Research Progress

Researchers Elucidate Endangered Stipitate Hydnaceous Fungi in China

The genus Hydnellum, an important component of stipitate hydnaceous fungi, is a group of soil-inhabiting Basidiomycota with a spinulose hymenium. They can form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with ...

To Enhance or Suppress? The Double-edged Sword of Superantigen in Tumor Immunotherapy

Tumor immunotherapy is the most promising research field in the last years. By re-awakening and enhancing the immune system to fight cancer, such strategies have attracted the attention of many res...

Effects of Different Nitrogen Compounds Addition on Plant-soil Micronutrients in a Meadow Steppe

Recently, Prof. Yong Jiang’s Lab from the Institute of Applied Ecology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, examined the effects of different N compounds of (NH4)2SO4, NH4NO3, and urea with and without...

A Novel Dual-labelling Technique to Quantify the Contribution of Root Nutrient Re-allocation to P...

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are co-limiting nutrients of net primary productivity in most terrestrial ecosystems. To satisfy N and P demand for shoots, plants take up nutrients from the soil bu...

Interaction Between Climatic Factors and Timescale Affect the Result of Assessing Extreme Drought...

Recently, Landscape Processes Group from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed how climate and timescale individually and interactively alter EDF ...