Areas of Focus
- Post-harvest biology of fruits and vegetables and quality safety assurance technology
- Regulatory mechanisms of environmental factors (light, gas) on post-harvest diseases of fruits and vegetables
- Rapid detection, early warning, and safety evaluation of market diseases in fruits and vegetables
Work Experience
- Current - East China Normal University - Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Head of Botany
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Kinki University, Japan
- Postdoctoral in Molecular Genetics at Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National 'Thirteenth Five-Year' key R&D plan 'Key Technology R&D for Food Safety'
Publications
- First Report of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Causing Postharvest Fruit Rot on Citrus aurantifolia in China, Wang T, Xiang S, Ren D, Zhu P, Xu L, 2019
- First report of Anthracnose of Camellia sasanqua Caused by Colletotrichum aenigma in China, Chen X, Wang T, Guo H, Zhu PK, Xu L, 2019
- Glucose oxidase as a control agent against the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea in postharvest strawberry, Li XJ, Xie XF, Xing FG, Xu L, Zhang J, Wang ZD, 2019
Awards
- Shanghai Teaching Achievement Award (First and Second Prize)
- National College Students' Challenge Cup Outstanding Instructor
- Undergraduate course 'Molecular Plant Pathology and Its Research Methods' awarded Shanghai Quality Course
