Yunlin Zhao

Central South University of Forestry and Technology | CSUFT · Hunan Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Environmental and Resources Plant

Plant sterilants are used to control rodent populations due to their minimal environmental risk and other ethical considerations. However, their practical utilization is unsatisfactory due to high costs and processing difficulties. Broussonetia papyrifera is a plant material that has shown the potential to inhibit the reproduction of Microtus forti...

Background: The plant sterilants are studied to control rodent populations with their minimal environmental risk and other ethical considerations. However, the practical utilization was unsatisfactory and stagnant due to high costs and process difficulties. Broussonetia papyrifera is a potential plant material, that showed inhibition to reproductio...

Biochar and organic fertilizer can significantly increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and promote agricultural production, but it is still unclear how they affect forest SOC after. Here, low-quality plantation soil was subjected to four distinct fertilization treatments: (CK, without fertilization; BC, tea seed shell biochar alone; OF, tea meal organ...

Introduction Broussonetia papyrifera is a dioecious plant that is rich in various metabolites and widely distribute in Asia. Microtus fortis is a rodent that often causes damage to crops, especially in the Dongting Lake region of China. There is a wide overlap in the distribution areas for the above species and the M. fortis feeds on the leaves of...

Cadmium (Cd) pollution poses a serious threat to various ecosystems, and phytoremediation is an alternate method for developing the soil health. To better utilize phytoremediation for Cd‐contaminated soil remediation, the ginkgo leaves, pine needles, and Eucommia bark were mixed and naturally fermented to obtain Ginkgo biloba – Pinus massoniana – E...

Most plants belonging to the widely distributed genus Dianthus are used for gardening. Interspecific hybridization of different Dianthus species leads to blurred genetic backgrounds. To obtain more genomic resources and understand the phylogenetic relationships among Dianthus species, the chloroplast genomes of 12 Dianthus species, including nine D...

Introduction The Yangtze vole (Microtus fortis) is a small herbivorous rodent that usually causes damage to crops and forests in China. Various measures were used to control their population including chemical rodenticides. However, rodenticides may cause secondary damage to the environment and the ecosystem. Therefore, the development of new roden...

Introduction Heavy metals negatively affect plant physiology. However, plants can reduce their toxicity through physiological responses. Broussonetia papyrifera is a suitable candidate tree for carrying out the phytoremediation of manganese (Mn)-contaminated soil. Methods Considering that Mn stress typically exerts a binary effect on plants, to re...

Heavy metal pollution is a global problem that affects both the environment and human health. Microorganisms play an important role in remediation. Most studies on the use of microorganisms for heavy metal remediation focus on single heavy metals. In this study, a strain of Penicillium amphipolaria, XK11 with high resistance to both antimony (Sb II...

Soil heavy-metal pollution is one of the most important environmental problems in the world, and seriously endangers plant growth and human health. Microbial remediation has become a key technology in the field of soil heavy-metal remediation due to its advantages of being harmless, green and environmental. In this study, a fungus Penicillium spp....

Although the research framework of ecological function zoning is complex and diverse, there are not many spatially continuous zoning results, which can be effectively applied to watershed management practices. Ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs can identify interactions among multiple ecosystem services, and achieve better social-ecosystem ma...

A novel PbMoO4@MBC (MBL-2) magnetic heterojunction photocatalyst was prepared by the successful loading of Fe3O4 with PbMoO4 onto the highly conductive BC surface through the integration of co-precipitation and pyrolysis. Using advanced characterization methods could reveal the composition, morphology, and optoelectronic properties of the material....

The serious ecological damage caused by mining activities cannot be ignored. The use of an environmentally friendly restoration method to rebuild the vegetation and soil environment in the mining area has attracted more and more attention. This paper aims to study soil quality as well as vegetation characteristics of four woody species including Pi...

Heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem that harms both the environment and human health. Wherein, microorganisms play important roles in remediation process. In this study, a strain XK11 with high resistance to both antimony Sb(III) and cadmium Cd(II) was screened from the mineral slag and was identified as Penicillium amphipolaria by molecul...

Water area and waterweed coverage are the key environmental factors for ecological breeding of Eriocheir sinensis in ponds. In order to explore the effects of above two factors on the growth of E. sinensis, three groups of experiments were set up: low coverage small area (C1S1), high coverage small area (C2S1), and high coverage large area (C2S2),...

Developing broad-spectrum light reactions, effective charge separation, and easily recoverable photocatalysts were considered cost-effective pollution remediation methods. The ZnFe2O4/BC/ZnO composite was prepared to achieve these objectives, where biochar (BC) was used as a conductive channel and ZnFe2O4 as a magnetic substance. Among them, the 0....

Photocatalysis, as a novel technique, has been widely used for antibiotic pollution remediation in wastewater. In the processes of degradation and removal of antibiotics, the impact of photocatalysts on microenvironment is very important but remains poorly understood. In the present study, the effect of typical photocatalyst g-C 3 N 4 (Graphitic ca...

Jiaosu is a healthy food that has received increasing attention in recent years, while it mainly uses fruits as raw materials. In order to explore the feasibility of using Chinese medicinal plants to make Jiaosu, the study took Houttuynia cordata and Gynostemma pentaphyllum as examples to make Jiaosu products, and measured the main components and a...

Biochar had been widely used to improve the activity of photocatalysts, the biochar-based photocatalysts had more potential for environmental pollution remediation, but their effect on the sediment remained unknown. To understand these, the typical photocatalyst g-C3N4 was modified by biochar to develop g-C3N4/biochar with enhanced photocatalytic a...

Flavonoids are important secondary metabolites involved in plant development and environmental responses. Sex differences in flavonoids are common in plants. Broussonetia papyrifera is a dioecious plant that is rich in flavonoids. However, few studies have been done on its molecular mechanism, especially sex differences. In the present study, we pe...

Heavy metal resistant bacteria play an important role in the metal biogeochemical cycle in soil, but the benefits of microbial oxidation for plants and soil have not been well-documented. The purpose of this study was to explore the contribution of two Bacillus spp. to alleviate the antimony (Sb) toxicity in plants, and, then, to propose a bioremed...

Developing efficient and economical photocatalysts was considered as an efficient and economical strategy for pollution remediation. Herein, magnetically separable ZnFe2O4/CuWO4 composites (ZW) had been developed via combining ZnFe2O4 with CuWO4. The composite with a mass ratio of 40% CuWO4 (ZW-40) performed best, and the tetracycline hydrochloride...

Darwin’s finches are the most classic case of evolution. Early studies on the evolution of this species were mainly based on morphology. Until now, the mitochondrial genome of Geospiza magnirostris has been sequenced and the study explored the characteristics of the complete genome of G. magnirostris and verified the evolutionary position of it. Th...

Photocatalysts have been widely prepared and used in wastewater treatment. Although the influence of photocatalyst application on survival and activity of organisms has been examined, its impact on composition and diversity of microbial community is not fully understood. In this study, the impact of photocatalyst g-C3N4 (Graphitic carbon nitride) o...

Soil heavy metal pollution is a common problem in mining areas. The soil of the Xikuangshan located in Lengshuijiang, Hunan Province, China contains various excessive heavy metals, especially antimony and cadmium. Previous studies have shown that heavy metal-tolerant microorganisms screened from mining areas have the potential to adsorb heavy metal...

Background Cultivated tea is one of the most important economic and ecological trees distributed worldwide. Cultivated tea suffer from long-term targeted selection of traits and overexploitation of habitats by human beings, which may have changed its genetic structure. The chloroplast is an organelle with a conserved cyclic genomic structure, and i...

Broussonetia kazinoki × Broussonetia papyrifera (ZJGS) is a hybrid species in Moraceae family, which has a very complicated hybrid origin. The excellent characteristics of fast growth, strong soil and water conservation ability, high leaf protein content and stem fiber content in ZJGS make it both ecological benefits in the mining area and economic...

