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Yongzhong Xing
Life Science
Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei
Language: Chinese, English
Rice
Genetics
Yield
Traits
Gene Cloning
Molecular Mechanisms
Flowering
Grain Shape
Panicle
Plant Type
Areas of Focus
- Genetic basis research of rice yield traits
- Gene cloning and molecular mechanisms of yield traits (grain shape, number of grains per panicle, and plant type)
- Cloning of rice flowering genes and exploration of their molecular mechanisms
Work Experience
- 2006/12-present - Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology - Professor
- 2002-present - National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement - Head of Rice Yield Biology Research Group
- 2003/10-2006/10 - Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (now Aarhus University), Department of Genetic Biotechnology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2002/01-2006/11 - Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology - Associate Professor
- 1999/07-2001/12 - Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology - Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1988/09-1992/06 Bachelor of Agriculture: Hubei Agricultural College (now Yangtze University)
- 1993/09-1996/06 Master of Agriculture: Hunan Agricultural University
- 1996/09-1999/06 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Huazhong Agricultural University
Publications
- OsMFT1 is regulated by Ghd7 and OsLFL1 to increases spikelets per panicle and delays heading date in rice, Song Song, Guanfeng Wang, Yong Hu, Haiyang Liu, Xufeng Bai, Rui Qin, Yongzhong Xing, 2018
- GWAS revealed that members of bHLH subfamily 16 share a conserved function in regulating flag leaf angle in rice (Oryza sativa), Haijiao Dong, Hu Zhao, Shuangle Li, Zhongmin Han, Gaiyu Yang, Gang Hu, Weibo Xie, Yongzhong Xing, 2018
- A rice genetic improvement boom by next generation sequencing, Xiangchun Zhou, Xufeng Bai, Yongzhong Xing, 2018
- Duplication of the upstream silencer of FZP increases grain yield, Xufeng Bai, Yong Huang, Yong Hu, Haiyang Liu, Bo Zhang, Cezary Smaczniak, Gang Hu, Zhongmin Han, Yongzhong Xing, 2017
- The CCT domain-containing gene family has large impacts on heading date, regional adaptation and grain yield in rice, Jia Zhang, Yong Hu, Qin He, Xiaowei Fan, Yongzhong Xing, 2017
- A Novel Tiller Angle Gene, TAC3, together with TAC1 and D2 Largely Determine the Natural Variation of Tiller Angle in Rice Cultivars, Haijiao Dong, Hu Zhao, Weibo Xie, Zhongmin Han, Guangwei Li, Wen Yao, Xufeng Bai, Yong Hu, Zilong Guo, Kai Lv, Lin Yang, Yongzhong Xing, 2016
- Genome-wide association studies reveal diverse heading date gene responses to short and long day lengths between indica and japonica rice, Zhongmin Han, Bo Zhang, Hu Zhao, Yongzhong Xing, 2016
- Duplication of OsHAP family genes and their association with heading date in rice, Qiuping Li, Wenhao Yan, huaxia Chen, Cong Tan, Zhongmin Han, WenYao, Guangwen Li, Meiqi Yuan, Yongzhong Xing, 2016
- Genome-wide association mapping revealed a diverse genetic basis of seed dormancy across subpopulations in rice (Oryza sativa L.), Risper A. Magwa, Zhao Hu, Yongzhong Xing, 2016
- Regulatory role of FZP in regulating rice inflorescence and flower development, Xufeng Bai, Yong Huang, Donghai Mao, Mi Wen, Li Zhang Wenhao Yan, Guojing Shen, Yongzhong Xing, 2016
- Combinations of the Ghd7, Ghd8 and Hd1 genes largely define the ecogeographical adaptation and yield potential of cultivated rice, Jia Zhang, Xiangchun Zhou, Wenhao Yan, Zhanyi Zhang, Li Lu, Zhongmin Han, Hu Zhao, Haiyang Liu, Pan Song, Yong Hu, Guojing Shen, Qin He, Sibin Guo, Guoqing Gao, Gongwei Wang, Yongzhong Xing, 2015
- Candidate gene-based association mapping combined with linkage analysis identified three CCT domain-containing genes in rice that contribute to the heading date, Li Zhang, Qiuping Li, Haijiao Dong, Qin He, Liwen Liang, Cong Tan, Zhongmin Han, Wen Yao, Guangwei Li, Hu Zhao, Weibo Xie, Yongzhong Xing, 2015
