fungus is infectious as cloned DNA and purified virions (Prof. Guo Lihua’s team at Institute of Plant Protection)
Here, we describe a tripartite circular single-stranded (ss) DNA mycovirus, named Fusarium graminearum gemytripvirus 1 (FgGMTV1). The genome of FgGMTV1 comprises three circular ssDNA segments (DNA-A, DNA-B, and DNA-C). Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses showed that FgGMTV1 is nested within the family Genomoviridae. We also constructed the first infectious DNA clones of a DNA mycovirus. ... -
MAPK-dependent hormonal signaling plasticity contributes to overcoming Bacillus thuringiensis toxin action in an insect host (Prof. Zhang Youjun’s team at Institute of Vegetables and Flowers)
The arms race between entomopathogenic bacteria and their insect hosts is an excellent model for decoding the intricate coevolutionary processes of host-pathogen interaction. The research team demonstrated that the MAPK signaling pathway is a general switch to trans-regulate diferential expression of aminopeptidase N and other midgut genes in an insect host, diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella),...
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Breeding and extension of new wheat variety Zhongmai 895 with high yield, good noodle quality, and outstanding heat tolerance (Prof. He Zhonghu’s team at Institute of Crop Sciences)
High temperature during grain-filling stage is a limiting factor for wheat production in Yellow and Huai Valley, and breeding methodology has been established for improving heat tolerance in wheat. New wheat variety Zhongmai 895 with high yield, good quality, and outstanding heat tolerance was developed, with accumulated sowing acreage of 3 million ha, while the maximum annual sowing acreage of 70... -
Developing of Zhonghuang 6106, a new transgenic soybean with tolerance to glyphosate (Prof. Qiu Lijuan’s team at Institute of Crop Sciences)
To address the challenges of high cost and poor efect of current weed management in soybean production, we innovated soybean genetic transformation technology and glyphosate tolerance identification technology, and constructed a transgenic soybean breeding system. Using the genes owning intellectual property, we developed Zhonghuang 6106, a new transgenic soybean with high tolerance to the broad-s... -
Deciphering the resistance mechanism of important vegetable pests to insecticides (Prof. Zhang Youjun’s team at Institute of Vegetables and Flowers)
The resistance evolution of vegetable pests in the field in China is becoming more and more serious, but the resistance mechanism is still unclear. This study has discovered the pivotal signal pathways for orchestrating the resistance of the important vegetable pests including the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) to the chemical insecticide imidacloprid and the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) to t... -
Key technology of nutritional modulation for quality egg production had been developed (Prof. Qi Guanghai’s team at Institute of Feed Research)
To conquer the technological bottlenecks of quality egg production, the group initiated the innovative study of eggshell ultrastructure based on the new concept of “corresponding characteristics between time sequence and space location”, and established the nutritional modulation technology of eggshell quality with micro-nutrients, which can decrease the broken egg percentage by more than 35 perce... -
Solve the complex genome assembly problem of Longjing tea cultivar and reveal the origin and evolution of the tea plant (Prof. Yang Yajun’s team at Tea Research Institute)
The high-quality chromosome-scale genome of ‘Longjing 43’, a representative tea plant cultivar in China, was obtained by using the self-developed third-generation sequencing assembly algorithm to solve the complex genome assembly problem of tea plant genome with high heterozygosity and high repeat sequence ratio. Based on the in-depth resequencing of 139 tea accessions from around the world, the o... -
Developing large-scale digital soil maps covering the whole country of China (Prof. Zhang Weili’s team at Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning)
Large amount of paper soil maps and archives as well as data from soil surveys were kept by diferent counties and provinces in China. For integrating soil information from heterogeneous resources, however, the existing methods cannot solve the scientific and technical challenges and problems. Combining the methods of soil science, artificial intelligence, data science and cartography, a new method... -
Major breakthroughs in critical technologies and patterns of toilets renovation in typical rural areas (Prof. Zheng Xiangqun’s team at Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)
The team carried out a monitoring and assessment of rural toilet waste in 18 provinces throughout China for the first time, identified the regional characteristics of the harmlessness in rural toilet waste of China. A series of rural toilet conversion techniques and equipment were developed, such as unpowered integrated new compost household toilet, double-layer insulation septic tank, rainwater r... -
The overall straw-barrier removal and high quality machine-seeding technology significantly improved the sowing quality under the condition of straw returning to the field (Prof. Hu Zhichao’s team at Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization of MARA)
Initially proposed the overall straw-barrier removal and fine-coverage seeding technology and equipment of straw-returning machine based on the combination of evenly-covered translocated smashed stubble and regularly inter-row windrowing of lateral-displaced smashed stubble. It can overcome the technical bottleneck of straw blocking, seed-hanging and seed-exposuring, which commonly existed in mach... -
Clinical trial for the live attenuated African swine fever virus vaccine proves the vaccine is safe and effective in the field (Prof. Bu Zhigao’s team at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute)
Under the powerful leadership and instruction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Afairs of China and CAAS, the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute promoted the research and development of African swine fever virus vaccine actively, steadily and orderly. Bu Zhigao’s team developed a safe and efective seven-gene deletion attenuated vaccine (HLJ/18-7GD strain). They have successively completed... -
Successful creation of new drug changed the situation that no drugs were available for the control of drug resistance of coccidia in China (Prof. Xue Feiqun’s team at Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute)
The team independently developed the first new triazine anti-coccidiosis veterinary drug with completely new chemical structure, Ethanamizuril, in China. This drug has outstanding characteristics such as high safety, wide anti-coccidiosis spectrum and excellent efect. It improves the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis. At the same time, the research results have broken through the key technol...
