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  Microbial Metabolism and Life Strategies Reveal the Functional Mechanism of Soil Carbon Cycling

  A research team led by Prof. WANG Kelin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a regional-scale sampling in a karst region in southern China.

  Feb 04, 2026
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  Uncovering the Causes of Farmland Phosphorus Limitation: Insights from Phosphorus-Cycling Microbes

  A researcher team led by Prof. WANG Kelin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a regional-scale sampling in a karst region in southern China,,and revealed the microbial mechanisms that limit the phosphorus (P) cycle in farmland soils.

  Feb 04, 2026
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  Mapping 44,000 Viruses in Ruminants: Gastrointestinal Region Trumps Host Species

  A large-scale population metagenomic study has shed new light on spatial heterogeneity of viral communities across the gastrointestinal tracts of ruminant, which tightly interwoven with the history of humans.

  Jan 15, 2026
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  Researchers Unlock a Novel Mechanism Underlying the Impacts on Lake Water Environments

  A recent study led by Prof. Xie Yonghong’s team at the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered that the universal Chl-a-nutrient model established based on global large-scale, long-term lake datasets are not applicable to river-connected lakes.

  Jan 12, 2026
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  Scientists Identify Lithology as Key Driver of Forest Species Compositional variations Between Communities in Southwestern China

  Dec 30, 2025
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  Scientists Uncover How Phosphorus Migration and Transformation in Wetland Systems

  A reasearcher team led by Prof. Xie Yonghong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences, reveals the regulatory mechanism of aquatic vegetation types on the migration and transformation of pollutant phosphorus under gradient nutrient loadings.

  Dec 26, 2025
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  New Insights into How Multitrophic Organisms Adapt to Phosphorus Limitation in Subtropical Ecosystems

  A research team led by Prof. Kelin Wang from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made significant progress in understanding how multitrophic organisms adapt to phosphorus (P) limitation in subtropical ecosystems. Their findings, published online in Journal of Advanced Research, shed light on mechanisms to alleviate P limitation in fragile subtropical ecosystems.

  Nov 21, 2025
• "Karst Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Resilience Enhancement Project" from Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Selected for UNESCO's International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development Framework

  On November 28th, the "Karst Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Resilience Enhancement Programme" (referred to as Karst Biodiversity Programme), organized and submitted by Professor Chen Hongsong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was successfully selected as an implementing initiative for the UNESCO-led International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD) for the period 2024-2033.

  Dec 02, 2025
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  Renowned Microbiologist visits Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS

  Professor Matthias Hess, a Hellman Fellow and renowned microbiologist from the University of California, Davis, visited the Institute of Subtropical Ecology Agriculture from November 10 to 15, 2025. He was invited by Professor Tan Zhiliang, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for collaborative research and academic exchange.

  Nov 28, 2025
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  Distinguished French Scholar Professor Laurent Philippot Fosters Collaboration at the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture

  At the invitation of the Taoyuan Agro-ecological Research Station, Professor Laurent Philippot, a 2025 CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) Distinguished Scientist from the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), visited the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISA-CAS) from August 23 to 29, 2025, for a series of collaborative academic exchanges.

  Sep 04, 2025