Research Progress

• Agro-Farming Systems Determine Adjacent Environment Quality

  Agro-farming systems characterized by specialized agricultural activities profoundly determine the phosphorus (P) budget at the farm scale. Development of formation of agro-farming systems is generally driven by economic activities.

  Aug 01, 2018
• How Methionine and Lysine Affect Ruminants as Feed Additives?

  Recently, an experiment conducted by Zhu Xiaoli, a doctoral student in ISA had illustrated the effects of dietary methionine and lysine supplementation on nutrients digestion, and serum parameters in growing Liuyang black goats -a local breed of goat in Changsha

  Aug 01, 2018
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  Nitrogen Deposition Causes More Evident Phosphorus-Limitation in Legume Plantation

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture(ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences measured soil P fractions in a legume (Acacia auriculiformis) and a non-legume (Eucalyptus urophylla) plantation in subtropical China after four-year of N addition.

  Jul 06, 2018
• Maternal Serine Supplementation Prevents Offspring from Oxidative Stress by Epigenetical Mechanism

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISA), worked with researchers in China Jiliang University, investigated the effects of maternal serine during pregnancy on HFD-induced oxidative response in offspring.

  Jun 25, 2018
• Is Menthe Generated Evenly by Methanogens in Rumen?

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA), Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated 3 ruminally-cannulated non-lactating Chinese Holstein dairy cows fed a 40% forage and 60% concentrate feeds diet. The samples from three different parts of the rumen was investigated.

  May 31, 2018
• Amino Acids Participate Metabolic Interaction between Host and Pathogen: Study

  The research of AA-involved metabolic interaction between host and pathogen is beneficial to the treatment and prevention of epidemics, especially it will offer significant insight into pathogenic infections and reveal novel treatments to prevent and cure infections by modulating the abundance of AA or the metabolism of those AA.

  May 21, 2018
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  Little Earthworm, Huge “Environmentalist”

  Earthworms are renowned for serving as an important link in food webs. Recently, a team of researchers in ISA found earthworms also played an important role in trace element transfer.

  May 03, 2018
• Urea Plus Nitrate Pretreatment of Straws Enhances Degradation and Reduces Methane Production

  Now,nitrate supplementation can make a difference. Therefore, ZHANG Xiumin and his team from ISA pre-treated rice and wheat straws by urea plus nitrate (urea+nitrate) together that can improve the degradation of straws and reduce the CH₄ production from ruminants.

  Apr 26, 2018
• Scientists Identify Ruminal Methanogenic Pathway from Formate in Ruminants

  In order to explore the mechanistic insight in the formation of CH₄ and quantitatively evaluate the ruminal methane formation from formate, researchers from ISA investigated the carbon flow from formate to CH₄ and CO₂ using stable isotopic formate with 13^C in a batch culture system, where the inocula of ruminal fluid was collected from ruminally-fistulated goats to represent the ruminal environment.

  Apr 19, 2018
• Scientists Find Novel Small Signaling Peptide to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Rice

  In order to improve drought tolerance in agricultural crops, scientists from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences(ISA)selected OsDSSR1 (O. sativa drought and salt stress response-1) for functional analysis in the abiotic stress response of rice.

  Apr 16, 2018