Areas of Focus
- Theoretical and technical research on high-vigor seed formation
- Disease resistance mechanisms of high-vigor seeds
- Key technologies for straw-derived smoke water production and its application in agriculture
Work Experience
- 2010-07 - Present - Shandong Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Professor
- 2017-09 - 2018-09 - Visiting Scholar at Royal Holloway, University of London
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010 - PhD in Genetics from Sichuan University
- Hosted 3 National Natural Science Foundation projects
- Hosted 1 Shandong Province Postdoctoral Innovation Project
Publications
- High-vigor maize seeds resist Fusarium graminearum infection through stronger Ca2+ signaling, Xu B., X. Liu, X. Song, Q. Guo, Y. Yin, C. Zhang and Y. Li*, 2022
- The flux rate of Ca2+ into embryo can be used to evaluate the vigour level of maize seeds, Zhu, P., X. Song, Y. Mao, Y. Li*, C. Zhang*, 2020
- Hormone and RNA-seq analyses reveal mechanisms underlying different vigour of seeds at different maize ear positions, Wang M., H. Qv, H. Zhang, S. Liu, Y. Li* C. Zhang*, 2019
- Transcriptome analysis reveals the mechanism by which spraying diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate after anthesis regulates wheat grain filling, Wen D.#, Y. Li#, L. He, C. Zhang*, 2019
- Comparative proteomics reveals the mechanisms underlying variations in seed vigor based on maize (Zea mays L.) ear positions, Li, Y.*, H. Qv, P. Zhu, K. Su, C. Zhang*, 2018
- Changes in the transcriptomic profiles of maize roots in response to iron-deficiency stress, Li, Y., N. Wang, F. Zhao, X. Song, Z. Yin, R. Huang and C. Zhang*, 2014
