Xiang Yu Zhao, Taishan Scholar and Specially Engaged Professor, Ph.D., zhxy@sdau.edu.cn, +86538-8242285
Research Interests:
1. Maize kernel development
2. Maize biotechnology breeding
Education:
1996-2000 Shandong Agricultural University, BSc of Biotechnology
2000-2005 Shandong Agricultural University, PhD of Plant science
2005-2010 Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University
2010- Professor, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University
2013-2014 Visiting scholar at Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware
2017- Taishan Scholar and Specially Engaged Professor, Shandong Province
Teaching Courses:
Botany, Developmental Biology
Selected Publications:
1. Ni F., Qi J., Hao Q., Lyu B., Luo M.C., Wang Y., Chen F., Wang S., Zhang C., Epstein L., Zhao X.Y., Wang H., Zhang X.S., Chen C., Sun L., Fu D. (2017) Wheat Ms2 encodes for an orphan protein that confers male sterility in grass species. Nat Commun. 8:15121.
2. Zhao*, X.Y., Hong*, P., Wu, J.Y., Chen, X.B., Ye, X.G., Pan, Y.Y., Wang, J., Zhang† X.S. (2016) The tae-miR408-mediated control of TaTOC1 genes transcription is required for the regulation of heading time in wheat. Plant Physiology, 170, 1578-1594.
3. Li, W.L., Zhao†, X.Y., Zhang†, X.S. (2015) Genome-wide analysis and expression patterns of the YUCCA genes in maize. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 42, 707-710.
4. Zhang, W.Y., Xu, Y.C., Li, W.L., Yang, L., Yue, X., Zhang, X.S., Zhao†, X.Y. (2014) Transcriptional analyses of natural leaf senescence in maize. PLoS ONE 9(12): e115617. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115617
5. Zhao*, X.Y., Liang* G.T., Li, X.G., Zhang, X.S. (2014) Hormones regulate in vitro organ regeneration from leaf-derived explants in Arabidopsis. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 5: 3535-3550.
6. Thatcher S.R., Zhou W., Leonard A, Wang B-B, Beatty M, Zastrow-Hayes G., Zhao X.Y., Baumgarten A., Li B. (2014) Genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing in Zea mays: landscape and genetic regulation. Plant Cell, 26: 3472-3487.
7. Cheng*, Z.J., Zhao*, X.Y., Shao*, X.X., Wang, F., Zhou, C., Liu, Y.G., Zhang, Y. Zhang, X.S. (2014) Abscisic acid regulates early seed development in Arabidopsis by ABI5-mediated transcription of SHORT HYPOCOTYL UNDER BLUE1.Plant Cell26;1053-1068.
8. Li, X.M., Sang, Y.L., Zhao, X.Y., Zhang, X.S. (2013) High-throughput sequencing of small RNAs from pollen and silk and characterization of miRNAs as candidate factors involved in pollen-silk interactions in maize. PLoS ONE 8(8): e72852. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072852
9. Cheng, Z.J., Wang, L., Sun, W., Zhang, Y., Zhou, C., Su, Y.H., Li, W., Sun, T.T., Zhao, X.Y., Li, X.G., Cheng, Y., Zhao, Y., Xie, Q., Zhang, X.S. (2013). Pattern of auxin and cytokinin responses for shoot meristem induction results from the regulation of cytokinin biosynthesis by AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3. Plant Physiol., 161(1):240-251.
10. Zhao*, X.Y., Su*, Y.H., Zhang, C.L., Wang, L., Li, X. G., Zhang, X.S. (2013). Differences in capacities of in vitro organ regeneration between two Arabidopsis ecotypes Wassilewskija and Columbia. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult., 112:65–74.
11. Yue*, X., Zhao*, X.Y., Fu, Y.K., Zhang, X.S. (2012). Correlation of aquaporins and transmembrane solute transporters revealed by genome-wide analysis in developing maize leaf. Comparative and Functional Genomics, Article ID 546930, (doi:10.1155/2012/546930).
