September 30,2015 | Vol. 3

Headline

CAAS to Deepen Cooperation with European Partners

In Czech, the delegation visited the Czech Crop Research Institute (CRI), the largest agricultural research institute in Czech, and had a fruitful meeting with its DG, Dr. Pavel Cermák and DDG Dr. Jiban Kuma. Noting that China and Czech enjoy strong complementarily advantages and great potential for agricultural scientific cooperation, Tang called upon the two sides to deepen their cooperation on agricultural science and technology. Both sides agreed to establish the “CAAS-CRZ Joint Center for Agricultural Research” and seek to include its implementation under the Sino-Czech S&T Cooperation framework supported by Ministries of Science and Technology of both countries. The prioritized areas for future cooperation were identified. The two sides also reached consensus to encourage the joint application of the Horizon 2020 projects and bilateral cooperation projects so as to boosting the pragmatic cooperation.
The 2nd China-EU Innovation Cooperation Dialogue (ICD) was co-chaired by MOST Minister Wan Gang and EU Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner Carlos Moedas in Brussels of Belgium. Tang was invited to deliver a keynote speech on the status quo and future steps of China-EU cooperation in agricultural research and innovation. Read more >>

President Li Jiayang Meets Israeli Agricultural Minister

On August 14, Prof. Li Jiayang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and President of CAAS met with the visiting delegation headed by Mr. Uri Ariel, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel. The two sides exchanged views on furthering the bilateral cooperation. Vice President Wu Kongming attended the meeting.
Li extended his sincere congratulations to Mr. Uri Ariel for taking his office as Israeli Agricultural Minister. He commended Israel’s achievements in water resources management, breeding technology, horticulture and other advanced technologies in food production, processing, storage and transportation. Under the context of rapid urbanization progress, it is imperative for China to improve the food productivity and utilization efficiencies of land, water and nutrients through generating and disseminating agricultural science and technology. There is great potential for bilateral cooperation in the aforesaid areas. He hoped that the two sides could strengthen collaboration to address challenges pertaining to food security and food safety and promote the sustainable and sound development of agriculture. Read more >>

Research Update

CAAS to Deepen Cooperation with European Partners

In Czech, the delegation visited the Czech Crop Research Institute (CRI), the largest agricultural research institute in Czech, and had a fruitful meeting with its DG, Dr. Pavel Cermák and DDG Dr. Jiban Kuma. Noting that China and Czech enjoy strong complementarily advantages and great potential for agricultural scientific cooperation, Tang called upon the two sides to deepen their cooperation on agricultural science and technology. Both sides agreed to establish the “CAAS-CRZ Joint Center for Agricultural Research” and seek to include its implementation under the Sino-Czech S&T Cooperation framework supported by Ministries of Science and Technology of both countries. The prioritized areas for future cooperation were identified. The two sides also reached consensus to encourage the joint application of the Horizon 2020 projects and bilateral cooperation projects so as to boosting the pragmatic cooperation.
The 2nd China-EU Innovation Cooperation Dialogue (ICD) was co-chaired by MOST Minister Wan Gang and EU Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner Carlos Moedas in Brussels of Belgium. Tang was invited to deliver a keynote speech on the status quo and future steps of China-EU cooperation in agricultural research and innovation. Read more >>

President Li Jiayang Meets Israeli Agricultural Minister

On August 14, Prof. Li Jiayang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and President of CAAS met with the visiting delegation headed by Mr. Uri Ariel, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel. The two sides exchanged views on furthering the bilateral cooperation. Vice President Wu Kongming attended the meeting.
Li extended his sincere congratulations to Mr. Uri Ariel for taking his office as Israeli Agricultural Minister. He commended Israel’s achievements in water resources management, breeding technology, horticulture and other advanced technologies in food production, processing, storage and transportation. Under the context of rapid urbanization progress, it is imperative for China to improve the food productivity and utilization efficiencies of land, water and nutrients through generating and disseminating agricultural science and technology. There is great potential for bilateral cooperation in the aforesaid areas. He hoped that the two sides could strengthen collaboration to address challenges pertaining to food security and food safety and promote the sustainable and sound development of agriculture. Read more >>

International Cooperation Update

CAAS Scientists Reveal the Genetic Mechanism of Rice Grain Length

There are two major subspecies of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in China: the short grain japonica variety, and the long-grain indica variety. With the opening of the rice market, customers nowadays are paying attention not only to the rice flavor but also the grain appearance, which is a major quality parameter determined by grain size and endosperm translucency. Therefore, improving the grain appearance and developing high-yield and quality varieties are of great significance to both breeders and seed companies.
Recently, the Innovation Team of Rice Germplasm Resources from China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has made a progress in this field, with the cooperation of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). They found that copy number variant (CNV) at the Grain Length on Chromosome 7 (GL7) locus contribute to grain size diversity in rice. The work suggests that pyramiding beneficial alleles of GL7 and other yield-and-quality-related genes may improve the breeding of elite rice varieties. Read more >>

LVRI Scientists Decode the Mitochondrial Genome of Gnathostoma spinigerum, a Neglected Zoonotic Nematode