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National Science and Technology Awards
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Top 10 Research Progress
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Frontier Scientific Breakthroughs
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Research and Development of Core and Key Technologies
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The project “Transmission potential of different animal influenza viruses in humans: insights from animal studies” led by Prof. Chen Hualan's team at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (the second prize of the National Natural Science Awards of China)
Scientists of this project focused on the widely circulating H1N1 swine influenza viruses, H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza viruses in nature, and evaluated and revealed their capacity to cross animal-human host barrier and to transmit from human to human. A series of findings of this project provided key insights into the pandemic potential of different influenza viruses and important information fo... -
The project “Key technology for accurate identification and detection of typical chemical pollutants in agricultural products” led by Prof. Wang Jing at Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agroproducts (the second prize of the National Technology Invention Awards of China)
In these studies, a series of novel molecular imprinting preparation technologies were invented by introducing dual template and virtual template; hapten designing method based on lipophilic-chain arm relevance and highly sensitive chemiluminescent immunoassay were verified; 56 kinds of ELISA kits (or test strips) and 34 sets of 600 kinds of high-throughput instrument verification and testing tech... -
The project “Development and application of the key digital technology and intelligent feeding Equipment for livestock production” led by Prof. Xiong Benhai's team at Institute of Animal Sciences (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The project has developed a complete Chinese Feed Database, a series of nutrition requirement models, RFID chips and precision feeding equipment, and formed a complete digital technology system of intelligent livestock production. Main intelligent equipments -
The project “Development and application of maize hybrids for Zhongdan 808 and Zhongdan 909 with the characteristics of high-density tolerance, high yield, and broad adaptability" led by Prof. Huang Changling's research team at Institute of Crop Sciences o(the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
A selection technology for density tolerance and high resistance was proposed in this project, and then was used to create Zhongdan 808 and Zhongdan 909 and established an efficient system of seed production and promotion. The cultivated area of these hybrids was about 6,693,333.3 hm2 by 2018, which contributed to an increase of 5.31 billion kilograms of grain and significant social and economic b... -
The project “Innovation and application of key technologies for green prevention and control of major vegetable pests Chive gnats, Bradysia odoriphaga (Diptera: Sciaridae)” led by Prof. Zhang Youjun's team at Institute of Vegetables and Flowers (the second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Awards of China)
The crucial biological characteristics on the development of Chive gnats were formulated systematically for the first time, and its occurrence regularity and outbreak mechanism were deconstructed. A green prevention and control technology system including “soil solarization method” as the core, “feed attractant” and “black sticky trap” as supplementary had been created, and had been applied more t... -
The project “Innovation and application of control system for pesticide residues and contaminants in tea” led by Prof. Chen Zongmao's research team at Tea Research Institute (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The crucial biological characteristics on the development of Chive gnats were formulated systematically for the first time, and its occurrence regularity and outbreak mechanism were deconstructed. A green prevention and control technology system including “soil solarization method” as the core, “feed attractant” and “black sticky trap” as supplementary had been created, and had been applied more t... -
The program “Key technology Q&A of high-quality and specialized wheat production” led by Prof. Zhao Guangcai's team at Institute of Crop Sciences (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The study clarified that the pesticide level in tea brew rather than that in dry tea should be regarded as an effective risk dosage, based on which, the setting rule of the global maximum residue limits (MRLs) on tea would be reconstructed; the key point in the control of pesticide residues and important contaminants was revealed; the in-situ and high-throughput analytical methods for pesticides a...
