2017年中国植物科学若干领域重要研究进展

2017年中国植物科学继续保持高速发展态势, 重大成果频出, 具体表现在中国植物学家在国际顶级学术期刊发表的文章数量平稳上升。中国植物科学领域的研究工作者成果精彩纷呈, 如新型广谱抗病机制的发现、水稻广谱抗病遗传基础及机制和疫霉菌诱发病害成灾机制研究等。2017年中国生命科学领域十大进展评选中, 有两项植物科学领域的研究成果入选。水稻生物学、进化与基因组学和激素生物学等领域学科发展突出。另外, 值得一提的是, 长期从事高等植物与代谢途径调控分子网络研究和水稻品种设计育种的李家洋院士的研究成果“水稻高产优质性状形成的分子机理及品种设计”荣获2017年国家自然科学一等奖。这一具有重大国际影响的开创性贡献标志着中国植物科学在该领域的国际科学前沿居于引领和卓越地位。该文对2017年中国本土科学家在植物科学若干领域取得的重要研究成果进行了系统梳理, 旨在全面追踪和报道当前中国植物科学领域发展的最新前沿动态, 与广大读者共同分享我国科学家所取得的辉煌成就。

Research Advances in Plant Science in China in 2017

Plant science in China continued to maintain high-speed progress in 2017, with frequent remarkable achieve- ments and a steady increase in the number of original papers published in international top journals. Researchers in plant science in China have made brilliant achievements, such as the discovery of new broad-spectrum disease resistance mechanisms, the genetic basis and mechanism of rice broad-spectrum disease resistance, and the mechanism of Phytophthora infestation. Two achievements were included in the “Breakthrough of the year: The top 10 scientific achievements of life science in China in 2017”. Rice biology, evolution and genomics and hormone biology were highlighted. Also, academician Li Jiayang, who researches the molecular network of higher plants and metabolic pathway as well as rice design breeding, won first prize of National Natural Science in 2017 for his research "Molecular Mechanisms and Variety Design of High Yield and Quality Characters of Rice". This groundbreaking contribution with significant international impact marks the leading position of Chinese plant science in the international scientific frontier of this field. In this review, we give an overview of the significant progress made in plant science in China in 2017, review the latest findings and hot events in plant science in 2017, and share the great achievements made by Chinese scientists.