Phytoliths are extensively utilized as an archaeobotanical indicator in paleovegetation reconstruction and environmental archaeology. Over the past two decades, numerous phytolith morphotypes, particularly those exhib...
funded by the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province(Grant Number:2023C02003);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Number:32001315,U1809208,31870618);the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province(Grant Number:2021C02005);the Scientific Research Development Fund of Zhejiang A&F University(Grant Number:2020FR008);the Key Research and Development Pro-gram of Zhejiang Province(Grant Number:2022C03039).
Background Terrestrial ecosystems contain significant carbon storage,vital to the global carbon cycle and climate change.Alterations in human production activities and environmental factors affect the stability of car...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41967054,41830322)。
The analysis of wild rice cell structures,tissues,organs,and other morphological characteristics and the development of identification markers for wild rice are the basis for identifying the origins and evolution of p...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41472145,41688103,41472020);the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB953803)
Grasses(Poaceae) are human's most important crop plants and among the most important extant clades of vascular plants. However, the origin and early evolution of grasses are controversial, with estimated ages from mol...
The Basic Scientific Fund for National Public Research Institutes of China under contract No.GY0216Q03;the National Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41776089 and 41576084
Three comprehensive surveys were performed in the Changjiang(Yangtze River) Estuary(CJE) to understand the biogenic silica(BSi) composition, behavior and budget. It is indicated that the BSi is composed of phyto...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41230104);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2015CB953801);the“Strategic Priority Research Program:Climate Change,Carbon Budget and Relevant Issues”of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA05130602);the“Macroevolutionary Processes and Paleoenvironments of Major Historical Biota”of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDPB0503)
China is one of the main global centers of origin of agriculture. Foxtail millet(Setaria italica), common millet(Panicum miliaceum), and rice(Oryza sativa) were the first crops to be domesticated in China. There remai...
Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41271208), the JiangsuPlanned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds (No. 1301061C), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2013M541744), and the Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period (2013BADllB00). We also express our sincere thanks to Ms. Yanan Zhang and Ms. Yilan Liu for their kind help with the sampling.
Rice is a well-known silicon accumulator. During its periods of growth, a great number of phytoliths are formed by taking up silica via the plant roots. Concurrently, carbon in those phytoliths is sequestrated by a me...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41106072,41376093);the International Collaboration Science Plan(No.GASI-01-02-01-04)
The contribution of phytoliths to total biogenic silica(BSi) volumes in rivers worldwide,and the associated implications for the biogeochemical cycle,require in-depth study.Based on samples from rivers in Peninsular M...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41103042);Zhejiang Provincial Key Science and Technology Innovation Team (2010R50030);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation Program (Y5080110 and Z5080203);the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry (SKLEG9011);the Opening Project of Ministry of Education Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University (201106)
As an important long-term terrestrial carbon sequestration mechanism, biogeochemical sequestration of carbon within phytoliths may play a significant role in the global carbon cycle and climate change. The aim of this...
This research was supported by the German Research Foundation(DFG,SU 124/15-1).
Mostly fed with grass in fresh or conserved form,cattle and other livestock have to cope with silicate defence bodies from plants(phytoliths)and environmental silicates(grit),which abrade tooth enamel and could additi...