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Establishment of the novel CRISPR/Cas mediated allele replacement systems in crop plants (Prof. Xia Lanqin’s team at Institute of Crop Sciences )
By collaborating with University of California, San Diego, the research team led by Xia Lanqin at Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS, established a novel CRISPR/Cas mediated allele replacement system in crop plants by using DNA and/or RNA transcripts as repair templates and successfully achieved precise gene replacement of rice ALS gene. The newly established gene replacement system overcomes the ... -
Creation of apomixis in hybrid rice (Prof. Wang Kejian’s team at China National Rice Research Institute)
The research team led by Wang Kejian at China National Rice Research Institute introduced apomixis into hybrid rice by genome editing, and successfully obtained the clonal hybrid seeds for the first time. The work constitutes a quantum leap in the field of apomixis and was published as a cover story in Nature Biotechnology. Fixation of rice heterozygosity by multiplex gene editing in hybrid r... -
Overcome self-incompatibility and inbreeding depression of diploid potato (Prof. Huang Sanwen’s team at Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Research Institute)
The team led by Huang Sanwen at Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Research Institute of CAAS, collaborating with the researchers in Yunnan Normal University, overcame the self-incompatibility in diploid potato. They also deciphered the genetic basis of inbreeding depression, and proposed a method to overcome inbreeding depression. These studies open up a new way for potato breeding, and related resul... -
Creation and application of novel alternatives to antibiotics (ATAs) for livestock and poultry (Prof. Wang Jianhua’s team at Feed Research Institute)
The bottlenecks of creation and application of key products for ATAs were broken through by Prof. Wang Jianhua’s group at Feed Research Institute of CAAS. They revealed the mechanism of antimicrobial peptides with high internalization to host cell as “close compatibility from intracellular-innate, early-defense from hypersensitive-warning” and low resistance to bacteria as “strong-penetration and ... -
Analyze the structure and assembly mechanism of African swine fever virus (Prof. Bu Zhigao’s team at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS, and Prof. Rao Zihe and Wang Xiangxi’s teams at Institute of Biophysics of CAS)
Bu Zhigao’s team at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS, and Rao Zihe and Wang Xiangxi’s team at Institute of Biophysics of CAS together first comprehensively illuminated fine three-dimensional structure of African swine fever virus particles. African swine fever virus is the biggest virus whose structure has been resolved at near atomic resolution world widely. This study helps to explor... -
The new variety of Ashdan yak has been approved by the state (Prof. Yan Ping’s team at Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of CAAS together with the Datong Yak Farm of Qinghai Province, China)
The new variety of Ashdan yak is bred by Yan Ping’s team at Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of CAAS together with the Datong Yak Farm of Qinghai Province, China. This work has been issued the National Certificate of New Breed of Livestock and Poultry of China. It provides the diverse variety for large-scale, intensive and standardized feeding of yaks, and plays an import... -
Monitoring and management of invasive pest fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS)
Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS took the lead in reporting the early warning of the invasion of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda, and accurately detected the first adult fall armyworm in China. The biological law of the pest was clarified, five kinds of pesticides were proposed in time for emergency control, and four kinds of biological control products with independent intellectual prope... -
The rapeseed variety Zhongyouza 19 with high yield, high oil content, double-low quality, and multi-resistances was widely applied in China (Prof. Wang Hanzhong’s team at Oil Crops Research Institute)
Zhongyouza 19 bred by Wang Hanzhong’s team at Oil Crops Research Institute of CAAS, was the first nationally approved winter-type rapeseed variety with oil content up to 50percent as well as high yield, double-low quality, multi-resistances, and adaptable for mechanization in China. The oil production was 1,463.5 kg/hm2 that increased by 12.7percent than control in national regional trials in Chin... -
Integration of maize high-yield and mechanical grain harvesting technology (Crop Cultivation and Physiology Innovation Team at Institute of Crop Sciences)
Crop Cultivation and Physiology Innovation Team at Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS using the innovative technology of quantitative matching between drying performance of maize varieties and the regional ecological conditions, realized the low-crushing grain harvest. By combining the high-yield cultivation technology under dense planting, the maize yield and production benefit were synergisticly... -
The key technology of crop and livestock integrated system (CLIS) with high nutrients use efficiency and low pollutants (Prof. Zhang Qingwen’s team at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of CAAS, in cooperation with the Outputs for Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of CAS and Binzhou Zhongyu Food Co., Ltd.)
