Ke Mao

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

No.3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Email: maoke2002@163.com; maoke2002@nwsuaf.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2016  Beijing forestry University

M.S. 2012  Shandong Agricultural University

B.S. 2009  Shandong Agricultural University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Regulation mechanism of abiotic stress resistance in apple

Improvement of apple water use efficiency under moderate drought condition

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1. Xin Jia*, Ke Mao*, Ping Wang, Yu Wang, Xumei Jia, Liuqing Huo, Xun Sun, Runmin Che, Xiaoqing Gong^# and Fengwang Ma^#. Overexpression of  MdATG8i  improves water use efficiency in transgenic apple by modulating photosynthesis, osmotic balance, and autophagic activity under moderate water deficit. Horticulture Research (2021) 8: 81.

2. Shuang Zhao, Hanbing Gao, Xumei Jia, Xuewen Li, Ke Mao^#, Fengwang Ma^#. The γ-clade HD-Zip I transcription factor MdHB-7 regulates salt tolerance in transgenic apple ( Malus domestica ). Plant & soil (2021) DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-04918-9.

3. Ke Mao*, Jie Yang*, Min Wang, Huayu Liu, Xin Guo, Shuang Zhao, Qinglong Dong and Fengwang Ma^#.Genome-wide analysis of the apple CaCA superfamily reveals that MdCAX proteins are involved in the abiotic stress response as calcium transporters. BMC plant biology (2021) 21: 81.

4. Shuang Zhao, Haibo Wang, Xumei Jia, Hanbing Gao, Ke Mao^#, Fengwang Ma^#. The HD-Zip I transcription factor MdHB7-like confers tolerance to salinity in transgenic apple ( Malus domestica ). Physiologia Plantarum (2021) DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13330

5. Shuang Zhao, Hanbing Gao, Xumei Jia, Haibo Wang, Ke Mao^#, Fengwang Ma^#. The HD-Zip I transcription factor MdHB-7 regulates drought tolerance in transgenic apple ( Malus domestica ). Environmental and Experimental Botany (2020) 180: 104246.

6. Qinglong Dong*, Wenqian Zheng*, Dingyue Duan, Dong Huang, Qian Wang, Changhai Liu, Chao Li, Xiaoqing Gong, Cuiying Li, Ke Mao^#, Fengwang Ma^#.  MdWRKY30 , a group IIa WRKY gene from apple, confers tolerance to salinity and osmotic stresses in transgenic apple callus and  Arabidopsis  seedlings. Plant Science (2020) 299: 110611.

7. Shuang Zhao, Hanbing Gao, Jiawei Luo, Haibo Wang, Qinglong Dong, Yanpeng Wang, Kaiyan Yang, Ke Mao^#, Fengwang Ma^#. Genome-wide analysis of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding gene family in apple ( Malus domestica ) and functional characterization of  MdLhcb4.3 , which confers tolerance to drought and osmotic stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2020) 154: 517-529.