Title:

Professor,

College of Agriculture,

Guangxi University

Email:liupq@gxu.edu.cn

Telephone:+86 13397700

STUDY WORK HISTORY

In 1984, he graduated from Guangxi University;

In 1993, he received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CAAS);

In 1993, he joined the Department of Agronomy, Guangxi University, and served as associate professor and professor successively.

TEACHING AREA

Genetics, Seed Science and Technology

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Rice, Molecular Breeding, Genetics of Quality and Resistance Traits

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

His lab's research mainly focuses on breeding of hybrid rice and the molecular basis underlying the quality and resistance traits in rice. They recently found that OsGSTU34, a Bz2-like anthocyanin-related glutathione transferase transporter and a putative transporter for anthocyanin in rice, is essential for rice (Oryza sativaL.) organs coloration, and found the effects of protein on the gelatinization and retrogradation in reconstituted rice flour. They are exploiting both the traditional breeding tools and molecular tools to facilitate the breeding rice.

HONORARY AWARD

[1]In 2021, Exploration and application of rice broad-spectrum resistance geneXa23to bacterial blight disease, Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award, the First Prize.

[2]In 2022, Exploration and application of rice broad-spectrum resistance geneXa23to bacterial blight disease, Da Bei Nong Technology Award, the First Prize.

[3]In 2019, Exploration and application of rice broad-spectrum resistance geneXa23to bacterial blight disease, Outstanding Science and Technology Innovation Award (CAAS).

PUBLICATIONS

[1]Enerand Mackon, Yongqiang Guo, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yafei Ma, Yuhang Yao, Dengjie Luo, Xianggui Dai, Neng Zhao, Ying Lu, Tahir Hussain Jandan, Piqing Liu. OsGSTU34, a Bz2-like anthocyanin-related glutathione transferase transporter, is essential for rice (Oryza sativaL.) organs coloration. Phytochemistry 2024, 217: 113896(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113896)

[2]Guo, Yafei Ma, Xianggui Dai, Tahir Hussain Jandan, Piqing Liu. Integrative HPLC profiling and transcriptome analysis revealed insights into anthocyanin accumulation and key genes at three developmental stages of black rice (Oryza sativa. L) caryopsis. Frontier in plant science, 2023, 14:1211326(doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1211326)

[3]Enerand Mackon, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yongqiang Guo, Yafei Ma, Yuhang Yao, Piqing Liu. Development and application of CRISPR/Cas9 to improve anthocyanin pigmentation in plants: Opportunities and perspectives. Plant Science, 2023, 333, 111746(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111746)

[4]Yafei Ma , Enerand Mackon, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yitong Zhao, Qiufeng Li, Xianggui Dai, Yuhang Yao, Xiuzhong Xia, Baoxuan Nong,* and Piqing Liu.* Combined Analysis of BSA-Seq Based Mapping, RNA-Seq, and Metabolomic Unraveled Candidate Genes Associated with Panicle Grain Number in Rice (Oryza sativaL.). Biomolecules 2022, 12, 918.https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12070918

[5]Yitong Zhao, Xianggui Dai, Enerand Mackon, Yafei Ma and Piqing Liu. Impacts of Protein from High-Protein Rice on Gelatinization and Retrogradation Properties in High- and Low-Amylose Reconstituted Rice Flour. Agronomy 2022, 12, 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12061431