supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32030068);the“Lump-sum System”Project of Chongqing Talent Plan(Grant No.cstc2022ycjh-bgzxm0204).
The island rule,a general pattern of dwarfism in large species to gigantism in small species on islands relative to mainland,is typically seen as a macroevolutionary phenomenon.However,whether the ecological processes...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U23A20199 (J.W.),32302464 (C.M.));the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF (GZC20232764 (C.M.));the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program"Yunling Scholar"Project (J.W.);Yunnan Innovation Team Project (202105AE160013 (J.W.));the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDPB16 (J.W.));the CAS"Light of West China"Program (J.Q.);the General and Key Project of Applied Basic Research Program of Yunnan (202201AS070053 (J.Q.));the Special Research Assistant of Chinese Academy of Sciences (C.M.);the Postdoctoral Directional Training Foundation of Yunnan Province (M.Z.)。
In response to insect attack,plants use intricate signaling pathways,including phytohormones,such as jasmonate(JA),ethylene(ET),and salicylic acid(SA),to activate defenses.Maize(Zea mays)is one of the most important s...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0505200);the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31590820);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31570228,31770249);the Young Academic and Technical Leader Raising Foundation of Yunnan Province(2016HB062);the Ten-thousand Talents Program of Yunnan Province(YNWR-QNBJ2018-208);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,CAS (2017437);the CAS “Light of West China” Program to B.S.
Spinescence has been thought to have evolved mainly as a defense against herbivores.Thus,studying its evolution in a whole flora is an excellent approach for understanding long-term plant-herbivore interactions.In thi...