Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2012, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4): 309-356.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1259.2012.00309

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Research Advances on Plant Science in China in 2011

Lijia Qu1, Qian Qian2, Ming Yuan3, Xiaojing Wang4, Weicai Yang5, Tai Wang6, Hongzhi Kong6, Gaoming Jiang6, Kang Chong6   

  1. 1College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;

    2China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China;

    3College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China;

    4College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;

    5Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;

    6Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
  • Online:2012-07-01 Published:2012-07-26

Abstract: Plant science in China has been developing rapidly in 2011. Chinese scientists reported a lot of original research findings in various aspects of plant biology. A series of breakthrough in the structural insight into the signaling pathway of plant hormones (brassinosteroid and abscisic acid) has been made. Moreover, research in the evolution of rice genome and systematic botany achieved significant progresses. This review aims to provide an overall picture of plant research in China and highlights some of the important findings in 2011.