In a study published in Physiologia Plantarum, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators explored the gene function of PsFLP by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) technology.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators performed a comprehensive orchid flora survey in a karst forest located in southeast Yunnan, China. They aimed to seek the species richness, distribution, and conservation status of orchid species in Wanfengshan Nature Reserve (NR).

The researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and Tibet Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University carried out a thorough examination of morphology and further comparative study with the specimens at herbaria, and a survey of literature. They revealed that those specimens belong to B. sect. Desmosanthes and could be classified into three entities, one identified as B.stenobulbon, the other identified as B. cauliflorum , however, the third one was apparently different from those two species and belongs to a previously undescribed species. After careful morphological studies, the researchers confirmed it as a species new to science. They named it as Bulbophyllum basiflorum to refer to the racemes that adhere to rhizomes in this species.

In a study published in Agricultural Water Management, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and Yunnan Normal University investigated plant belowground competition dynamics, competition effects on plant nutrient status and plantsoil interactions at different rubber-based agroforestry systems in Xishuangbanna.

In a study published in Methods in Ecology & Evolution, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators assessed the reliability of CVD techniques on soil water extraction, and evaluated the potential influences of cryogenic extraction on plant water source partitioning. They examined an automatic cryogenic vacuum distillation (ACVD) and two traditional extraction (TCVD) systems.

In a study published in Entomologia Generalis, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and the University of California San Diego predicted that hornet presence would harm A. mellifera more than A. cerana colonies because of their different exposure to V. velutina over evolutionary time.

In a study published in American Journal of Botany, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) developed a theoretical model to predict how vessel diameters vary between lianas and trees and across sites (Xishuangbanna tropical seasonal rainforest, Yuanjiang savanna , and Ailaoshan subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Yunnan).

Begonia cangyuanensis is a tuberous and creeping herb. It is stoloniferous, deciduous,about 5-20 cm tall. The new species is similar to B. dioica in its tuberous habit with red stolons between tubers, but significantly differs in having two bracteoles under the ovary (versus absent) and four tepals of the female flower (versus three tepals). It is also similar to B. yui in having two bracteoles under the ovary, but it is clearly distinguished by its tuberous habit with red stolons between tubers (versus absent) and four tepals of the female flower (versus five tepals).

In a review published in Trends in Plant Science, Richard Corlett, an emeritus professor of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), reviewed the current barriers to successful plant conservation and suggested how to achieve zero extinction, of plant species, preventing all future land plant extinctions across the globe.

In a recent study published in Horticulturae, the researchers clarified the process of protocorm development as well as the structure and properties of embryos and protocorms in D. chrysotoxum, in order to better understand the mutualism between D. chrysotoxum and its mycobiont.

In a study published in Microbiome, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators investigated the phenomenon of microbiota-mediated nitrogen fixation and elucidated how this process is steadily maintained in the root mucilage microhabitat.