2012年中国植物科学研究继续快速发展。中国科学家在植物科学多个领域中取得了大量的原创性、高水平研究成果, 包括植物基因组研究、植物天然免疫抗性及其应答环境的信号转导机制以及植物去甲基化作用和DNA双链断裂修复机制研究等, 受到国内外的高度评价。该文对2012年中国本土植物生命科学若干领域取得的重要研究进展进行概括性评述, 旨在全面追踪当前中国植物科学领域发展的最新前沿和热点事件, 并展现我国科学家所取得的杰出成就。

Plant science in China has been developing rapidly in 2012. Chinese scientists reported a lot of original research findings of high level in various aspects of plant biology, including the research into plant genome, the signaling pathway of plant innate immune resistance, the mechanism of DNA demethylation and DNA double-strand break repair in plants, and so on. This review aims to provide an overall picture of plant research in China and highlights some of the important findings in 2012.