Gnathostoma spp. can cause human and animal gnathostomiasis, which is an emerging food-borne parasitic disease. In spite of their significance as pathogens, these parasites remain poorly understood at the molecular level. Recently, scientists in the Innovation Research Team of Animal Parasitic Diseases in Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute (LVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) decoded the mitochondrial (mt) genome of G. spinigerum, which infects a range of definitive hosts including dogs, cats, tigers, leopards and humans. The mt genome of G. spinigerum is 14,079 bp in size and shows substantial changes in gene order compared to other nematodes studied to date. Phylogenetic analyses of mt genome sequences by Bayesian inference (BI) revealed that the infraorder Gnathostomatomorpha (represented by G. spinigerum) is closely related to the infraorder Ascaridomorpha. G. spinigerum is the first species from the infraorder Gnathostomatomorpha for which a complete mt genome has been sequenced. The new data will help understand the evolution, population genetics and systematics of this medically important group of parasites. Read more >>

Researchers Identified the Genetic Diversity of FecB Gene and Microsatellite GC101 Which is Associated with Reproduction Selection in Sheep

The mutton sheep and goat genetics and breeding team led by Professor Chu Mingxing at Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS, reported that the FecB gene of Chinese sheep affecting fecundity might derive from Chinese local area. The result of this study was published in Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences on Aug 3, 2015.
FecB(Fec=fecundity, B=Booroola) mutation was firstly identified in Booroola Merino sheep based on segregation studies on litter size and ovulation rate. It is a major gene responsible for high prolificacy in sheep and has been widely used for sheep breeding improvement for many years. Microsatellite GC101 being a marker is closely linked with FecB gene. The aims of this study were to reveal the changes of genetic diversity of both FecB gene and microsatellite GC101 in reproduction selection of sheep. Read more >>

Antagonism Mechanism of GA on ABA signaling pathway

ABA is a stress responsive phytohormone which inhibits seed germination and seedling growth to adapt to unfavorable environmental conditions while GA is a major growth promoting phytohormone which promotes seed germination, seedling growth, flowering and leaf expansion. Recent studies have portrayed a conceptual ABA signaling pathway in which ABA binds to its receptor PYL/PYR/RCARs, subsequently the PYL/PYR/RCAR-ABA complex binds to PP2C phosphatases which repress the SnRK2s, releasing the activated SnRK2s to phosphorylate downstream targets to activate ABA responses. In the GA signaling pathway, the receptor GID1 and E3 ligase SCFSLY1/GID2 together promote the degradation of the DELLA repressor proteins in a GA-dependent manner to relieve their repression of GA action. Although recent studies have shown that ABA can antagonize GA-promoted degradation of DELLA proteins, the regulatory mechanism underlying the antagonism of GA on ABA signaling pathway remains largely unknown. Read more >>

New Research Progress on Genetic Mechanism of Stony Hard Phenotype in Peach

Prompt post-harvest softening of fruits is one of the major bottleneck constraints of peach industry development. Therefore, the study of fruit maturation and softening mechanism of peach is of great significance for breeding peach cultivars with better preservability. Peach cultivars can be classified into three groups: melting (M), non-melting (NM) and stony hard (SH) flesh types. A high level of ethylene production (in the late ripening phase) characterizes the M and NM varieties. This phase, however, is absent in the SH phenotype, which is thought to contribute to the inhibition of fruit softening in stony hard peaches. Recently, the peach breeding team led by Professor Wang Zhiqiang from Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of CAAS has made progress on genetic mechanism of stony hard phenotype in peach. Read more >>

Events

China and New Zealand to further Cooperate on Economic Crop Research

On August 31st, CAAS President Li Jiayang met with the delegation from Plant & Food Research of New Zealand (PFR) which is headed by its Chairman Michael Ahie. The two sides signed the “MOU on the establishment of the international crops research strategic economic partnership agreement” and exchanged views on strengthening cooperation in agricultural science and technology.
Li briefed the guests on the advancement of CAAS since its implementation of its epoch-making strategic program, namely the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (ASTIP) and the new trends in the reform of China’s agricultural science and technology system. Read more >>

IAEA/RCA Regional Training Course on Application of Mutation Breeding and Screening of Target Traits in Bioenergy Crops held in Beijing

RCA Regional Training Course on the Application of Mutation Breeding and Screening of Target Traits in Bioenergy Crops was held in Beijing from August 24 -28, 2015. It was organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in cooperation with the China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA) and hosted by the Institute of Crop Science (ICS) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). 26 participants from 15 different countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, New Zealand and China joined the training. Dr. Jin Ke, Deputy Director General of Department of International Cooperation of CAAS, and Dr. Wang Shumin, Deputy Director General of ICS presented at the opening ceremony. Read more >>

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Editors Group

) Chief Editor: Vice President Wu Kongming Meets with Deputy Minister of AAFC
Content Editors:
Graphic Design: Wu reviewed the bilateral cooperation on agricultural science and technology between China and Canada, which has yielded remarkable achievements in the plant and animal genetic resources, integrated pest management, biotechnology, food processing, nutrition and health, sustainable agricultural production system and other agricultural research areas. He suggested that both sides intensify cooperation willprovide innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and reduce the cost of agricultural production.
Lyon agreed with Wu’s proposal and appreciated CAAS’s contribution to China-Canada agricultural cooperation. She hoped that two sides would strengthen cooperation in bio-safety and biotechnology so as to cope with common challenges.
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