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Rongqi Liang
Veterinary Medicine
China Agricultural University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Wheat
Grain
Development
Starch
Quality
Genetic
Improvement
Glutinous
Breeding
Aphid
Areas of Focus
- Wheat grain development and starch quality genetic improvement
- Glutinous wheat variety breeding
- Wheat aphid resistance genetics and breeding
Work Experience
- Current - China Agricultural University - Associate Professor
- Previous - Visiting Scholar at CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998-2001 PhD: China Agricultural University, Crop Genetics and Breeding
- 1993-1996 Master's: Capital Normal University, Genetics
- 1989-1993 Bachelor's: Shandong Normal University, Biology
- Selected for multiple talent programs and received team awards
Publications
- TaMADS29 interacts with TaNF-YB1 to synergistically regulate early grain development in bread wheat, Rongqi Liang et al., 2023
- Cloning and functional analysis of TaWRI1Ls, the key genes for grain fatty acid synthesis in bread wheat, Rongqi Liang et al., 2022
- Plant-mediated gene silencing of an essential olfactory-related Gqα gene enhances resistance to grain aphid in common wheat in greenhouse and field, Rongqi Liang et al., 2019
Awards
- 2017: Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award
- 2015: National Science and Technology Progress Award
- 2011: Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award
- 2010: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards - Progress