Prof. Zhang Qingwen’s team at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of CAAS, in cooperation with the Outputs for Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of CAS and Binzhou Zhongyu Food Co., Ltd., has made a breakthrough into agricultural pollutant control technology of CLIS with eco-industrial chain of high-efficiency cropping, ecological livestock farming and ...
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In Frontier and Interdisciplinary: Overcoming self-incompatibility and inbreeding depression in diploid potato provides theoretical basis for diploid potato breeding and the reference for deciphering the inbreeding depression in other species; The newly established CRISPR/Cas-mediated allele replacement system in crop plants
Overcoming self-incompatibility and inbreeding depression in diploid potato provides theoretical basis for diploid potato breeding and the reference for deciphering the inbreeding depression in other species, which promotes the process of potato as staple food. The work successfully obtained clonal seeds, established the apomixis strategy in hybrid rice and opened up a new direction for the resear... -
In Prevention and Control of Major Animal Diseases
The study on the structure of African swine fever virus found a variety of potential key epitopes of ASF virus, which provides important clues for revealing the mechanisms of ASF virus invading host cells and host antiviral immunity, and opens up new avenues for African swine fever vaccine development. The study of recombinant Eimeria as a vaccine vector showed that the co-immunization of multiple... -
In Plant Protection
The chromosome-level genome of Sitobion miscanthi, the dominant wheat pest in China, from a parthenogenetic female aphid colony was successfully assembled and further analyzed. The progress makes S. miscanthi an ideal model for studying host specificity, phenotypic plasticity, and interactions between aphid and various trophic levels and may drive an application breakthrough of aphid control. Yiel... -
In Resource and Environment
Both katB, a catalase gene, and oxyR, a peroxide sensor gene, play important roles in oxidative resistance and optimal nitrogenase activity. This study sets the foundation to explore the defensive mechanism of nitrogenase activity against oxidative damage in nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The distribution of potassium in different aggregate fractions was adjusted by acidification improvement for red so... -
In Animal Nutrition
A combination of machine learning algorithms was first used to elucidate the mechanism of signature microorganisms and their symbiotic partners to promote the rumen volatile fatty acids production and rumen function development in early feeding lambs, providing insights into the ruminant rearing theory. Comparing taxon-level contribution profiles of (A) (B) (C) rumen functional shifts Plan...
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Maize high yield with mechanization technology under dense planting broke through the record of 22.5 t/hm2 (Prof. Li Shaokun’s team at Institute of Crop Sciences)
The team led by Li Shaokun at Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS established the ideotype and population structure of high yield maize (22.5 t/hm2) for the first time in the world, created the cultivation theory and key technology for regulating the maize high-quality population and obtained the highest yield record in six continuous years in China, thereby realizing the significant improvement of... -
Establishing a technical system for the re-population of pig farms (Harbin Veterinary Research Institute)
Based on the deep understanding of African swine fever (ASF) and the core concepts of biosecurity and comprehensive ASF control practices, guidelines for the repopulation of industrialized pig farms were formulated for biosecurity-based prevention and control of ASF, including review of the epidemic, cleaning and disinfection of pig houses and in-out standard operating procedures for personnel, su... -
The new variety of “Ashdan yak” has been issued the National Certificate of New Breed of Livestock and Poultry (Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
The variety of “Ashdan yak” was bred by 20 years’ systematic breeding. Its excellent characteristics are hornless, good meat production performance, strong adaptability, genetic stability and easy to feed and manage. In this work, the molecular mechanism of the yak horn development regulation was characterized, and the genetic variation sites of controlling horn traits were identified. This work c... -
The system of Rice-Eel-Toad complex cultivation (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute of MARA)
The system of Rice-Eel-Toad complex cultivation was developed by Agro-Environmental Protection Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, which includes some techniques, such as multistory cropping and raising, drainage control, straw conversion, pest biological control, etc. It can recycle resources, prevent agricultural non-point source pollution effectively, and the econom... -
Monitoring and management of invasive pest fall armyworm (Institute of Plant Protection)
The monitoring and forecasting techniques, including light traps and pheromone traps, were developed to make early warning of fall armyworm that had invaded China; the online identification service and population dynamics forecasting system were developed; effective chemical pesticides to control fall armyworm were screened and the proper application techniques were proposed; four kinds of biologi... -
Biochar reduces the environmental risk of contaminates in soil (Innovation Team of Mudflat Bioresource Protection and Utilization, Tobacco Research Institute of CAAS)
