In a study published in Ecology and Evolution, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and University of Notre Dame addressed the degree to which commonly measured functional traits predict tree architecture in a tropical forest. Specifically, they tested whether conservative functional trait values (i.e., dense wood, heavy seeds, slow leaf economics) are related to trees that are shorter in stature with larger crowns at a given stem diameter.

In a study published in Journal of Experimental Botany, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) revealed that the PYE negatively regulated bHLH Ib genes in two different manners and the conditional nuclear localization of PYE was crucial for Fe homeostasis.

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) integrated geographical distribution, phylogenetic information, and functional diversity data to create a systematic overview of Chinese Lauraceae.

In a study published in Journal of Systematics and Evolution, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to infer how the Quaternary climate change affected the evolutionary process and range shifts in two pine species.

In a study published in Carbohydrate Polymers, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) evaluated an inulin-like polysaccharide purified from the aqueous extract of Aspidopterys obcordata for its inhibitory activity against calcium oxalate crystallization in vitro, in cells and in fruit fly models. They reported the isolation and biological evaluation of a 2.3 kD inulin-like A. obcordata fructan (AOFOS).

In a study published in Geoderma, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated termite-induced changes in soil microbial communities and their nutrient cycling functions within termite mounds (i.e. live mounds and abandoned mounds) in the humid tropical region of Southwest China.

In a study published in Plant and Soil, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) showed that the presence or absence of fungus-growing termite nesting exhibited contrasting effects on soil aggregate stability and distribution of aggregate-associated P fractions in a mature rubber plantation.

In a study published in Plant Physiology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG)found that PLANT U-BOX 8 (PUB8), a U-box E3 ubiquitin ligase, physically interacted with ABI3 and ABI5 and negatively regulated ABA responses during early Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedling growth. Loss-of-function pub8 mutants were hypersensitive to ABA-inhibited cotyledon greening, while lines overexpressing PUB8 with low levels of ABI5 protein abundance were insensitive to ABA.

During their botanical exploration in Luzhi River valley, Yunnan, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) collected an unknown species of Ceropegia belonging to sect. Chionopegia. After literature review and morphological studies, the researchers confirmed it as a species new to science. They named it as Ceropegia eshanensis to refer to its type locality in Eshan County, Yunnan and published it in Taiwania.

In a study published in Science of The Total Environment, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) investigated how hydraulic traits and gas exchange parameters of savanna plants with different leaf habits (deciduous, semi-deciduous and evergreen) or growth forms (tree and shrub) respond to the extreme drought in 2019 in Yuanjiang.

In a study published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) demonstrated interactive effects of soil multidiversity and plant diversity on the soil multidiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality (MEF) relationships. They showed that multitrophic soil organisms of different body sizes are a good predictor of soil biodiversity and are essential to maintain ecosystem multifunctionality in tropical land use systems.

In a study published in New Phytologist, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to resolve the water and nutrient relations in mistletoes compared with their hosts.The researchers found that mistletoe nutrient concentrations mainly depend on host nutrients, but other factors, such as environmental conditions, host life-history classification and mistletoe morphological traits also play important roles for some nutrients.