In a study published in PNAS, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have clarified the molecular mechanism underlying the roles of IRON MAN (IMA, a class of small peptides controlling Fe transport in plants) in regulating the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Fe deficiency. They showed that IRON MAN interacts with BRUTUS to maintain iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis.

According to Yang Yongping, director of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Banna Botanical Garden"), in 2015, the Chinese Academy of Sciences relied on the Banna Botanical Garden to establish the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center based in Myanmar.

-- A cluster of Hoya burmanica Rolfe, a rare plant species, has been spotted in its new distribution area in southwest China's Yunnan Province

In a study published in Ecology Letters, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators showed that drought-induced branch dieback and top-kill were largely explained by plant hydraulic traits, but the prediction power largely depended on leaf habit and growth form in savanna ecosystems..

Researchers have demonstrated that sulfur amendments can enhance the heavy metal uptake by plants and promote soil remediation.

Scientists have discovered a new species of Resedaceae in southwest China's Yunnan Province and named it Stixis yingjiangensis.

In a new study published in PNAS, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that the lack of sanctions in the local hosts promotes the loss of specialized morphologies and behaviors crucial for pollination and, thereby, the evolution of cheating in fig-wasp mutualism.

Jose Ahimsa Campos Arceiz, a Spanish professor at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, spoke highly of the Chinese government's efforts in handling the elephants.

In an interview with People's Daily, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, not only commended the performance of governments in escorting the herd while ensuring people's safety, but also the country's achievement in protecting the endangered species.