In a recent study published in New Phytologist, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) identified mutants of the YUCCA1 gene in M. truncatula. They characterized the Lateral Leaflets Suppression1 (LLS1) /Medtr1g011630 gene, encoding a key auxin biosynthetic enzyme MtYUCCA1 by using genome resequencing approaches.

A recent study conducted by a group of Chinese scientists have found further genome evidence to prove that the seafood market in Wuhan is not the source of the novel coronavirus – a claim first made in a paper published on The Lancet. The study, led by researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Agricultural University and Chinese Institute for Brain Research, was published on ChinaXiv on Saturday in a pre-print version without peer review.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) likely did not originate at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, but was instead imported from elsewhere, according to scientific research published by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Chinese scientists have discovered a new begonia species in Yunnan Province in southwest China, removing another one from the list of many tuberous species estimated yet to be discovered or described in the country.

In a review published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) pointed out that the relative neglect of local edaphic factors risks weakening people’s ability to explain past responses to climate change and predict future ones.

Chinese researchers have discovered that less light and more water treatment can improve woody seedlings in translocated forest soil at the country's subtropical karst landforms, according to a recent study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.

Scientists have found what is believed to be three new species of amphibians and five new species of plants in a China-Myanmar joint biodiversity survey.

Holding particular biological resources, the Tibetan Plateau is a unique geologic-geographic-biotic interactively unite and hence plays an important role in the global biodiversity domain. The Tibetan Plateau has undergone vigorous environmental changes since the Cenozoic, and played roles as switching from "a paradise of tropical animals and plants" to "the cradle of Ice Age mammalian fauna". Recent significant paleontological discoveries have refined a big picture of the evolutionary history of biodiversity on that plateau against the backdrop of major environmental changes, and paved the way for the assessment of its far-reaching impact upon the biota around the plateau and even in more remote regions. Based on the newly reported fossils from the Tibetan Plateau which include diverse animals and plants, this paper presented general viewpoints of the biodiversity history on the Tibetan Plateau and its influence in a global scale.