Research Progress

• Leaf N:P Stoichiometry Help Researchers Reveal Plant Restoration in Karst Region

  Leaf N : P stoichiometry is a novel diagnostic method that can indicate plant growth limitation in terrestrial ecosystem .Soil nitrogen ( N ) and phosphorus ( P ) are considered to be the most important factors that in ? uenced plant growth in the karst ecosystem .However , the biotic and abiotic factors controlling the patterns of leaf N : P in different functional groups of the karst ecosystem of southwestern China remain unclear .

  Aug 20, 2015
• Researchers Find a New Cause for the Harm of DON-contaminated Diets

  Cereal corps especially wheat , barley , and corn are contaminated by mould easily in daily life .Deoxynivalenol ( DON ) , one of the most prevalent mycotoxins produced by the mould , has brought about an increasing food safety issue worldwide .Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture , Chinese Academy of Sciences ( ISA ) applied pigs as models to investigate the harm of mycotoxin to humans , since the physiological index of the pig and human are alike .The findings have been published on Veterinary Research recently .

  Aug 18, 2015
• New Cytoprotective Effect of Arginine on Enterocyte: Improve DNA Synthesis

  The intestinal mucosa has the highest rate of turnover among tissues in young pigs .L-Arginine plays an important role in intestinal physiology and has been studied as a component of an oral rehydration solution to enhance intestinal absorption and villous recovery after injury and has been shown to be effective in protecting against gastrointestinal injury .The findings were published recently in Frontiers in Bioscience , Landmark ( DOI http : / / dx . doi . org / ) could be found at http : / / www . ncbi . nlm . nih . gov/pubmed / 25961538.

  Aug 17, 2015
• LA Addition Decreases CH4 and Improves Fatty Acid Composition

  The common saying “ Eat the grass , squeeze out the milk . ” vividly describe the progress of ruminant digestion .However , this progress is always associated with the formation of methane ( CH4 ) - a very effective greenhouse gas .How to meet the needs of mankind and minimize the displacement of greenhouse gas is a thorny question scientists faced .

  Aug 13, 2015
• Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities Change During Natural Vegetation Restoration in Karst Region

  Karst rocky desertification hazard ， which restricts ecological restoration and the well-being of local people , is one important geoecological disaster existing in the karst area .The karst rocky desertification comprehensive prevention and cure is a long - term and massive system project .The study entitled “ Influence of plant communities and soil properties during natural vegetation restoration on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a Karst region ” has been published in Ecological Engineering ( http : / / www . sciencedirect . com/science/article/pii/S0925857 .

  Aug 12, 2015
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  Where is Suitable for Tobacco Production in Shandong Province?

  Tobacco smoke is killing thousands of people every year and injuring hundreds of thousands more every day .While , many smokers find it difficult to cease smoking despite their knowledge of ill health effects .In this case , flue-cured tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L . ) production still exists .This study was supported by the Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences . Details can be found at http : / / www . sciencedirect . com/science/article/pii/S0168169.

  Aug 11, 2015
• Nutrient Absorption Deserves People’s Concern

  At present , a lot of people begin to pay attention to their dietary nutrition , even carefully calculating the nutrient content in food .However , even though they do these things very well , most people find that they do not achieve the desired effects .Actually , in some cases , defective absorption of nutrients could be life-threatening for people , specially , pregnant woman , baby , and patients .Therefore , nutrition absorption should be attached great importance .Details could be found at http : / / dx . doi . org / 10.1371 / journal . pone .

  Aug 10, 2015
• Larger Fragment,Higher Nutrient and Lower Density Facilitate Colonization of Myriophyllum Spicatum

  Vegetative fragments represent one of the most important mechanisms for the reproduction and spread of aquatic plants .But the success of fragment colonization strongly depends on the characteristics of a given species and several environment factors .Fragment size , nutrient and density are all important factors influencing the colonization of aquatic plants , while , their interactive influence on plant colonization is far from clear .Details could be found at http : / / www . nature . com/srep / 2015/150702 / srep11821 / full/srep11821 . html.

  Aug 07, 2015
• Interesting! Myokine Interleukin-15 can Counteract Early Weaning Stress of Piglets in Swine Production

  Jun 01, 2015
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  Oil and meat: you really know them?

  Correspondence：Corresponding authors: F. Li, fax +86 731 8461 2685, email lifengna@isa.ac.cn; Y. Yin, email: yinyulong@isa.ac.cn

  Apr 23, 2015