The Innovation Team of Mudflat Bioresource Protection and Utilization, Tobacco Research Institute of CAAS found that the amendment of functional biochar at proper rate increased the adsorption ability of soil to contaminate like atrazine, reduced their bioavailability and ultimately decreased their accumulation in plants. These results were helpful to develop the biochar remediation technology for... -
New lead compounds used for developing biopesticides with high efficiency and low toxicity (Innovation Team of Tobacco Functional Components and Synthetical Utilization at Tobacco Research Institute of CAAS)
The Innovation Team of Tobacco Functional Components and Synthetical Utilization from Tobacco Research Institute of CAAS characterized new prenylated indole alkaloids (PIAs) from a tobacco-associated endophytic fungus. PIAs possess high antifungal activity against several plant-pathogenic fungi and remarkable larvicidal activity against the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera with low toxicity, s... -
Serial solid organic fertilizer spreaders (Biomass Conversion and Utilization Equipment Innovative Team at Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization of CAAS)
The Biomass Conversion and Utilization Equipment Innovative Team of Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization of CAAS has overcome key technical problems in fertilizer spreading, such as stable feeding and uniform spreading. And they have developed three kinds of multi-functional solid fertilizer spreaders: trailer for field, wheeled self-propelled and crawler self-propelled spreaders with a... -
Systemic stereoselectivity study of chiral pesticide etoxazole (Team of Monitoring and Assessment of Fruit Quality & Safety Risk at Institute of Pomology)
The stereoselectivity of chiral pesticide etoxazole was assessed systemically by the Team of Monitoring and Assessment of Fruit Quality & Safety Risk of CAAS. Significant difference was observed between the two enantiomers of etoxaozle, including stereoselective bioactivity, acute toxicity, and the degradation in fruits and soils under open-field conditions. The results of this work can facilitate... -
Innovation for key creation technology of new green alternatives to antibiotics (ATAs) in animal production (AMP-ATA group at Feed Research Institute of CAAS)
The bottlenecks of creation and application of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) were broken though by the AMP-ATA group at Feed Research Institute of CAAS. The key novel products and techniques would shorten the gap period of ATAs products shortage after the prohibition of antibiotic additives as feed usage at the middle of 2020, support the sustainable green development of the husbandry, and promote... -
The key technology of Crop and Livestock Integrated System (CLIS) with high nutrient use efficiency and low pollutants (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture )
The Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of CAAS, has made a breakthrough into agricultural pollutants control technology of the CLIS with eco-industrial chain of high-efficiency cropping, ecological livestock farming and waste reuse based on effective matter cycling within the system. This technology provides a systematic solution for both non-point source pollution... -
The accumulation and transformation of aroma components of Pu’er tea (The Tobacco Quality and Safety Research Center at Tobacco Research Institute)
The Tobacco Quality and Safety Research Center of the Tobacco Research Institute of CAAS revealed the accumulation and transformation of aroma components of Pu’er tea during pile-fermentation based on sensomics and chemometrics methods. It provides basic data for the application research of Pu’er tea flavor enhancement. It could also provide new ideas for flavor, color and biological activity enha... -
Establishing a green and efficient functional lipid “emulsion enzyme reaction factory” (The Oil Quality Chemistry and Nutrition Innovation Team at Oil Crops Research Institute )
The Oil Quality Chemistry and Nutrition Innovation Team from Oil Crops Research Institute of CAAS has created a novel Pickering emulsion enzyme reaction system, which solves the bottleneck problems of low efficiency and organic solvent residues in the enzymatic modification of lipids. The method described herein could be applied in the green production of reconstituted lipids because of enzyme rec... -
New Products produced using Silkworm-Baculovirus Expression System (Biotechnology Research Institute )
The Biotechnology Research Institute (BRI) of CAAS obtained two Production and Application Security Certificates about chicken interferon γ and feline interferon ω approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. This marks a further expansion of the scope of genetically engineered products for animals using silkworm bioreactor. The interferons produced using silkworm biore... -
Success in DUS Data Analysis Software development (DUS Research Group at Institute of Vegetables and Flowers)
The success of DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability) Data Analysis Software development by DUS Research Group from Vegetables and Flowers Institute of CAAS has filled in the blank of statistical analysis for new plant variety test in China. It can significantly optimize the trial design, improve the trial accuracy, and realize the joint correction and accurate judgment of trials data from more... -
Untargeted and targeted metabolomics strategies (Institute of Apicultural Research )
Using HS-GC-IMS and HS-SPME-GC-MS technologies were established by the Institute of Apicultural Research of CAAS to screen six volatiles as markers for discriminating the honeys from Apis cerana and A. mellifera, which provided promising evidence for identifying the authenticity of honey.
