The utilization of oil palm biomass in the production of high-value products has increased substantially.Due to the presence of sugars and starches in their tissues,oil palms have an exceptionally low natural resistan...
Nipa palm is one of the non-wood plants rich in lignocellulosic content.In this study,palm fronds were converted into activated carbon,and their physical,chemical,and morphological properties were characterized.The re...
Natural fibers have become essential elements to produce composites, which have the renewability, sustainability, low cost and less health hazardous. Natural wastes improved the physical and mechanical properties of p...
Part of the work by CJC on the Saarland floras was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgeneinschaft;the Universitéde Lille(University of Lille) for support through their "Conférencierétranger" scheme
Alethopteris grandinii represents remains of fronds of a medullosalean pteridosperm(probably a small tree) that rapidly migrated across the lowland wetland habitats of Variscan Euramerica in middle Asturian(late Mosco...
supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,(KZCX2-YW-154);the National Basic Research Program of China(2006CB701400)
A well-preserved permineralized osmundaceous fern was discovered from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Beipiao,Liaoning Province,China.The rhizome is about 50 cm high and 35-41 cm in diameter and can be att...
Supported by New Century Excellent Talents Project of the Ministry of Education (2006);Talents Introduction Fund of Tianjin University of Science and Technology (20060432 and 20080216)~~
[Objective]To study endopeptidases in Spirodela polyrrhiza half-fronds during senescence and their characters. [Method]Changes in endopeptidase isoenzymes of the Spirodela polyrrhiza half-fronds during senescence were...
Supported by NSFC (No. 40376049) and the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shandong Agricultural Seed Stock Breeding Project (Granted to D. L. Duan).
Study on the early development of sporelings from carpospores of Gracilaria asiatica Chang et Xia was conducted indoors under controlled culture conditions. Besides normal development of sporelings, a new developmenta...
IN Permian floras of China, a dispute over the relationship among the Protoblechnum and other similar plants such as Compsopteris, Glenopteris and Supaia has been existing for a long time, and moreover it has not been...