Baohua Li

Professor

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

Email: baohuali@nwafu.edu.cn

Education

Ph. D., Plant Molecular Genetics, August 2001 – July 2008

The Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of

Sciences, Beijing, China

B. E., Biochemical Engineering, September 1996 – July 2000

Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Research Experiences

September 2019 – present,  Professor, Northwest A&F University, China

July 2009 – August 2019,   Postdoc, Assistant Project Scientist, UC Davis, USA

Research Interests

Transcriptional Regulation of Glucosinolates in Brassica Vegetables and Arabidopsis

The Functional Genetics of Brassica Vegetables

Courses

Scientific Writing

Biotechnology of Horticultural Plants

Selected Publications

1. Li B^#, Tang M^#, Caseys C^#, Nelson A, Zhou M, Zhou X, Brady SM, Kliebenstein DJ* (2020) Epistatic Transcription Factor Networks Differentially Modulate Arabidopsis Growth and Defense.  Genetics 214: 529-541

2. Li B, Tang M, Nelson A, Caligagan H, Zhou X, Clark-Wiest C, Ngo R, Brady SM, Kliebenstein DJ* (2018) Network-Guided Discovery of Extensive Epistasis between Transcription Factors Involved in Aliphatic Glucosinolate Biosynthesis.  The Plant Cell 30: 178-195

3. Li B^#, Zhang Y^#, Mohammadi SA^#, Huai D, Zhou Y, Kliebenstein DJ* (2016) An Integrative Genetic Study of Rice Metabolism, Growth and Stochastic Variation Reveals Potential C/N Partitioning Loci.  Sci Rep 6: 30143

4. Li B, Gaudinier A, Tang M, Taylor-Teeples M, Nham NT, Ghaffari C, Benson DS, Steinmann M, Gray JA, Brady SM, Kliebenstein DJ* (2014) Promoter-based integration in plant defense regulation.  Plant Physiol 166: 1803-1820

5. Li B, Kliebenstein DJ* (2014) The AT-hook motif-encoding gene METABOLIC NETWORK MODULATOR 1 underlies natural variation in Arabidopsis primary metabolism.  Front Plant Sci 5: 415

6. Jia W^#, Li B^#, Li S^#, Liang Y, Wu X, Ma M, Wang J, Gao J, Cai Y, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Li J*, Wang Y* (2016) Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade MKK7-MPK6 Plays Important Roles in Plant Development and Regulates Shoot Branching by Phosphorylating PIN1 in Arabidopsis.  PLoS biology 14: e1002550

7. Wang JZ^#, Li B^#, Xiao Y^#, Ni Y, Ke H, Yang P, de Souza A, Bjornson M, He X, Shen Z, Balcke GU, Briggs SP, Tissier A, Kliebenstein DJ, Dehesh K* (2017) Initiation of ER Body Formation and Indole Glucosinolate Metabolism by the Plastidial Retrograde Signaling Metabolite, MEcPP.  Mol Plant 10: 1400-1416

8. Zhang Y^#, Li B^#, Huai D, Zhou Y*, Kliebenstein DJ* (2015) The conserved transcription factors, MYB115 and MYB118, control expression of the newly evolved benzoyloxy glucosinolate pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Front Plant Sci 6: 343