In memory of Professor Biao Ding(1960–2015)

<正>It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Dr.Biao Ding,a full-professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics,Ohio State University(OSU),and a world-renowned plant biologist with leading authority in viroid research.He died suddenly on June 26,2015 in Prague,Czech Republic,while attending the International Conference on Viroids and Viroid-Like RNAs as a Keynote Speaker.Dr.Ding was born in 1960,in Kunming,Yunnan Province,China.He received his B.S.from Beijing Forestry University in1982,and was then selected as one of the first group of     

In Remembrance: Professor Qian Ying-Qian(1932-2010)

Professor Qian Ying-Qian,a renowned Chinese plant biologist and a member of the editorial board of Acta Botanica Sinica(predecessor of JIPB)1989-1993,passed away in Beijing on April 20,2010 at the age of 78.Professor Qian was a former Secretary-General(1978-1988),and Vice President of the Chinese Botanical Society(1988-1999).     

Professor Hong-Yuan Yang (1933-2010)

Prof. Hong-Yuan Yang,a renowned botanist,Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor of Wuhan University,passed away at the age of 77 in Wuhan on November 18,2010.     

In memory of Professor Ping Wu （1957-2014）

Sadly and miserably, our beloved and respected colleague, Prof. Ping Wu, a renowned plant biologist and the vice- president of Zhejiang University passed away in a car accident in Hangzhou, China, in the morning of June 12, 2014, aged 57.     

In memory of Professor Eric Helmer Hultman

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In memory of Professor Eric Helmer Hultman