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National Science and Technology Awards
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Frontier Scientific Breakthroughs
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Studies on genome and important trait genes of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) led by Prof. Huang Sanwen at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers (the second prize of the National Natural Science Awards of China)
The project applied the latest sequencing technology to uncover the genomic code of cucumber for the first time, and identified the important trait genes that control the fruit's size and bitterness. The discoveries open a new era for molecular assistant breeding of cucumbers, and make China a world leader in vegetable genomics research. The project found nine bitterness biosynthetic genes and the... -
Research on the development and application of a live vaccine against swine-transmissible gastroenteritis, porcine epidemic diarrhea and porcine rotavirus completed by Prof. Feng Li at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (the second prize pf the Nntional Technology Invention Awards of China)
The project created the first safe and effective triple-combined live vaccine for swine viral diarrhea in China. The active and passive immunization rates of the new vaccine are as high as 96.15 percent and 88.67 percent respectively. A total of 25.6 million vaccines have been used nationwide, with 154 million piglets under protection. Sales revenue has reached 201 million yuan ($29 million). ... -
Researches on distant hybridization techniques between common wheat and Agropyron cristatum and on new germplasm production by transferring alien genes of A. cristatum into wheat led by Prof. Li Lihui at the Institute of Crop Sciences (the second prize of the National Technology Invention Awards of China)
The project has lasted for 30 years and established a new germplasm production technology for wide cross between wheat and wild relatives. It solved the international problem of using alien genes of A. cristatum for wheat germplasm enhancement. A total of 392 new varieties featuring large spike, high thousand seed weight, broad spectrum resistance and small flag leaf of plant architecture traits w... -
Research on the identification, innovation and utilization of elite soybean germplasm led by Prof. Qiu Lijuan at the Institute of Crop Sciences (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
This project developed an identification system of soybean germplasm evaluation by integrating the phenotyping and genotyping techniques. It also was the first to establish and analyze soybean pan-genome in the world, identified 72 QTL/genes related to resistance/tolerance and oil contents, built molecular marker-assisted breeding system, created eight elite lines and 17 disease-resistant, high-qu... -
Research and application on the monitoring and accounting methods of livestock and poultry manure pollution, and on key technologies for mitigating pollution and increasing efficiency led by Prof. Dong Hongmin at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The project also innovated three series of technical models covering planting and breeding, clean production and recycling, and centralized treatment. They have been widely promoted and applied nationwide, providing sci-tech support to make national policies and implement major actions. Demonstration project for centralized treatment of livestock and poultry manure for energy production -
Studies on the development of high-quality and multi- resistant germplasm of cucumber and related breeding technologies of new varieties led by Prof. Gu Xingfang at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers ( the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The project develops an efficient cucumber disease resistance identification and quality evaluation technology, creates a world-leading molecular marker technology for cucumber multi-genes pyramiding breeding, and overcomes the difficulty of integrating the high-quality and disease-resistant genes. Eight varieties with different ecological types have been bred and their total planting areas come u... -
Research on the characteristics of farmland acidification and on related key control technologies in typical red soil region of China, led by Prof. Xu Minggang at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The team, after carrying out nearly 30 years of inspection on experimental sites in six typical provinces, has found spatial and temporal variations of farmland acidification, established three key technologies centering on the accurate application of lime materials and animal manure, and the reduction of chemical nitrogen fertilizers application to control such acidification. The team also develo... -
Innovation and industrialization of key technologies of the lamb stepwise processing led by Prof. Zhang Dequan at the Institute of Food Science and Technology of CAAS (the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards of China)
The project has interpreted China's lamb procession characteristics for the first time, established a lamb processing evaluation system suitable for Chinese people's eating habits and developed key technologies and equipment for lamb stepwise processing. These achievements have solved three major technological problems - ambiguous lamb processing characteristics and low accuracy of grade cut, dete...
