Team Name:GermplasmResourceInnovationandMolecularMechanismof the Key AgronomicTraits GenesinSouthTropicalFruitTrees.
Main ResearchAreas: (1)Creation andutilization of germplasm resources andnew varietybreeding ofLitchi andMango.(2)Miningand molecular mechanism of key agronomic traits genes inLitchi andMango
Team Introduction:The team consists oftwelveresearchers and two research groups of litchi and mango, withfourprofessors,twoassociate professors,sixassistant professors andmore than60 graduate students.
Chief Scientist:
Xin-hua He,Professor,PhD.,Doctoral supervisor, Expert in cultivation and pest control of Guangxi mango innovation team.The majorresearch direction: Genetic breeding and germplasm innovation;Growth and developmentoffruit trees.
KeyTeamMembers:
Jiong-zhiXu,Agricultural extension researcher,Master tutor, Chief expert in Guangxi LitchiandLongan innovation team. The majorresearch direction:Breeding and cultivation physiologyof LitchiandLongan.
Cong Luo,Professor,PhD.,Doctoral supervisor. The majorresearch direction: Breedingand flowering molecular mechanism ofMango.
Hai-feng Jia,Professor,PhD., Doctoral supervisor. The majorresearch direction:Breeding, quality control and postharvest preservation ofLitchiandLongan.
Team group photo
Achievements:In recent years,the teamhas undertaken a number of national and provincial scientific research projects. The team members have published several high-level papers in the following journals:Plant Biotechnology Journal,New Phytologist,International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,Plant Physiology and Biochemistry,Scientia Horticulturae,Plant Science,Physiologia Plantarum, etc.
Partial papers published since 2023:
1.Yanqing Zhang, Zao-hai Zeng, Hui-min Hu, Ming-lei Zhao, Cheng-jie Chen, Xing-shuai Ma, Guan-liang Li, Jian-guo Li, Yuan-long Liu, Yan-wei Hao, Jing Xu*, Rui Xia*.MicroRNA482/2118 is lineage-specifically involved in gibberellin signalling via the regulation of GID1 expression by targeting noncoding PHAS genes and subsequently instigated phasiRNAs.Plant Biotechnology Journal,2024, 22(4): 819-832
2. Yuan Liu,Cong Luo, Mo-ying Lan, Yi-hang Guo, Ruo-yan Li, Rong-zhen Liang, Shu-quan Chen, Jun-jie Zhon, Bai-jun Li, Fang-fang Xie, Can-bin Chen,Xinhua He*.MiCOL6,MiCOL7AandMiCOL7Bisolated from mango regulate flowering and stress response in transgenic Arabidopsis.Physiologia Plantarum,2024,176: e14242
3. Jia-wei Zhu, Yu-ze Li, Yi-li Zhang, Li-ming Xia, Wan-li Hu, Xing Huang, Kai-jiang Li,Xin-hua He*,Cong Luo*. Overexpression ofMiSPL3aandMiSPL3bconfers early flowering and stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 262:129913
4. Shu-Quan Chen,Cong Luo, Yuan Liu, Rong-Zhen Liang, Xing Huang, Ting-Ting Lu,Yi-Hang Guo, Ruo-Yan Li, Chu-Ting Huang, Zhuo Wang,Xin-Hua He*. Lack of the CCT domain changes the ability of mangoMiCOL14Ato resist salt and drought stress in Arabidopsis.Plant Science, 2023, 335:111826
5. Jia-jun Li,Cong Luo, Xiao-zhou Yang, Long-hui Peng, Ting-ting Lu, Ji-hong Yang, Xiang-juan Zhang, Yun-qiao Xie, Zi-yi Yang, Fang Xu,Xin-hua He*.Genome-wide identification of the mangopathogenesis-related 1(PR1) gene family and functional analysis ofMiPR1Agenes in transgenic Arabidopsis.Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 321:112254
6. Li-ming Xia,Xin-Hua He, Wan-li Hu, Xiao Mo, Yi-li Zhang, Jia-wei Zhu, Xing Huang, Yu-ze Li, Xiao-Zhuo Yang, Kai-jiang Li,Cong Luo*. Overexpression of mango MiGF6A and MiGF6B genes promote early flowering in transgenic Arabidopsis.Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 318:112074
7. Xiao Mo,Cong Luo, Ling-Ming Xia, Wen-Jing Mo, Jia-Wei Zhu, Yi-li Zhang, Wan-Li Hu, Yuan Liu, Fang-Fang Xie,Xin-Hua He*. Overexpression of mango MiSVP3 and MiSVP4 delays flowering time in transgenic Arabidopsis.Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 317:112021
8. Ting-ting Lu, Ru-yu Wei, Wen-jing Mo, Kai-jiang Li, Hai-xia Yu, Hong-yu Wei,Xin-hua He*,Cong Luo*. Overexpression of mangoMiRZFP34confers early flowering and stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis.Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 312:111868
9. Rong-Zhen Liang,Cong Luo, Yuan Liu, Wan-Li Hu, Yi-Hang Guo, Hai-Xia Yu, Ting-Ting Lu, Shu-Quan Chen, Xiu-Juan Zhang,Xin-Hua He*.Overexpression of twoCONSTANS-like 2(MiCOL2) genes from mango delays flowering and enhances tolerance to abiotic stress in transgenic Arabidopsis.Plant Science,2023, 327:111541
10. Ting-ting Lu, Zhi-yi Fan,Xin-hua He, Hai-xia Yu, Rong-zhen Liang, Xing Huang, Yi-li Zhang, Jia-wei Zhu, Jin-ying Wang,Cong Luo*.Overexpression of mangoMiMFTinhibits seed germination and enhances abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis.Scientia Horticulturae, 2023,307:111495