Soil microorganisms play an important role in regulating a variety of ecological functions. In recent years, the research on ecological restoration after mining has made people more aware of the importance of microbial diversity to ecosystem restoration. The present study investigated the effect of ecological restoration on microbial community stru...

Spatial and quantitative assessments of water yield services in watershed ecosystems are necessary for water resource management and improved water ecological protection. In this study, we used the InVEST model to estimate regional water yield in the Dongjiang Lake Basin in China. Moreover, we designed six scenarios to explore the impacts of climat...

Broussonetia papyrifera is an important ecological and economic tree species. The sexual reproduction of B. papyrifera not only has a low germination rate, but also requires high environmental conditions. Therefore, asexual propagation using tissue culture can effectively improve the propagation efficiency of B. papyrifera. In this study, the leave...

Wild animal tracker, as an important IoT device terminal, can collect animal's position information and movement information in real time. The analysis based on the above big data provides us with a new perspective on recognizing animal behavior. It is useful in scientific research and animal management, while the device is always limited by energy...

For highly efficient photocatalytic remediation of organic pollutants, broad-spectrum light response and effective charge separation are two key goals. To achieve these goals, a novel biochar (BC) modified PbMoO4 composite catalyst was successfully synthesized in situ by combining coprecipitation with pyrolysis treatment of poplar sawdust and the t...

Today, resource depletion threatens a number of resource-based cities in China. The ecological security problem caused by the long-term exploitation of natural resources is a key issue to be solved in the development of resource-exhausted cities. Using 23 indicators, this study evaluated the ecological security status and development trends of 21 r...

As photocatalysts applied more and more often to treat pollutants by photocatalytic reactions, they may enter the environment via water spreading. Although there are some investigations about their influence on different organisms, little is known about its impact on the ecological microenvironment. To understand how photocatalysts effect sediment...

The control region of mitochondrial genome is the main non-coding region. There is no details about Geospiza magnirostris’s control region, who is the only species of Geospiza in Darwin finches whose mitochondrial genome has been sequenced. In this study, the control region mitochondrial genome of G. magnirostris was analyzed. Compare research for...

A novel endophytic actinomycete, designated strain Gen 01 T , was isolated from the roots of Broussonetia papyrifera and characterized by using a polyphasic approach. The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C 16 : 0 , summed feature 3, iso H-C 16 : 1 , C 16 : 0 and iso-C 14 : 0 . The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, ph...

Jiaosu, also called as fermented fruit and vegetable juices, is becoming an increasingly popular health food, especially in East Asian markets. Watermelon, cantaloupe and orange were used as the raw materials to produce five kinds Jiaosu with natural fermentation, including single source Jiaosu and mixed jiaosu. Then the composition and antioxidant...

Woody plants are important source of edible oil, and Camellia hainanica and Camellia sinensis are two new option. The physicochemical properties and fatty acid composition were determined in both species. The oil content of C. hainanica was 37.60–41.60%, and that of C. sinensis was 31.04–33.20%. There were no significant differences in saponificati...

Lupinus is one of the most geographically widespread genera. It can be divided into New World and Old World Lupinus species according to the geographical distribution of its members. However, there are relatively few studies on their genetic differences, especially regarding the taxonomy and geographical evolutionary history of New World species. H...

Broussonetia papyrifera is a widely distributed economic tree species, and it is also a pioneer species in adverse environments. In order to investigate the growth and adaptation mechanism of B. papyrifera under cadmium (Cd) contaminated soil, potted experiments were used with six-month treatments to study Cd enrichment and the transportation, morp...

Two novel actinobacteria, designated strains GY16 T and T44 T , were isolated from the leaves and rhizosphere soil of Broussonetia papyrifera , respectively. A polyphasic approach was used for determining their taxonomic position. Results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain GY16 T exhibited highest similarities to Streptomyces...

