Areas of Focus
- Wheat major disease resistance resource creation, gene discovery, gene localization, cloning, and functional identification
Work Experience
- 2023.10-present Vice Director at Academic Affairs Office, National Experimental Teaching Center, Teacher Development and Teaching Evaluation Center, Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship College (concurrently in charge)
- 2019.4-2023.10 Vice Dean of the College of Agriculture
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000.9-2005.12 PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Nanjing Agricultural University
- First author or corresponding author in publications like PNAS, Molecular Plant, Journal of Experimental Botany
- First inventor with 8 authorized/applied invention patents
Publications
- Wheat Pm55 alleles exhibit distinct interactions with an inhibitor to cause different powdery mildew resistance, Cao Aizhong et al., 2024
- Identification and transfer of a new Pm21 haplotype with high genetic diversity and a special molecular resistance mechanism, Cao Aizhong et al., 2023
- Fine mapping of powdery mildew and stripe rust resistance genes Pm5V/Yr5V transferred from Dasypyrum villosum into wheat without yield penalty, Cao Aizhong et al., 2022
- Genome-wide identification of the NLR gene family in Haynaldia villosa by SMRT-RenSeq, Cao Aizhong et al., 2022
- Long-range assembly of sequences helps to unravel the genome structure and small variation of the wheat-Haynaldia villosa translocated chromosome 6VS.6AL, Cao Aizhong et al., 2021
- Pm67, a new powdery mildew resistance gene transferred from Dasypyrum villosum chromosome 1V to common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Cao Aizhong et al., 2021
Awards
- 2007 National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize
- 2011 Ministry of Education Technology Invention First Prize
- 2012 National Technology Invention Second Prize