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Comprehensive analysis of genetic diversity of Asian cultivated rice (Prof. Li Zhikang’s team at the Institute of Crop Sciences)
A research group led by Prof. Li Zhikang at the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS has completed the study on genome variation of 3,010 Asian cultivated rice samples, making it the largest plant genome sequencing project in the world so far. Li's group also built the world's first near-complete, high-quality Asian cultivated rice pan-genome and deeply analyzed the genetic diversity of Asia cultiva... -
Discover new mechanisms of Magnaporthe oryzae pathogenesis and rice resistance to blast disease (Dr. Ning Yuese and Dr. Liu Wende’s teams at the Institute of Plant Protection )
A group led by Dr. Ning Yuese and Dr. Liu Wende at the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS revealed a direct correlation between plant nutrition and disease resistance, and analyzed the regulation mechanism of monocotyledon's receptor kinase SD-1 against rice blast fungus. These studies are of great significance for finding new disease control methods. The Magnaporthe oryzae effector AvrPi... -
A multiomics study revealed the history of tomato breeding (Prof. Huang Sanwen’s team at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute)
A team led by Prof. Huang Sanwen at the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute of CAAS applied a multi-omics approach to integrate the data of genome, transcriptome and metabolome from hundreds of tomato genotypes, and revealed changes of fruit metabolome in tomato breeding history. The result is a breakthrough in the study of plant metabolic biology. A multi-omics view of tomato breeding -
Poultry vaccines to block human infection with the H7N9 virus in China (Prof. Chen Hualan’s team at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS)
Prof. Chen Hualan and her team at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS developed a H5/H7 bivalent avian influenza inactivated vaccine. The vaccine can effectively stop the spread of H7N9 avian influenza viruses in poultry and block the human infection with H7N9 virus in China. The successful prevention and control of H7N9 infection has become a model case of controlling zoonosis from a... -
Development and industrialization of ethanamizuril, a new anticoccidials for animals (Prof. Xue Feiqun's team at the Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute)
Prof. Xue Feiqun's research group at the Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS completed a series of studies on ethanamizuril, including the drug effect screening, preparation technology, pharmacological and pharmacokinetic research, toxicity and safety evaluation, clinical research and environmental assessment. The team has solved several technical difficulties related to the production ... -
Application of standardized and industrialized control technology for the Chinese chive gnat (Prof. Zhang Youjun’s team at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers )
A research team led by Prof. Zhang Youjun at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of CAAS improved a gnat control technology featuring regional cultivation characteristics and formulated related industrial standard in China. In 2018, the technology was applied at a total area of nearly 320,000 hectares in China. -
Efficient transplant techniques for carpet-like rape seedlings (Prof. Wu Chongyou’s team at the Nanjing Research Institute for Agricultural Mechanization)
A research team led by Prof. Wu Chongyou at the Nanjing Research Institute for Agricultural Mechanization, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, solved a key problem of transplanting rape seedlings with high efficiency and high density in paddy soil and rice straw returning fields. The problem was the last barrier of mechanized production of rape. The new t... -
Rice seedling raising technology in overlaid tray (Prof. Zhu Defeng and Prof. Chen Huizhe’s teams at the China National Rice Research Institute )
A research team led by Prof. Zhu Defeng and Prof. Chen Huizhe at the China National Rice Research Institute innovated a rice seedling raising mode in overlaid tray suitable for the rice transplanting machine. The team also developed related equipment for sowing and intelligent temperature and humidity control in greenhouses. Using technology leads to a neat and robust seedling emergence and increa... -
A production mode to combine the high-quality cotton variety CCRI 641 and "wide-early-fine" planting pattern (Prof. Zhang Xiling’s team at the Institute of Cotton Research )
A group led by Prof. Zhang Xiling at the Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS integrated the new high-quality cotton strain CCRI 641 and the new planting pattern of "wide-early-fine". The production mode was applied in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in 2018 and increased the yield by more than 20 percent. Significant breakthroughs were made in "good methods going together with ...
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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...
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