Dr. Qingshan Xu

Associate Professor

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

No.3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

Email：xuqingshan@nwafu.edu.cn

Research Interests:

The Development of Adventitious Roots of Tea Plants

Tea Quality Regulation and Stress Adaptation

Education:

2009.9-2015.7: College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University (Qingdao, China)

2015.9-2018.7: State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University (Hefei, China)

Working Experiences:

2018.7-date, Teacher staff, College of Horticulture , Northwest A&F University

Courses:

Molecular Biology of Tea Plants

Introduction to Tea Science

Advanced Biochemistry

Research Projects:

1) The National Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 31902072, 2020.01-2022.12

2) The China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, NO. 2020M673511, 2020.07-2022.06

3) Shaanxi Province Agriculture Special Project, 2020.04-2022.04

4) The Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China, NO. 2019JQ-319, 2019.01-2020.12

5) The special fund for University-supported Agricultural Sci-tech Extension Model, NO.TGZX2019-11, 2019.06-2021.06

6) The Start-up Funds of Northwest A&F University to Qingshan Xu, NO. 2452018068, 2018.07-2021.06

Publications:

1. Zhu Junyan^†, Xu Qingshan^†, Zhao Shiqi^†,et al. Comprehensive co-expression analysis provides novel insights into temporal variation of flavonoids in fresh leaves of the tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ) [J], Plant Sci, 2020, 290: 110306.

2. Zhang Shuning, Sun Litao, Wang Yu, et al. Cow manure application effectively regulates the soil bacterial community in tea plantation [J], BMC Microbiol. 2020, 20 (1), 190.

3. Qingshan Xu, Long Cheng, Yu Mei, et al. Alternative Splicing of Key Genes in LOX Pathway Involves Biosynthesis of Volatile Fatty Acid Derivatives in Tea Plant ( Camellia sinensis ) [J], J. Agric. Food Chem, 2019, 67: 13021-13032.

4. Qingshan Xu^†, Yaxian He^†, Xiaomei Yan, et al. Unraveling a crosstalk regulatory network of temporal aroma accumulation in tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ) leaves by integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics [J], Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2018, 149:81.

5. Qingshan Xu, Junyan Zhu, Shiqi Zhao, et al. Transcriptome Profiling using Single-Molecule Direct RNA Sequencing Approach for in-depth Understanding of Genes in Secondary Metabolism Pathways of   Camellia Sinensis  [J]. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, 8: 1205.

6. Qingshan Xu ^†, Yu Wang^†, Zhaotang Ding*, et al. Aluminum induced physiological and proteomic responses in tea ( Camellia sinensis ) roots and leaves [J]. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, 2017, 115:141.

7. Qingshan Xu, Yu Wang, Zhaotang Ding *, et al. Aluminum induced metabolic responses in two tea cultivars [J].  Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, 2016, 101:162.

8. Junyan Zhu ^†, Xuewen Wang ^†, Qingshan Xu^†, et al. Global dissection of alternative splicing uncovers transcriptional diversity in tissues and associates with the flavonoid pathway in tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ) [J].  BMC Plant Biol. 2018, 18: 266.

9. Junyan Zhu, Xuewen Wang, Lingxiao Guo, et al. Characterization and alternative splicing profiles of lipoxygenase gene family in tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ) [J].  Plant Cell Physiol, 2018.