Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn ().

Hawthorns are important medicinal and edible plants with a long history of health protection in China. Besides cultivated hawthorn, other wild hawthorns may also have excellent medicinal and edible value, such as , an endemic species distributed in the Southwest of China. In this study, by integrating the flavor-related metabolome and transcriptome data of the ripening fruit of , we have developed an understanding of the formation of hawthorn fruit quality.

Transcriptome analysis and exploration of genes involved in the biosynthesis of secoiridoids in .

is a medicinally important perennial herb used as traditional Chinese and ethnic medicines. Secoiridoids are one of the major bioactive compounds in . To better understand the secoiridoid biosynthesis pathway, we generated transcriptome sequences from four organs (root, leaf, stem and flower), followed by the sequence assembly.

[Spatiotemporal distribution and multi-source characteristics of microplastics in the soil and water environment of Poyang Lake Wetland, China].

The increasing microplastics (MPs) pollution in freshwater wetlands has received global concerns. To investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of MPs in the wetlands of Poyang Lake, surface water and sediment samples were collected from five rivers entering the lake as well as the confluence of Poyang Lake into the Yangtze River, in both dry and wet seasons. The MPs in water and sediment were extracted by the digestion-filtration method and flotation-separation-digestion-filtration method, respectively.

Comparative Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes of Hawthorn ( spp.) in Southwest China.

The hawthorns ( spp.) are widely distributed and famous for their edible and medicinal values. There are ∼18 species and seven varieties of hawthorn in China distributed throughout the country.

[Pollution Characteristics of Microplastics in Migratory Bird Habitats Located Within Poyang Lake Wetlands].

Microplastic pollution (plastics with particle sizes<5 mm) has become a serious problem. In this study, we sampled the surface water, sediment, and bird excrement from the shore, center of the lake, and active areas for birds in Baisha Lake, which is key habitat for migratory birds in the Poyang Lake wetlands. The microplastics were separated by flotation separation, and then, we analyzed the pollution characteristics of this area.