supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB150405);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31401344,31201691,30925024,31330070);the Key Research and Development Plans of Shanxi Province(201703D211002-2);the Chinese National Programs of Science and Technology Development(2012BAD09B01);the Innovative Group Grant of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31421092);CSIRO and Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)through the research project‘Advancing Crop Yield While Reducing the Use of Water and Nitrogen’.
Since 1990,crop yields have stagnated in many parts of the world,posing a significant challenge to global food security[1].As such;innovative solutions are needed to increase the resource-use efficiency of cropping sy...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31572212 and 31372142);the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2015CB150503);the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2013AA102802);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (No. BK20150059);the Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China;the 111 Project of China (No. B12009);the National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates of China (No. 201410307089);the "Qing Lan" Project of China
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are considered to be the most promising agents for cash crop production via increasing crop yields and decreasing disease occurrence. The Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain...
This study has been supported by NASA(NNG04GM39C,NNX08AL73G),NSF(1137306);Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-EW STS 002);the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB950900;No.2002CB412500);the U.S.Department of Energy(DE-FG02-94ER61937);the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency(XA-83600001-1)。
Ensuring global food security requires a sound understanding of climate and environmental controls on crop productivity.The majority of existing assessments have focused on physical climate vari-ables(i.e.,mean temper...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CB100506);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41271311);the National Key Technology Support Program of China (No. 2012BAD05B0203);the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. ISSASIP1118)
Sustainable agricultural production is of vital importance to food supply security. This study aimed to investigate crop yield response to spatial variability of soil quality at a county scale in the North China Plain...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB951502);the Key Technologies R&D Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan period(2013BAC09B04)
With consecutive occurrences of drought disasters in China in recent years, it is important to estimate their potential impacts on regional crop production. In this study, we detect the impacts of drought on wheat and...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270486);the Special Fund for Agriculture Scientific Non-Profit Research of China(201103039);the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB417104);the National Nonprofit Institute Research Grant of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(IARRP-2014-402-15)
Spring maize is one of the most popular crops planted in northeastem China. The cropping systems involving spring maize have been maintaining high production through intensive management practices. However, the high r...
funded by the National 973 Program of China (2012CB955904);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31171452);the Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network initiated and funded by Defra UK and Minstry of Agriculture of China (H5105000)
Climate has been changing in the last fifty years in China and will continue to change regardless any efforts for mitigation. Agriculture is a climate-dependent activity and highly sensitive to climate changes and cli...
This research was supported by grants from the State Key Basic Research Program of China (2010CB126004);the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-N-03); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31028003), and the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.We thank Z. Jeff Chen and C.-H. Li for their helpful discussion. We thank T.-H. Zhang for his help on tractility assay. B.X., J.-Y.G., and X.-Y.C. designed the research; B.X., J.-Y.G., and B.Z. performed most of the experiments; X.-X.S., L.-J.W., and F.-G.L. did the cotton transformation and field trials; S.Y. and C.-Q.Y. compiled the literature data; B.X., X.-Y.C., and C.-J.L. wrote the manuscript. No conflict of interest declared.
Plant growth requires cell wall extension. The cotton AtRD22-Like I gene GhRDL1, predominately expressed in elongating fiber cells, encodes a BURP domain-containing protein. Here, we show that GhRDL1 is localized in c...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program,2007CB109308);the National High-Tech R&D Program of China (2007AA06Z332);a special grant of Application of Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture from the Ministry of Agriculture of China (200803034)
Rational application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers is an important measure to raise N fertilizer recovery rate and reduce N loss.A two-year field experiment of rice-wheat rotation was employed to study the effects of ...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 program) of China (Nos. 2011CB100501 and 2007CB309108);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41071200)
Sustainable potassium (K) management at different soil sites requires understanding the relationships between crop productivity and long-term K fertilizations on a regional or national scale. We analyzed responses o...