CTG's research center completes stress resistance experiment on protected plant

Date: 2024-07-16

CTG’s Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center recently announced the successful completion of a stress resistance growth experiment on the Myricaria laxiflora, a plant species under second-class national protection in China.

This amphibious species, native to the water level fluctuation zone in the Three Gorges reservoir area, contributes to soil consolidation, flood resistance and greening. During summer, its branches lie dormant underwater, only to burst into rapid growth during fall and winter.

In 2019, researchers launched the experiment on Pianyanzi Island, upstream of the Three Gorges Dam, to identify key genes for flood resistance and resilience in the Myricaria laxiflora, aiming to rehabilitate the ecological environment of the Yangtze River's fluctuation zones.

Pianyanzi Island, located in the Three Gorges reservoir area, necessitates the Myricaria laxiflora to grow in a reversed growth cycle: flourishing in summer and becoming dormant in fall and winter when submerged.

After five years of observation, the plants not only survived but thrived, demonstrating their successful adaptation ability to the reservoir's water level fluctuation zone.

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