- Dominance and epistasis are the main genetic basis of plant height heterosis in an elite rice hybrid, Guojing Shen, Wei Zhan, Huaxia Chen, Yongzhong Xing, 2014
- Natural variation in Ghd7.1 plays important roles in grain yield and adaptation in rice, Wenhao Yan, Haiyang Liu, Xiangchun Zhou, Qiuping Li, Jia Zhang, Li Lu, Touming Liu, Haijun Liu, Chengjun Zhang, Zhanyi Zhang, Guojing Shen, Wen Yao, Huaxia Chen, Sibin Yu, Weibo Xie, Yongzhong Xing, 2013
- Natural variation and artificial selection in four genes determine grain shape in rice, Li Lu, Di Shao, Wenhao Yan, Xiangchun Zhou, Lin Yang, Yongzhong Xing, 2013
- Evolution and Association Analysis of Ghd7 in Rice, L Lu, W Yan, W Xue, D Shao, Yongzhong Xing, 2012
- A major QTL, Ghd8, plays pleiotropic roles in regulating grain productivity, plant height and heading date in rice, Wenhao Yan, Peng Wang, Huaxia Chen, Hongju Zhou, Qiuping Li, Chongrong Wang, Zehong Ding, Yushan Zhang, Sibin Yu, Yongzhong Xing, 2011
- Two complementary recessive genes in duplicated segments controlling rice etiolation, Dong-hai Mao, Hui-hui Yu, Tou-ming Liu, Gai-yu Yang, Yong-zhong Xing, 2011
- Genetic and Molecular Bases of Rice Yield, Yongzhong Xing, Qifa Zhang, 2010
- Genetic dissection of rice grain shape using a recombinant inbred line population derived from two contrasting parents and fine mapping of qGL7, Xufeng Bai, Lijun Luo, Wenhao Yan, Rao Mallikarjuna Kovi, Wei Zhan, Yongzhong Xing, 2010
- Mapping and validation of QTL for spikelets per panicle and 1000-grain weight in rice (Oryza sativa L.), Touming Liu, Di Shao, Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi, Yongzhong Xing, 2010
- A causal C-A mutation in the second exon of GS3 highly associated with rice grain length and validated as a functional marker, Chuchuan Fan, Sibin Yu, Chongrong Wang, Yongzhong Xing, 2009
- Natural variation in Ghd7 is an important regulator of heading date and yield potential in rice, Weiya Xue, Yongzhong Xing, Xiaoyu Weng, Yu Zhao, Weijiang Tang, Lei Wang, Hongju Zhou, Sibin Yu, Caiguo Xu, Xianghua Li, Qifa Zhang, 2008
- Fine mapping of a major quantitative trait loci, qSSP7, controlling number of spikelets per panicle as a single Mendelian factor in rice, Yongzhong Xing, Weijiang Tang, Weiya Xue, Caiguo Xu, Qifa Zhang, 2008
- Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in 11 expressed resistance candidate genes in Lolium perenne, Yongzhong Xing, Uschi Frei, Britt Schejbel, Torben Asp, Thomas Lübberstedt, 2007
- QTL for panicle size, heading date and plant height co-segregating in trait-performance derived near isogenic lines of rice (Oryza sativa), Yushan Zhang, Lijun Luo, Caiguo Xu, Qifa Zhang, Yongzhong Xing, 2006
- Analysis of sugarcane mosaic virus resistance in maize in an isogenic dihybrid crossing scheme and implications for breeding potyvirus-resistant maize hybrids, Yongzhong Xing, Christina Ingvardsen, Raphael Salomon, Thomas Lübberstedt, 2006
- The main effects, epistatic effects and their environmental interactions of QTLs on cooking and eating quality of rice in a doubled haploid line population, Chuchuan Fan, Xinqiao Yu, Yongzhong Xing, Caiguo Xu, Lijun Luo, Qifa Zhang, 2005
- Comparison of quantitative trait loci controlling seedling characteristics at two seedling stages using rice recombinant inbred lines, Xu CG, Li XQ, Xue Y, Huang YW, Gao J, Xing YZ, 2004
- Characterization of the main effects, epistatic effects and their environmental interactions of QTLs in the genetic basis of yield traits in rice, Xing YZ, Tan YF, Hua JP, Sun XL, Xu CG, Zhang Q, 2002
Awards
- 2016: Hubei Province Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert
- 2011: Hubei Provincial Natural Science Award, First Prize
- 2015: Hubei Provincial Natural Science Award, First Prize
- 2003: Hubei Provincial Natural Science Award, First Prize
- 2016: National Natural Science Award, Second Prize
