Scientists probe into spinach domestication and genetic basis of agronomic traits
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2021-12-22
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On December 13, Prof. JIAO Chen from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, and Prof. FEI Zhangjun from the Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, co-published a research article entitled “Genomic analyses provide insights into spinach domestication and the genetic basis of agronomic traits” in the journal Nature Communications.Spinach is a remarkably nutritious leafy vegetable belonging to the Chenopodiaceae family. However, there has been a p...
Global youth showcase digital solutions to challenges of poverty and hunger
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2021-12-21
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On December 9, 10 youth-led teams pitched their innovative solutions at the on-line Pitch Event of the Global AgriInno Challenge (GAC) 2021, which attracted over 600 viewers from five continents.GAC 2021, themed on “Digital Villages: Solutions for the Four Betters”, was co-organized by Zhejiang University (ZJU) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China and Pinduoduo, a leading e-commerce platfor...
New findings on pollen mitotic division through auxin signaling and sugar metabolism pathways in tomato
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2021-12-04
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On November 23, Prof. LU Gang at the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology and Dr. Xinai Zhao at Heidelberg University co-published an open-access research article entitled “Phytochrome Interacting Factor 3 regulates pollen mitotic division through auxin signaling and sugar metabolism pathways in tomato” in the journal New Phytologist. This study opens up the door for creating hormone-regulated genic male-sterile lines for tomato hybrid seed productio...
Rice varieties with a high endosperm lipid content reduce starch digestibility and increase γ-oryzanol bioaccessibility
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2021-11-16
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According to the Healthy China Initiative, the incidence rate of diabetes is 12.8% in China, with about 150 million patients, and the incidence rate of dyslipidemia is 18.6%, with about 160 million patients. Common rice has a relatively high percentage of digestible starch and is therefore considered as a kind of food with a high glycemic index (GI). Breeding new varieties of rice rich in resistant starch or slowly digestible starch can meet the needs of “diabetes and obesity” patients and mak...
ZJU Ye Ming’er named “Food Hero” by FAO
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2021-10-21
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Ye Ming’er, associate professor of horticulture at Zhejiang University, has been named “Food Hero” by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which honored 25 “Food Heroes” around the world this year for their great efforts to provide safe food for a healthy tomorrow.“I am dedicated to producing high-quality fruit to benefit everyone,” said Ye, who has been promoting fruit tree technology for 35 years. His innovative approach has boosted growth and yield ...
New reader of H3K27 methylation
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2021-10-15
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On September 27, the research team led by Prof. MA Zhonghua at the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture & Biotechnology published an article titled “Fusarium BP1 is a reader of H3K27 methylation” in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.Histone H3 lysine 27 methylation (H3K27me3) can result in facultative heterochromatin for transcriptional repression. Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is responsible for catalyzing and maintaining H3K27me3, and polycomb repressive complex 1...
Global leading scholars get together for pathways towards common prosperity
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2021-10-06
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What are the pathways towards common prosperity? Co-hosted by the China Academy for Rural Development (CARD) and the School of Public Affairs (SPA) at Zhejiang University, the Workshop on “Integrated Urban-rural Development and Common Prosperity” took place in hybrid format on Sept. 24, bringing together 10 leading scholars from home and abroad to share their insights on this issue. As part of Z4G, ZJU’s sustainability action plan, the Workshop aimed to provide theoretical support for promoti...
New mechanism of parasitoid wasps in avoiding intraspecific competition
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2021-09-27
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Parasitic wasps are natural enemies for effective control over the population of pests in nature. Hence, they are extensively used as green agents of pest control in agriculture and forestry. There are a diversity of parasitic wasps, which have assorted parasitic habits. In general, parasitism can be divided into three types: solitary parasitism, gregarious parasitism and synparasitism. Superparasitism—two or more eggs being laid into a single host by one or more parasitoid females—usually leads...
Insight@ZJU: Professor WEI Longbao shares the main points of the new book co-published by ZJU and FAO
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2021-08-29
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[Editor’s Note: Recently, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Zhejiang University co-published the Digital Agriculture Report: Rural E-commerce Development Experience from China, exploring the role of rural e-commerce in transforming the agri-food systems in China. Just as Mr. QU Dongyu, the FAO Director-General, wrote in the Foreword, the report “marks a step on the pathway towards the FAO-led International Platform for Digital Food and Agriculture, the 1000 Digi...
Role of FgAreB in regulating fungal nitrosative stress response
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2021-06-17
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The research team led by Prof. MA Zhonghua at the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture & Technology recently published an article entitled “Interplay of two transcription factors for recruitment of the chromatin remodeling complex modulates fungal nitrosative stress response” in the journal Nature Communications. This study reveals a new mechanism by which Fusarium graminearum (Fg) regulates nitrosative stress (NS), which facilitates a more insightful understanding of funga...