LabEx ARBRE and the Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia (Kunming, Yunnan, Chine) have signed a collaboration agreement

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As part of a recent visit of the Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia and the Chinese Academy of Science in Kunming, China (the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province), Francis Martin, Scientific Director of LabEx ARBRE signed an agreement of collaboration between the two important research centers.  This collaboration will aim to develop exchange programs for young researchers studying the biology and ecology of forest mushrooms.

Yunnan Province, situated in southwest China, is known for its extreme plant and fungal biodiversity which is the result of its tremendously diverse physical landscapes (ranging from tropical jungle to alpine meadows) and climates (tropical, subtropical, temperate and mountain).  The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is funding several large projects that will focus on the exploitation of forest mushrooms for the medical and food industries, but also on the ecology and biogeography of these fungal species.

Photo : Prof. Jianping Xu, Francis Martin (Director of LabEx ARBRE), Prof. Kequin Zhang (Vice-President of the University of Kunming), Prof. Zhuliang Yang (Director of Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography) – © Claude Murat.