Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis): An Environmentally Friendly Native Grass for Animals

1. Basic Knowledge of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 2. Distribution and Germplasm Phenotypic Diversity of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 3. Varieties and Application Models of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 4. Sexual Reproduction of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 5. Seed Traits and Germination Characteristics of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 6. Saline-Alkaline Resistance: Physiological and Ecological Characteristics of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 7. Nutrient Absorption and Applications of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 8. Absorption and Utilization of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) on Water.- 9. Compensatory Growth Pattern of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 10. Response Mechanism of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) to mowing.- 11. Advances on Gene Resources Mining in Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).- 12. Cloning and Function Research of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) Genes.

Gongshe Liu studied agronomy at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in China (1978-1982). From 1982-1986, he studied at the the Universite de Clermont II  and the CNRS in France, and received a Ph.D. in Plant biology and Physiology. Dr. Liu was subsequently a postdoctoral fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1986-1988). He has been working at the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1989, and is currently the group leader for Grass Genetic Resources and Molecular Breeding. Dr. Liu has engaged in 973 national key research projects, key national transgenic projects, NSFC projects, Chinese Academy of Sciences major and key projects, and many other commissioned projects. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Road-map up to 2050" group of experts, is an expert for the National Grass Germplasm resources, and Chairman of the Chinese Grassland Society biotechnology committee. He has published over 80 academic papers in various journals including the Journal of Plant Biotechnology, Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant and Cell Physiology, and BMC Genomics, has filed 18 Chinese patents, and has developed three new varieties of Leymus chinensis var. Zhongke 1, 2 and 3. Dr. Liu was awarded first prize by Beijing Science and Technology, and the first prize for science and technology by the Chinese Grassland Society.

Xiaoxia Li has been working at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2013. Dr. Li's research focuses on forage genetic resources and the molecular basis of resistance and seed germination of sheepgrass. Her findings have been published in e.g.Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Plant and Cell Physiology, BMC Plant Biology, Physiologia Plantarum, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Peer Journal, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter and Acta Prataculturae Sinica.



Qingfen Zhang is a doctoral graduate student at the