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CAAS and MSU: Collaboration Growing Steadily
On October 15th, CAAS President LI Jiayang met with David DeWitt, Senior Associate Dean, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University (MSU). The two sides agreed to push forward the collaboration in biotechnology under regular cooperative mechanism. The partnership dated back 2 years to LI’s 2012 visit to MSU.
“It is such a pleasure to have MSU delegation in CAAS. CAAS-MSU Workshop on Agricultural Biotechnology steps us into further steady cooperation. ”, President LI said, “I’ve learnt from my colleague that the workshop is very informative and productive. We should enhance our cooperation not only through short-term academic activities, but also establish a long-term regular cooperative mechanism. Jointly apply for international projects, talent training, scientists exchange, especially establishment of joint laboratory are offering us more options. In addition, our collaborative research areas can be also broaden, such as animal science, veterinary, agro-product processing, water utilization and agroecology, etc. it is so important to transform raw agricultural research to an agricultural research chain .”
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Research Update
CAAS and MSU: Collaboration Growing Steadily
On October 15th, CAAS President LI Jiayang met with David DeWitt, Senior Associate Dean, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University (MSU). The two sides agreed to push forward the collaboration in biotechnology under regular cooperative mechanism. The partnership dated back 2 years to LI’s 2012 visit to MSU.
“It is such a pleasure to have MSU delegation in CAAS. CAAS-MSU Workshop on Agricultural Biotechnology steps us into further steady cooperation. ”, President LI said, “I’ve learnt from my colleague that the workshop is very informative and productive. We should enhance our cooperation not only through short-term academic activities, but also establish a long-term regular cooperative mechanism. Jointly apply for international projects, talent training, scientists exchange, especially establishment of joint laboratory are offering us more options. In addition, our collaborative research areas can be also broaden, such as animal science, veterinary, agro-product processing, water utilization and agroecology, etc. it is so important to transform raw agricultural research to an agricultural research chain .”Read more >>
“It is such a pleasure to have MSU delegation in CAAS. CAAS-MSU Workshop on Agricultural Biotechnology steps us into further steady cooperation. ”, President LI said, “I’ve learnt from my colleague that the workshop is very informative and productive. We should enhance our cooperation not only through short-term academic activities, but also establish a long-term regular cooperative mechanism. Jointly apply for international projects, talent training, scientists exchange, especially establishment of joint laboratory are offering us more options. In addition, our collaborative research areas can be also broaden, such as animal science, veterinary, agro-product processing, water utilization and agroecology, etc. it is so important to transform raw agricultural research to an agricultural research chain .”Read more >>
International Cooperation Update
Cucumber Secrets Revealed: Bitter or Sweet?
An international team lead by Sanwen Huang, professor of Institute of Vegetables and Flowers (IVF) and Deputy Director of Shenzhen Agricultural Genomic Institute (AGI), CAAS, revealed the molecular basis of biosynthesis, regulation and domestication of bitterness in cucumber. They provided a good example on integration of big data, such as genomics, variation map, transcriptome, with metabolomics and molecular tools to solve a breeding problem in non-model plant. These findings are published in the journal Science in December, 2014.
Widely consumed as vegetables and fruits, cucumber, pumpkin and their relatives were domesticated from their wild ancestors that had extremely bitter fruits. Due to the inadequate domestication, non-bitter cultivars would turn bitter when grown under drought or temperature stress, which can seriously affect fruit quality and marketability. Read more >>
Widely consumed as vegetables and fruits, cucumber, pumpkin and their relatives were domesticated from their wild ancestors that had extremely bitter fruits. Due to the inadequate domestication, non-bitter cultivars would turn bitter when grown under drought or temperature stress, which can seriously affect fruit quality and marketability. Read more >>
Cucumber Secrets Revealed: Bitter or Sweet?
An international team lead by Sanwen Huang, professor of Institute of Vegetables and Flowers (IVF) and Deputy Director of Shenzhen Agricultural Genomic Institute (AGI), CAAS, revealed the molecular basis of biosynthesis, regulation and domestication of bitterness in cucumber. They provided a good example on integration of big data, such as genomics, variation map, transcriptome, with metabolomics and molecular tools to solve a breeding problem in non-model plant. These findings are published in the journal Science in December, 2014.