12. Li, X.G., Su, Y.H., Zhao, X.Y., Li, W., Gao, X.Q., and Zhang, X.S. (2010). Cytokinin overproduction-caused alteration of flower development is partially mediated by CUC2 and CUC3 in Arabidopsis. Gene, 450:109-120.
13. Zhou, Y., Zhang, X. J., Kang,* X.J., Zhao,* X.Y., Zhang, X.S., and Ni, M. (2009).SHORT HYPOCOTYL UNDER BLUE1 associates with MINISEED3 and HAIKU2 promoters in vivo to regulate Arabidopsis seed development.Plant Cell, 21:106-117.
14. Su, Y.H., Zhao, X.Y., Liu, Y.B., Zhang, C.L., O’Neill, S.D. and Zhang, X.S. (2009). Auxin-induced WUS expression is essential for embryonic stem cell renewal during somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 59:448-460.
15. Zhao, X.Y., Su, Y.H., Cheng, Z.J., and Zhang, X.S. (2008). Cell fate switch during in vitro plant organogenesis.J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50: 814-822.
16. Ma, X.J., Tao, Y., Zhao, X.Y., andZhang, X.S. (2007). Wheat TaAS2, a member of LOB-Domain family, affects the adaxial-abaxial polarity of leaves in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Sci. 172:181-188.
17.Dong,* Y.X., Zhao,* X.Y., Wang, J.W., Yuan, G.L., and Zhang, X.S. (2007). Improvement for agronomic traits of partial waxy wheat by combination of backcrossing with a PCR-based DNA marker.J. Genet. Genomics34: 836-841.
18 Qiao, W.H., Zhao, X.Y., Li, W., Luo, Y., and Zhang, X.S. (2007). Overexpression of AeNHX1, a root-specific vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter from Agropyron elongatum, confers salt tolerance to Arabidopsis and Festuca plants. Plant Cell Rep. 26:1663-1672.
19. Chu, Z.Q., Chen, H., Zhang, Y.Y., Zhang, Z.H., Zheng, N.Y., Yin, B.J., Yan, H.Y., Zhu, L., Zhao, X.Y., Yuan, M., Zhang, X.S., and Xie, Q. (2007). Knockout of the AtCESA2 Gene Affects Microtubule Orientation and Causes Abnormal Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 143: 213-224.
20. Zhao, X.Y., Cheng, Z.J., and Zhang, X.S. (2006). Overexpression of TaMADS1,a SEPALLATA-like gene in wheat, causes early flowering and the abnormal development of floral organs in Arabidopsis. Planta, 223: 698-707.
21. Zhao, W., Su, H.Y., Song, J., Zhao X.Y., andZhang, X.S. (2006). Ectopic expression of TaYAB1, a member of YABBY gene family in wheat, causes the partial abaxialization of the adaxial epidermises of leaves and arrests the development of shoot apical meristem in Arabidopsis.Plant Sci. 170: 364-371.
22. Zhao, X.Y., Liu, M.S., Li, J.R., Guan, C.M., and Zhang, X.S. (2005). The wheat TaGI1, involved in photoperiodic flowering, encodes an Arabidopsis GI ortholog. Plant Mol. Biol. 58: 53-64.
23. Li, J.R., Wang, F., Zhao, X.Y., Dong, Y.X., Zhang, L.Y., An, B.Y., and Zhang X.S. (2004). Analysis of seed-expressed sequence tags in Triticum aestivum.Acta Bot. Sinica46:363-370.
24. Lan, L.F., Chen, W., Lai, Y., Suo, J.F., Kong, Z.S., Li, C., Lu, Y., Zhang, Y.J, Zhao, X.Y., Zhang, X.S., Zhang, Y.S., Cheng, J., Han, B., and Xue Y.B. (2004). Monitoring of gene expression profiles and isolation of candidate genes involved in pollination and fertilization in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) with a 10K cDNA microarray. Plant Mol. Biol. 54: 471-487.
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