在全球气候变化加剧的背景下，干旱区生态系统面临着前所未有的水资源压力。作为中亚荒漠河岸林的建群种，胡杨(Populus euphratica)以其卓越的抗旱性成为维系"绿色走廊"生态功能的关键物种。然而，塔里木河流域地下水位持续下降，导致胡杨林出现大面积退化，但学界对其木质部组织的适应性调控 ...

为探究水库对平原水库周边生态林用水模式的影响，研究人员在西北洪崖山水库建立监测网络，对土壤、树体木质部组织、降水、地下水和水库水进行稳定同位素分析。结果显示，胡杨用水模式因距水库远近而异，且水库影响半径约 2km。这为灌溉策略制定及生态林规划提供了依据。

传说中胡杨活着一千年不死，死后一千年不倒，倒后一千年不朽。Legend has it that the Populus euphratica, also known as the "Willow of the Desert", can live for a thousand ...

URUMQI -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has managed to save 6.82 million mu (about 454,667 hectares) of populus euphratica forest from degradation, thanks to a three-year ...

Photo taken on Oct 18, 2017 shows the trees of populus euphratica in Ejin Banner, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] ...

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2018 shows the trees of populus euphratica at the Jinta desert forest park in Jiuquan City, northwest China's Gansu Province. The populus euphratica is a saline-tolerant species ...

Little is known about the genes that confer salt tolerance in trees. Here, Ma et al. report the genome sequence of the desert poplar, Populus euphratica, and provide insight into the genetic ...

Tourists go sightseeing amid the populus euphratica forest in Mogao Town of Dunhuang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 10, 2020. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua) ...

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2020 shows the autumn scenery of the populus euphratica forest in Ejin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen) Posted in: CHINA ...

In this study, researchers introduce a pioneering computational model designed to uncover the genetic underpinnings of tree growth in Populus euphratica, focusing on the developmental dynamics and ...

Photo taken on Oct 5, 2016 shows the desert poplar (populus euphratica) forest in Ejina Banner, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (Photo by Yue Guang and Li Changhui/chinadaily.com.cn) ...