Background: Broussonetia kazinoki × Broussonetia papyifera (ZJGS) is a hybrid species, which has a very complicated hybrid origin. Its excellent characteristics make it both ecological benefits and economically valuable. Results: This study aimes to further understand ZJGS and Moraceae taxa through the ZJGS chloroplast (cp) genome structure and the...

In the present work, a series of magnetically separable Fe3O4/g-C3N4/MoO3 nanocomposite catalysts were prepared. The as-prepared catalysts were characterized by XRD, EDX, TEM, FT-IR, UV-Vis DRS, TGA, PL, BET and VSM. The photocatalytic activity of photocatalytic materials was evaluated by catalytic degradation of tetracycline solution under visible...

Understanding and modeling of land use change is of great significance to environmental protection and land use planning. The cellular automata-Markov chain (CA-Markov) model is a powerful tool to predict the change of land use, and the prediction accuracy is limited by many factors. To explore the impact of land use and socio-economic factors on t...

Norfloxacin (NOF) is an environmentally harmful and ubiquitous aquatic pollutant with extensive production and application. In this study, a novel composition named carbon-based composite photocatalytic material of zinc oxide and zinc sulphide (ZnO/ZnS@BC) was successfully obtained by the impregnation-roasting method to remove NOF under UV-light. S...

Combining phytoremediation plants and microorganisms is a promising method of remediating heavy metal contaminated soil. In this study, two manganese-tolerant strains were isolated from Mn slag and identified as Bacillus cereus HM5 and Bacillus thuringiensis HM7. These two Bacillus spp. have the ability to dissolve phosphorus, produce IAA and carry...

Background: The cultivated tea is one of the most important economic and ecological crops worldwide. The cultivated tea and wild tea suffered from long-term targeted selection of traits and overexploitation of habitats by human beings, which may change the genetic structure. Chloroplast is an organelle with a conserved cyclic structure, and can hel...

Background: The cultivated tea is one of the most important economic and ecological trees distributing worldwide. The cultivated tea suffered from long-term targeted selection of traits and overexploitation of habitats by human beings, which may change the genetic structure. Chloroplast is an organelle with a conserved cyclic structure, and can hel...

Background: Cultivated tea is one of the most important economic and ecological trees distributed worldwide. Cultivated tea suffer from long-term targeted selection of traits and overexploitation of habitats by human beings, which may have changed its genetic structure. The chloroplast is an organelle with a conserved cyclic genomic structure, and...

Lack of complete genomic information concerning Vicia sepium (Fabaceae: Fabeae) precludes investigations of evolution and populational diversity of this perennial high-protein forage plant suitable for cultivation in extreme conditions. Here, we present the complete and annotated chloroplast genome of this important wild resource plant. V. sepium c...

Microorganisms play a significant part in detoxifying and immobilizing excessive metals. The present research isolated a strain (HM7) with high Mn(II) tolerance from Mn(II)-contaminated soil samples. The 16S rDNA sequence analysis showed that HM7 had a 99% similarity to Bacillus thuringiensis , which can survive under a high concentration 4,000 mg/...

Photocatalysts comprising Broussonetia papyrifera biochar and g-C3N4 loaded on sodium alginate were prepared and characterized in terms of reusability and photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction performance. The observed photocurrent responses as well as photoluminescence and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra showed that the best-performing catalyst f...

Effective phytoremediation of Mn contaminated soil requires the selection of a species with good manganese tolerance. Broussonetia papyrifera is an important economic plant and pioneer species, it could be well adapted to drought and saline-alkali environment. In order to understand the effect of Mn stress on B. papyrifera, the effects of different...

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Camellia oleifera is one of the four largest woody edible oil plants in the world with high ecological and medicinal values. Due to frequent interspecific hybridization, it was difficult to study its genetics and evolutionary history. This study used C. oleifera that was collected on Hainan Island to conduct our research. The unique island environm...