Areas of Focus
- Mapping and cloning of rice blast resistance genes
- Mapping and cloning of rice blast avirulence genes
- Characterization of molecular mechanisms underlying 'gene-for-gene' interactions
- Genetic structure and dynamic changes of Magnaporthe grisea population
- Molecular breeding for rice blast resistance
Work Experience
- 1983-1991: Rice breeding for disease resistance and its basic research, Institute of crop breeding and cultivation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
- 1998-1999: Postdoctor, Thailand National Center for genetic engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
- 1999.12-Now: Director/Professor, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1994.03-1998.03: Ph.D., Kyoto University, Japan
- 1991.05-1994.03: Master, Kyoto University, Japan
- 1983.07: B.S., Graduated from South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Publications
- Function and evolution of Magnaporthe oryzae avirulence gene AvrPib responding to the rice blast resistance gene Pib, Zhang S, Wang L, Wu W, He L, Yang X, Pan Q, 2015
- A genome-wide survey reveals abundant rice blast R-genes in resistant cultivars, Zhang X, Yang S, Wang J, Jia Y, Huang J, Yan S, Zhong Y, Wang L, Gu L, Chen J, Pan Q, Bergelson J, Tian D, 2015
- Stepwise arms race between AvrPik and Pik alleles in the rice blast pathosystem, Wu W, Wang L, Zhang S, Li Z, Zhang Y, Lin F, Pan Q, 2014
- Function and interaction of the coupled genes responsible for the Pik-h encoded blast resistance of rice, Zhai C, Zhang Y, Yao N, Lin F, Liu Z, Dong Z, Wang L, Pan Q, 2014
- The isolation of Pi1, an allele at the Pik locus which confers broad spectrum resistance to rice blast, Hua L, Wu J, Chen C, Wu W, He X, Lin F, Wang Li, Ashikawa I, Matsumoto T, Wang L, Pan Q, 2012
- The identification of Pi50(t), a new member of the rice blast resistance Pi2/Pi9 multigene family, Zhu X, Chen S, Yang J, Zhou S, Zeng L, Han J, Su J, Wang L, Pan Q, 2012
- The Pik-p resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae in rice is mediated by a pair of closely linked CC-NBS-LRR genes, Yuan B, Zhai C, Wang W, Zeng X, Xu X, Hu H, Lin F, Wang L, Pan Q, 2011
- The isolation and characterization of Pik, a rice blast resistance gene which emerged after rice domestication, Zhai C, Lin F, Dong Z, He X, Yuan B, Zeng X, Wang L, Pan Q, 2011
- The blast resistance gene Pi37 encodes a nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat protein and is a member of a resistance gene cluster on rice chromosome 1, Lin F, Chen S, Que Z, Wang L, Liu X, Pan Q, 2007
- The in silico map-based cloning of Pi36, a rice coiled-coil- nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat gene that confers race-specific resistance to the blast fungus, Liu X, Lin F, Wang L, Pan Q, 2007
Awards
- Second Prize, Guangdong science and Technology Award (2015): Breeding, application and characterization of new rice varieties 'Yuejing Simiao 2'
