Research Group of Vegetable Plant Biotechnology and Germplasm Innovation
1.Introduction
Principal Investigator: Professor Zhenhui Gong
Professor of the College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Ph.D. Supervisor. Awarded with Outstanding Young Teachers of the Ministry of Education, Impressive Returned Overseas Talents of Shaanxi Province; "Teaching and Educating" Brilliant Teacher of Shaanxi Province; Prominent Communist Party Member, Outstanding Teacher of Northwest A & F University.
Mainly engaged in vegetable breeding, vegetable germplasm resources, and biotechnology while focusing on molecular markers on pepper, tomato, and cucumber; biology and molecular biology of pepper resistance (especially to Phytophthora capsici, cold stress, drought stress, heat stress) and the correlation between Phytophthora blight, anthracnose, and pepper; research and utilization of the pepper male sterility; anti-aging and fruit storability of pepper; pepper microspore culture, tissue culture and genetic transformation; pepper and cucumber important agronomic traits and heredity, innovation of pepper germplasm resources.
Concurrent Academic Appointment
“Qiantang scholar” of the Zhejiang province, Member of the Chinese Society for Horticulture, Member of Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Horticulture, Vice Chairman of Yangling Association for Agriculture Facilitation, adviser of Tianjin Vegetable Research Center and Agriculture Scientific Research Institute of Jiangsu Huaiyin. Consultant tothe Journal Editorial Board of “Northern Horticulture” and “Northwest Horticulture”.
2.Main Research Fields & Contents
Molecular Mechanism of the Pepper Resistance to PhytophthoraBlight and Pathogen Physiological Race Specialization
Creation and Mechanism of Male Sterility, Expression and Regulation of Fertility related Genes
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biochemistry to Cold Stress, Heat Stress and Storability
Haploid Culture and Breeding ofP
Establishment of the Regeneration System of Pepper and Research on its Transgenic Technology;
Collection and Identification of Pepper Lines Germplasm Resources and Breeding of New Varieties
Vegetable Genomics
3.Major Projects Undertaken
National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China
National Key Science and Technology Project of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Science and Technology Support Program of China
National Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Fund Project of China
Yangling Agricultural Biological Breeding Center Project from the Ministry of Science
The “85” Program from the Ministry of Agriculture
Outstanding Young Teachers Fund Project from the Ministry of Education
"Chunhui plan" from the Ministry of Education
National Doctoral Fund from the Ministry of Education
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, State Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics Project
Scientific and Technological Innovation Projects of Shaanxi (“13115” program)
Shaanxi Provincial Innovation and Co-ordination of Science and Technology Projects
Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi
Key Laboratory of Agriculture Molecular Biology Fund Project of Shaanxi
Projects in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and Australian National University, including other topics.
4. Academic achievements
Our team mainly focusing on germplasm resource collection, creation and utilization of pepper, cucumber, and brassica for gene cloning, and genetic transformation. We got a first prize and a second prize from the National Scientific and Technological Progress, Two-second prizes and two third prizes from Shaanxi Province Agricultural Scientific and Technological Progress, one first prize from Shaanxi Province Agricultural Technology Extension, and one third prize from Xi'an Scientific and Technological Progress. We have selected ten items of national patents and selected ten pepper varieties and a tomato variety. In collaboration with Xi’an “Huangguan” Vegetable Institute bycombination of molecular marker technology and conventional breeding technology. We produced three new nematoderesistant varieties (M6, M158, and M126) of tomatoeswith independent intellectual property rights. We have published more than 300 academic research papers, including more than 60 SCI papers, and written more than 30 textbooks.
5. Research Varieties
Same of certificates and photos of selected vegetable varieties are as follows.
6. Team Members
Dr. Rugang Chen, Professor of theCollege of Horticulture,
Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of pepper tolerance to chilling stress.
Dr. Zheng Li, Professor of the College of Horticulture, Ph.D. Supervisor, Shaanxi Youth S&T Star,
Research Description: Research of the specific genes involved in the development of cucumber flowers.
Dr. Yu Du, Associate Professor of the College of Horticulture, Master Supervisor,
Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of plant resistance to phytophthora pathogens and pepper-Phytophthora capsici interactions.
Dr. Minghui Lu, Associate Professor of the College of Horticulture, Master Supervisor,
Research Description:Molecular mechanisms of pepper tolerance to heat stress.
Dr. Dawei Li, Associate Professor inthe College of Horticulture,
Research Description: Research on the mechanism of pepper resistance to Phytophthora capsici.
Dr. Shenhao Wang, Associate Professor inthe College of Horticulture,
Research Description: Research of the genes involved in cucumber plant architecture.
Dr. JunjunShen, Associate Professor in the College of Horticulture.
Research Description: Research of the molecular mechanism of plant architecture regulation in cucumber and watermelon
Dr. Wei Huang, Lecturer at the College of Horticulture,
Research Description: Research on the mechanism and application of pepper male sterile.
Dr. Tingting Li, Lecturer at the College of Horticulture,
Research Description: Research of solanaceous vegetables resistance to Phytophthora pathogens.