Widely consumed as vegetables and fruits, cucumber, pumpkin and their relatives were domesticated from their wild ancestors that had extremely bitter fruits. Due to the inadequate domestication, non-bitter cultivars would turn bitter when grown under drought or temperature stress, which can seriously affect fruit quality and marketability. Read more >>
Widely consumed as vegetables and fruits, cucumber, pumpkin and their relatives were domesticated from their wild ancestors that had extremely bitter fruits. Due to the inadequate domestication, non-bitter cultivars would turn bitter when grown under drought or temperature stress, which can seriously affect fruit quality and marketability. Read more >>
China's First Anti-Viral Protein Pesticide—— "Atailing" Successfully Demonstrated
From June to November 2014, China’s first anti-viral protein pesticide “ATaiLing”, which was developed by the Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), CAAS, was conducted the anti-viral field experiment in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County and Changsha of Hunan Province.
The active ingredient of ATaiLing is a microbial protein elicitor which could induce the plant resistance. Through large-scale fermentation processes and biological preparation, scientists in IPP developed the wettable powder protein pesticide ATaiLing. It has good control effect on southern rice black streaked dwarf virus disease with the efficacy of 60%-70%. When combined with chemical pesticides, the control efficacy was up to 90%. During the integrated demonstration in double cropping rice farm of Pearl Lake in Jiangxi Province, ATaiLing demonstrated good effect on disease resistance and rice yield increase by 7%-12%. Read more >>
The active ingredient of ATaiLing is a microbial protein elicitor which could induce the plant resistance. Through large-scale fermentation processes and biological preparation, scientists in IPP developed the wettable powder protein pesticide ATaiLing. It has good control effect on southern rice black streaked dwarf virus disease with the efficacy of 60%-70%. When combined with chemical pesticides, the control efficacy was up to 90%. During the integrated demonstration in double cropping rice farm of Pearl Lake in Jiangxi Province, ATaiLing demonstrated good effect on disease resistance and rice yield increase by 7%-12%. Read more >>
Events
China-Ireland Dairy Science and Technology Centre Established in CAAS
In the presence of Han Changfu, Chinese Minister of Agriculture, and Simon Coveney, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Institute of Animal Sciences (IAS) of CAAS, University College Dublin and Richard Keenan and Co., signed an agreement on the establishment of the China-Ireland Dairy Science and Technology Centre (hereinafter as “the Centre”), on November 3, 2014 in Beijing.
The Centre was initiated by Professor Li Ming, the Director General of IAS and Dr. Bu Dengpan after abundant academic exchanges and visits over years. It is a platform for training and education, technology extension and research. Read more >>
The Centre was initiated by Professor Li Ming, the Director General of IAS and Dr. Bu Dengpan after abundant academic exchanges and visits over years. It is a platform for training and education, technology extension and research. Read more >>
Successful Habituation of a Novel Silkworm Variety “Wild Hybrid Complex 1” in Ethiopia
A novel silkworm variety named “Wild Hybrid Complex 1” (WHC1) of the Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SRI-CAAS) was successfully reared in Ethiopia in the spring of 2014 on its first oversea habituation. Days ago, SRI-CAAS received a letter from Ethiopian institution who requests continued supply of WHC1 and technical support for development of sericulture in Ethiopia.
WHC1 is the result of a ten-year breeding effort of the research group headed by associate professor Yang-chun Wu. It is the first hybrid silkworm variety with both the wild silkworm and domestic silkworm as parents that have been approved by Silkworm Variety Evaluation Committee of Jiangsu Province in China. Read more >>
WHC1 is the result of a ten-year breeding effort of the research group headed by associate professor Yang-chun Wu. It is the first hybrid silkworm variety with both the wild silkworm and domestic silkworm as parents that have been approved by Silkworm Variety Evaluation Committee of Jiangsu Province in China. Read more >>