Areas of Focus
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Plant-Microbe Molecular Interactions
- Plant Disease Biocontrol
- Crop Disease Resistance Breeding
Work Experience
- 1984-2001 - Henan Agricultural University, Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor
- 2001-2007 - Nanjing Agricultural University, Associate Professor, Professor, PhD Supervisor
- 2003-2005 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Durham University, UK
- 2006-present - Committee Member or Chair, International Society of Plant Pathology
- 2008-present - Professor/Tenured Professor, PhD Supervisor, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2007-2009 - Visiting Professor, Cornell University, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1984 Bachelor's Degree in Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University
- 2000 PhD in Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University
- Published over 100 research papers in prestigious journals
- Holds 12 national invention patents
Publications
- ZAR1 resistosome and helper NLRs: Bringing in calcium and inducing cell death, Chen G.Y.* and Fu Z.Q.*, 2021
- A Xanthomonas transcription activator-like effector is trapped in nonhost plants for immunity, Haq F., Xu X.M., Ma W.X., Shah S.M.A., Liu L.L., Zhu B., Zou L.F., and Chen G.Y.*, 2021
- A-to-I mRNA editing in a ferric siderophore receptor improves competition for iron in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, Nie W.H., Wang S., Huang J., Xu Q., Wang P.H., Wu Y., He R., Yiming A., Liang J.L., Ahmad I., Fu L.Y., Guo L.B., Yuan J.H., Zhu B.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2021
- A key antisense sRNA modulates the oxidative stress response and virulence in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, Wu Y., Wang S., Nie W.H., Wang P.H., Fu L.Y., Ahmad I., Zhu B.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2021
- Genomics-enabled novel insight into the pathovar-specific population structure of the bacterial leaf streak pathogen Xanthomonas translucens in small grain cereals, Shah S.M.A., Khojasteh M., Wang Q., Taghavi S.M., Xu Z.Y., Khodaygan P., Zou L.F., Mohammadikhah S., Chen G.Y.* and Osdaghi E.*, 2021
- Increasing resistance to bacterial leaf streak in rice by editing the promoter of susceptibility gene OsSULRT3;6, Xu X.M., Xu Z.Y., Li Z.Y., Zakria M., Zou L.F., and Chen G.Y.*, 2021
- TALE-triggered and iTALE-suppressed Xa1-mediated resistance to bacterial blight is independent of rice transcription factor subunits OsTFIIAγ1 or OsTFIIAγ5, Xu X.M., Xu Z.Y., Ma W.X., Haq H., Li Y., Shah S.M.A., Zhu B., Zhu C.X., Zou L.F., and Chen G.Y.*, 2021
- An improved, versatile and efficient modular plasmid assembly system for expression analyses of genes in Xanthomonas oryzae, Zou L.F., Zhang C.P., Li Y.L., Yang X.F., Wang Y.Y., Yan Y.C., Yang R.H., Huang M.S., Haq F., Yang C.H., and Chen G.Y.*, 2021
- Complete genome sequencing provides novel insight into the virulence repertories and phylogenetic position of dry beans pathogen Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, Chen G.Y., Khojasteh M., Taheri-Dehkordi A., Taghavi S.M., Rahimi T., Osdaghi E*, 2021
- A-to-I RNA editing in bacteria increases pathogenicity and tolerance to oxidative stress, Nie W.H., Wang S., He R., Xu Q., Wang P.H., Wu Y., Tian F., Yuan J.H., Zhu B.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Bleeding canker of pear-An emerging devastating disease, Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Genome resource of a hypervirulent strain LN4 of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causing bacterial blight of rice, Xu Z.Y., Wang S., Liu L., Yang Y.Y., Zhu B., Zou L.F., and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- A Xanthomonas oryzae type III effector XopL causes cell death through mediating ferredoxin degradation in Nicotiana benthamiana, Ma W.X., Xu X.M., Cai L.L., Cao Y.Y., Haq F., Alfano J.R., Zhu B., Zou L.F., and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Xa1 allelic R genes activate rice blight resistance suppressed by interfering TAL effectors, Ji C.H., Ji Z.Y., Liu B., Cheng H., Liu H., Liu S.Z., Yang B.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Identification of a virulence tal gene in the cotton pathogen, Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain Xss-V 2-18, Haq F., Xie S.W., Huang K.X., Shah S.M.A., Ma W.X., Cai L.L., Xu X.M., Xu Z.Y., Wang S., Zou L.F., Zhu B., and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Transcription Activator-Like Effector (TALE) Diversity in Iranian Strains of Xanthomonas translucens, Khojasteh M., Shah S.M.A., Haq F., Xu Z.Y., Taghavi SM, Osdaghi E*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Phosphoglycerate kinase is involved in carbohydrate utilization, extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis, and cell motility of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines independent of Clp, Guo W., Gao J., Wang H.J., Su R.Y., Sun C.Y., Gao S.H., Liu J.Z.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2020
- Engineering broad-spectrum bacterial blight resistance by simultaneously disrupting variable TALE-binding elements of multiple susceptibility genes in rice, Xu Z.Y., Xu X.M., Gong Q., Li Z.Y., Li Y., Wang S., Yang Y.Y., Ma W.X., Liu L.Y., Zhu B., Zou L.F.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2019
- Tal1NXtc01 in Xanthomonas translucens pv.cerealis contributes to virulence in bacterial leaf streak of wheat, Shah S.M.A., Haq F., Ma W.X., Xu X.M., Wang S., Xu Z.Y., Zou L.F,Zhu B., and Chen G.Y.*, 2019
- Overexpression of SSBXoc, a single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, enhances plant growth and disease and salt stress tolerance in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana, Cao Y.Y., Yang M.T., Ma W.X., Sun Y.J., and Chen G.Y.*, 2018
- Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae TALE proteins recruit OsTFIIAγ1 to compensate for the absence of OsTFIIAγ5 in bacterial blight in rice, Ma W.X., Zou L.F., Ji Z.Y., Xu X.M., Xu Z.Y., Yang Y.Y., Alfano J.R., and Chen G.Y.*, 2018
- A transcription activator-like effector Tal7 of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola activates rice gene Os09g29100 to suppress rice immunity, Cai L.L., Cao Y.Y.，Xu Z.Y., Ma W.X., Zakria M., Zou L.F., Cheng Z.Q.*, and Chen G.Y.*, 2017
- Interfering TALEs of Xanthomonas oryzae neutralize the R-gene-mediated plant disease resistance, Ji Z.Y., Ji C. H., Liu B., Zou L.F., Chen G.Y.*, and Yang B.*, 2016
- Genetic diversity of transcriptional activator-like effectors genes in Chinese isolates of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, Ji Z.Y., Zakria M., Zou L.F., Xiong L., Zheng L., Ji G.H., and Chen G.Y.*, 2014
- A potential disease susceptible gene CsLOB of citrus is targeted by a major virulence effector PthA of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, Li Z., Zou L., Ye G., Xiong L., Ji Z.Y.,Zakria M., Hong N., Wang G.P., and Chen G.Y.*, 2014
- tale-based genetic diversity of Chinese isolates of the citrus canker pathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, Ye G., Hong N., Zou L. F., Zou H. S., Zakria M., Wang G. P.*., and Chen G. Y.*, 2013
- A novel antimicrobial protein for Plant Protection consisting of a Xanthomonas oryzae harpin and active domains
Awards
- 1st Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress at provincial/ministerial level
- 2nd Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress at provincial/ministerial level (2 times)
- 3rd Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress at provincial/ministerial level (3 times)
