Professor Wang Zhonghua
I. Education & research experience
B.Ag.Sc. Northwest Agricultural University, 1991
M.Ag.Sc., Northwest Agricultural University，2000
Ph.D., South China Agricultural University，2004
1991-2000, research on wheat genetics and breeding in the Northwest Agricultural University;
2004-2006, research on epigenetics and small RNA in the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Postdoctoral research fellow).
2006-2010, research on plant cuticular wax in the Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.
2010-2011, research on crop seed dormancy in the Department of Plant Science, South Dakota State University, SD, USA.
2011- current, research on crop molecular biology and breeding in the College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University. (Professor)
II. Research Interests
Our research projects mainly focus on the genetics and improvement of drought tolerance in cereal crops. In particular, we investigate cuticular waxes, which coat most above-ground plant surface. We clone and analyze the functions of genes involved in the waxes formation. We investigate wax functions such as their central physiological role to seal the plant surface against water loss and adverse stress conditions. We also have some QTL mapping projects and plant transformation projects to dissect the molecular mechanism of important traits in wheat and other crops.
III. Teaching
1. Plant biotechnology; 2. Crop science seminar; 3. Crop bioinformatics and application; 4. Progress of crop science; 5. Crop stress biology; 6. Theory and technology of crop heterosis
IV. Selected Publication
1. Yong Wang, Meiling Wang, Yulin Sun, Yanting Wang, Tingting Li, Guaiqiang Chai, Wenhui Jiang, Liwei Shan, Chunlian Li, Enshi Xiao, and Zhonghua Wang. FAR5, a fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase, is involved in primary alcohol biosynthesis of the leaf blade cuticular wax in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)Journal of Experimental Botany.published online, 2014 doi:10.1093/jxb/eru457
2. Qingdong Zeng, Fengping Yuan, Xin Xu, Xue Shi, Xiaojun Nie, Hua Zhuang, Xianming Chen, Zhonghua Wang, Xiaojie Wang, Lili Huang, Dejun Han, and Zhensheng Kang. Construction and Characterization of a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library for the Hexaploid Wheat Line 92R137, BioMed Research International, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/845806
3. Lingyan Zhou, Erdong Ni, Jiawei Yang, Hai Zhou, Hong Liang, Jing Li, Dagang Jiang, Zhonghua Wang, Zhenlan Liu, Chuxiong Zhuang. Rice OsGL1-6 Is Involved in Leaf Cuticular Wax Accumulation and Drought Resistance.(2013), PLoS ONE 8(5): e65139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065139
4. Trevor H. Yeats, Gregory J. Buda, Zhonghua Wang, Noam Chehanovsky, Leonie C. Moyle, Reinhard Jetter, Arthur A. Schaffer and Jocelyn K. C. Rose. The fruit cuticles of wild tomato species exhibit architectural and chemical diversity, providing a new model for studying the evolution of cuticle function. Plant journal,(2012), 69: 655–666
5. David L. Ehret, Brenda Frey,Tom Helmer,Asaph Aharoni, Zhonghua Wang and Reinhard Jetter. Fruit cuticular and agronomic characteristics of a lecer6 mutant of tomato. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology. (2012), 87 (6) 619–625
6. Zhonghua Wang, Ortwin Guhling, Ruonan Yao, Fengling Li, Trevor Yeats, Jocelyn Rose, Reinhard Jetter. Two genes are responsible for synthesis of the triterpenoids accumulating in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit cuticular waxes. Plant Physiology, (2011),155(1):540-552.
7. Chui E. Wong; Ying-Tao Zhao; Xiu-Jie Wang; Larry Croft; Zhong-Hua Wang; Farzad Haerizadeh; John S. Mattick; Mohan B. Singh; Bernard J. Carroll; Prem L. Bhalla.MicroRNAs in the shoot apical meristem of soybean. Journal of Experimental Botany.(2011), 62 (8): 2495-2506. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erq437
8. Zhonghua Wang, Trevor Yeats, Hong Han, Reinhard Jetter. Cloning and characterization of oxidosqualene cyclases from Kalanchoe daigremontiana: a single enzyme catalyzing ten consecutive 1,2-methyl/hydride shifts required for friedelin biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem,(2010), 285:29703-29712.
9. Avital Adato, Tali Mandel, Shira Mintz-Oron, Ilya Venger, Dorit Levy, Merav Yativ, Zhonghua Wang, Ric CH De Vos, Reinhard Jetter, Lukas Schreiber, Antonio Heredia,Ilana Rogachev and Asaph Aharoni. Fruit-Surface Flavonoid Accumulation in Tomato Is Controlled by a SlMYB12-Regulated Transcriptional Network. PLoS Genet. (2009), 5(12): e1000777. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000777
10.Shira Mintz-Oron, Tali Mandel, Avital Adato, Liron Feldberg, Ofra Lotan, Merav Yativ,Zhonghua Wang, Reinhard Jetter, Ilya Venger, Ilana Rogachev and Asaph Aharoni. Gene Expression and Metabolism in Tomato Fruit Surface Tissues. Plant Physiology, (2008), 147:823-851
11.Zhonghua Wang,Yanjiao Zou, Xiaoyu Li, Qunyu Zhang, Letian Chen, Hao Wu, Dihua Su, Yuanling Chen, Jingxin Guo, Da Luo, Yunming Long, Yang Zhong, Yao-Guang Liu.Cytoplasmic Male Sterility of Rice with Boro II Cytoplasm Is Caused by a Cytotoxic Peptide and Is Restored by Two Related PPR Motif Genes via Distinct Modes of mRNA Silencing.(2006),Plant Cell, 18: 676-687
V. Contact Information
Post Address: College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, No.3, Taicheng road, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, 712100
E-mail: zhonghuawang@nwsuaf.edu.cn
