Publications by authors named "Xianjian Zhou"

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  • - Taibai Beimu, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, faced significant health issues in 2021 and 2022 in Wanyuan, Sichuan, with symptoms like yellowing, wilting, and root rot observed in 10-30% of the plants.
  • - Symptomatic bulbs were tested in a lab, leading to the isolation of six Clonostachys-like fungal strains, characterized by their growth patterns and structures in different agar media.
  • - Morphological observations matched previously described characteristics of Clonostachys rosea, hinting at this fungus's possible role in the decline of Taibai Beimu health.
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, a plant that thrives in river alluvial dams, often faces waterlogging stress due to sustained rainfall and flood seasons, which significantly impacts its growth and development. Currently, the mechanisms of waterlogging tolerance in are still unclear. This study analyzed the transcriptome and metabolome data for in the Sichuan region (referred to as CMD) under varying degrees of waterlogging stress: mild, moderate, and severe.

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Both and are phytophagous insects, and their larvae are latent feeders, which cause great damage and economic losses to agriculture production and trade. This study aimed to provide a scientific reference for researching and developing the feasible countermeasures against these two pests. Based on the distribution data of and in China, obtained from the Chinese herbaria, investigation and literature.

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, known as the 'golden spice' and 'life spice', is one of the most commonly utilized spices in the world and also has medicinal, cosmetic, dye and flavoring values. Herein, we present the chromosomal-level genome for turmeric to explore the differences between tubers and rhizomes in the regulation of curcumin biosynthesis and the mechanism of tuber formation. We assembled the turmeric genome into 21 pseudochromosomes using Pacbio long reads complemented with Hi-C technologies, which has a total length of 1.

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Aconitum carmichaelii has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for treating various diseases for several thousand years. Based on the biosynthetic pathway of some alkaloids such as C19-diterpenoid alkaloids and obvious differences in alkaloid content between leaves of two A. carmichaelii varieties has been reported, we performed leaves transcriptome analysis of two A.

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Amino alcohol alkaloids are the active components in the lateral root of Aconitum carmichaelii Debx. (Fuzi), and they have a variety of pharmacological activities. However, the chemical fingerprints of the ester alkaloids reported to date were mainly obtained from high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detection, and it is difficult to obtain information about amino alcohol alkaloids in Fuzi from such chromatograms.

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Objective: The new varieties of Salvia miltiorrhiza were bred by the variety comparison test.

Methods: Taking these varieties of CDS1,CDS2,CDS3,CDS4,CDS5 as the test varieties, which bred by system seletion from abundant germplasm resources,the conventional variety as the control, the test were arranged in Ximeishan, Linjiagou, Shiya, Hexing Village of Zhongjiang county in 2010 and 2011. And the new varieties from the growth cycle,line of characters,yield, quality and other aspects of Salvia miltiorrhiza were evaluated.

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  • - The study focuses on new varieties of Iris tectorum (CSG1, CSG2, CSG4, CSG5, CSG6, CSG7, CSG8, CSG9) developed through systematic selection from a rich genetic pool.
  • - Comparison tests were conducted in multiple locations in Sichuan, using a conventional variety as control, and plot yields were analyzed with DPS 9.50 software.
  • - CSG1 emerged as the highest-yielding variety, surpassing the control, and was approved by the Sichuan Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee in 2013, indicating its strong potential for promotion.
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The paper is aimed to study the dynamic accumulation regulation of curcumin (Cur), demethoxycurcumin (DMC) and bisdemethoxyeurcumin (BDMC) in three strains of Curcuma longa, and provide scientific references for formalized cultivation, timely harvesting, quality control and breeding cultivation of C. longa. The accumulation regulation of the three curcumin derivatives was basically the same in rhizome of three strains.

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Objective: To preliminarily study the effect of fertilizer methods on the yield and quality of Fritillaria ussuriensis.

Method: Through the investigation of the available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium in soil fertility of F. ussuriensis planting field as well as the measurement of total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium contents in bulbus of F.

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  • - The study aimed to assess how various seminal rhizomes influence the growth, quality, and yield of Curcuma longa roots.
  • - Researchers used a randomized block design to periodically collect and analyze plant samples for dry weight and active ingredient content.
  • - Results indicated that different seminal rhizomes significantly impacted the growth and quality of the roots, suggesting that selecting larger and healthier rhizomes is beneficial for cultivation.
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