Jidi Xu  

Ph.D, Associate Professor,

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University.

3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

Email: xujidi@nwafu.edu.cn

Tel: +86-029-87082864

http://yyxy.nwsuaf.edu.cn/szdw/349627.htm

EDUCATION:

l 2005.09-2009.06 BS, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agriculture University (Wuhan), Major: Horticulture

l 2006.09-2009.06 BS (Second Bachelor’s degree), School of Foreign Languages, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Major: English

l 2009.09-2015.12 PhD, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agriculture University (Wuhan), Major: Pomology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

l 2015.12-2017.12 Lecturer, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University；

l 2018.01-now Associate Professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Our group aim to investigate the underlie mechanism of epigenetic regulation in apple under various abiotic stresses, which includes DNA/RNA modification, histone modification and chromatin remodeling. Based on the mechanism exploring, epigenome editing engineering is applied to process the important traits improvement in apple.

Publications:

1. Wenjie Li#; Jinjiao Yan#; Shicong Wang; Qianying Wang; Caixia Wang; Zhongxing Li; Dehui Zhang; Fengwang Ma; Qingmei Guan; Jidi Xu*. (2021) Genome-wide analysis of SET-domain group histone methyltransferases in apple reveals their role in development and stress responses. BMC Genomics, (2021) 22:283.

2. Xu Jidi, Yan Jinjiao, Li Wenjie, Wang Qianying, Wang Caixia, Guo Junxing, Geng Dali, Guan Qingmei, Ma Fengwang*. (2020) Integrative Analyses of Widely Targeted Metabolic Profiling and Transcriptome Data Reveals Molecular Insight into Metabolomic Variations during Apple (Malus domestica) Fruit Development and Ripening. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020,  21 (13), 4797.

3. Xu, Jidi, Zhou, S., Gong, X., Song, Y., van Nocker, S., Ma, F. and Guan, Q. (2018) Single-Base Methylome Analysis Reveals Dynamic Epigenomic Differences Associated with Water Deficit in Apple. Plant biotechnology journal, 16(2): 672-687.

4. Xu, Jidi, Wang, X., Cao, H., Xu, H., Xu Q., Deng, X. (2017) Dynamic Changes in Methylome and Transcriptome Patterns in Response to Methyltransferase Inhibitor 5-azacytidine Treatment in Citrus. DNA Research 24, 509-522.

5. Xu, Jidi, Xu, H., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Xu, Q. and Deng, X. (2015a) Genome-wide identification of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) histone modification gene families and their expression analysis during the fruit development and fruit-blue mold infection process. Frontiers in Plant Science 6, 607.

6. Xu, Jidi, Xu, H.D., Xu, Q. and Deng, X.X. (2015b) Characterization of DNA Methylation Variations During Fruit Development and Ripening of Sweet Orange. Plant Mol Biol Rep 33, 1-11.

7. Cao, H.B., Zhang, J.C., Xu, J.D., Ye, J.L., Yun, Z., Xu, Q., Xu, J. and Deng, X.X. (2012) Comprehending crystalline beta-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus. J Exp Bot 63, 4403-4417.

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