Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms of wheat root development and heat tolerance
- Identification and mechanism of action of genes related to important agronomic traits and root development in wheat
- Discovery and mechanism of action of heat tolerance genes in wheat
- Molecular design breeding for stress resistance in wheat
Work Experience
- 1996 - Xinjiang Altay Region Agricultural Technology Experiment Station: Technician, Agronomist, Deputy Director
- 2009-2011 - Lanzhou University, College of Life Sciences
- 2013-present - Northwest A&F University, College of Agronomy
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996 - Bachelor of Agronomy, Tarim Agricultural Reclamation University
- 2005 - Master's in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Xinjiang Agricultural University
- 2009 - PhD in Developmental Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Postdoctoral Research at University of Massachusetts, Department of Biochemistry (2011-2013)
Publications
- Auxin efflux controls orderly nucellar degeneration and expansion of the female gametophyte in Arabidopsis, Wang Junzhe, Guo Xiaolong, Xiao Qiang, Zhu Jianchu, Cheung Alice Y, Yuan Li, Vierling Elizabeth, and Xu Shengbao*, 2021
- Alternative splicing diversified the heat response and evolutionary strategy of conserved Heat Shock Protein 90s in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Lu Yunze, Zhao Peng, Zhang Aihua, Ma Lingjian, Xu Shengbao*, and Wang Xiaoming*, 2020
