Sugarcane Genomics and Molecular Breeding Team
Main Research Areas: (1) The research of sugarcane functional genomics; (2) Sugarcane germplasm innovation and key gene mining; (3) Sugarcane molecular regulation of key traits
Chief Scientist: Jisen Zhang
Professor Jisen Zhang currently serves as the secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Agriculture at Guangxi University, the Director of the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, and the team leader of the Center for Sugarcane Biological Breeding. Over the past decade, he has led his team with the objective of molecular breeding of sugarcane, achieving noteworthy academic progress. His primary research findings have been published twice in Nature Genetics (2018, 2022) and once in Nature Plants. He has successively presided over 20 research projects, including national key research and development projects, 863 sub-projects, and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 140 papers in journals such as Cell, Nature Genetics, Nature Plants, PNAS, among others. He has been recognized as one of the top 100 prolific authors globally in agricultural genetics and genetic studies from 2016 to 2020. In 2023, he was recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide.
Team Members: Jian Jin, Xianwei Fan, Qing Zhang, Qiutao Xu, Baoqi Li, Yi Xu, Tianyou Wang, Heyang Shang
Team website: http://www.zhangjisenlab.cn/
Achievements:
1. Jisen Zhang*#, Xingtan Zhang#, Haibao Tang#, Qing Zhang#, Xiuting Hua, Xiaokai Ma, ....,Chifumi Nagai*,Ray Ming*. Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L.. (2018) Nature Genetics, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0237-2.50 : 1565–1573.
2. Qing Zhang#, Yiying Qi#, Haoran Pan#, Haibao Tang#, Gang Wang, Xiuting Hua, Yongjun Wang, Lianyu Lin, Zhen Li, Yihan Li, Fan Yu, Zehuai Yu, Yongji Huang, Tianyou Wang, Panpan Ma, Meijie Dou, Zongyi Sun, Yibin Wang, Hengbo Wang, Xingtan Zhang, Wei Yao, Yuntong Wang, Xinlong Liu, Maojun Wang, Jianping Wang, Zuhu Deng, Jingsheng Xu, Qinghui Yang, ZhongJian Liu, Baoshan Chen, Muqing Zhang, Ray Ming, Jisen Zhang*. Genomic insights into the recent chromosome reduction of complex autopolyploid sugarcane S. spontaneum. (2022). Nature Genetics. 10.1038/s41588-022-01084-1.
3. Tianyou Wang*, Baiyu Wang*, Xiuting Hua*, Haibao Tang*, Zeyu Zhang, Ruiting Gao, Yiying Qi, Qing Zhang, Gang Wang, Zehuai Yu, Yongji Huang, Zhe Zhang, Jing Mei, YuhaoWang, Yixing Zhang, Yihan Li, Xue Meng, Yongjun Wang, Haoran Pan, Shuqi Chen, Zhen Li, Huihong Shi, Xinlong Liu, Zuhu Deng, Baoshan Chen, Muqing Zhang, Lianfeng Gu, Jianping Wang, Ray Ming, Wei Yao†, Jisen Zhang†.A complete gap-free diploid genome in Saccharum complex and the genomic footprints of evolution in the highly polyploid Saccharum genus. (2023). Nature Plants. 10.1038/s41477-023-01378-0
4. Huakun Zheng, Baiyu Wang, Xiuting, Hua, Ruiting Gao, Yuhao Wang, Zixin Zhang, Yixing Zhang, Jing Mei, Yongji Huang, Yumin Huang, Hui Lin, Xingtan Zhang, Dongmei Lin, Siren Lan, Zhongjian Liu, Guodong Lu, Zonghua Wang*, Ray Ming*, Jisen Zhang*, Zhanxi Lin*. A near-complete genome assembly of the allotetrapolyploid Cenchrus fungigraminus (JUJUNCAO) provides insights into its evolution and C4 photosynthesis. （2023）Plant communications. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100633. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37271992.
5. Qing Jiang†, Xiuting Hua†, Huihong Shi†, Jia Liu, Yuan Yuan, Zhen Li, Shuangyu Li, Meiqing Zhou, Chongyang Yin, Meijie Dou, Nameng Qi, Yongjun Wang, Muqing Zhang, Ray Ming, Haibao Tang, and Jisen Zhang*. Transcriptome dynamics provides insights into divergences of photosynthesis pathway between Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum. (2023) The Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/TPJ.16110
6. Qing Zhang†, Xiuting Hua†, Hong Liu†, Yuan Yuan, Yan Shi, Zhengchao Wang, Muqing Zhang, Ray Ming, Jisen Zhang*. Evolutionary Expansion and Functional Divergence of Sugar Transporters in Saccharum (S. spontaneum and S. officinarum). (2020) The Plant Journal. doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15076
7. Duo Chen†, Qing Zhang†, Weiqi Tang†, Zhen Huang†, Gang Wang†, Yongjun Wang, Jiaxian Shi, Huimin Xu, Lianyu Lin, Zhen Li, Wenchao Chi, Likun Huang, Jing Xia, Xingtan Zhang, Lin Guo, Yuanyuan Wang, Panpan Ma, Juan Tang, Gang Zhou, Min Liu, …, Ray Ming, Marc Van Montagu*, Haibao Tang*, Yves Van de Peer*, Youqiang Chen*, and Jisen Zhang*. The evolutionary origin and domestication history of goldfish (Carassius auratus).(2020)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA..10.1073/pnas.2005545117.
8. Zhang Jisen, Zhang Qing, Li Leiting, Tang Haibao, Zhang Qiong, Chen Yang, Arro Jie, Zhang Xingtan, Wang Aiqin, Miao Chenyong, Ming Ray*. (2018) Recent Polyploidization Events in Three Saccharum Founding Species. Plant Biotechnology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12962.
9. Xu, Q.T.#, Yue Y.P.#, Liu B., Chen Z.T., Ma X., Wang J., Zhao Y., Zhou D. X.*. ATP-citrate lyase and Histone AcetylTransferase1 form a nuclear module to acetylate histone H4K5 and promote cell proliferation. Nat Commun. 2023 14(1):3265
10. Xu, Q.T.#, Wang, Y.J.#, Chen, Z.T., Yue, Y.P., Huang, H.L., Wu, B.G., Liu, Y., Zhou, D.X., and Zhao, Y.*. ROS-stimulated Protein Lysine Acetylation Is Required for Crown Root Development in Rice. J Adv Res. 2023 48:33-46
11. Xu, Q.T. #, Wang, Y.J. #, Yue, Y.P., Chen, Z.T., Zhou, D.X., and Zhao, Y.* Transcription factor WOX11 regulates protein translation via ribosome protein acetylation in rice roots. Plant Physiol. 2023 191(4):2224-2228
12. Xu, Q.T., Liu, Q., Chen, Z.T., Yue, Y.P., Liu, Y., Zhao, Y., and Zhou, D.X.* Histone deacetylases control lysine acetylation of ribosomal proteins in rice. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 49(8):4613-4628
13. Baoqi Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Weinan Sun, Dandan Yue, Yizan Ma, Boyang Zhang, Lingfeng Duan, Maojun Wang, Keith Lindsey, Xinhui Nie, Xianlong Zhang, Xiyan Yang, N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates cotton drought response in a Ca2+ and ABA-dependent manner. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023, 21(6): 1270-1285
14. Baoqi Li, Cheng Feng, Wenhao Zhang, Simin Sun, Dandan Yue, Xianlong Zhang, Xiyan Yang. Comprehensive non-coding RNA analysis reveals specific lncRNA/circRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulatory networks in cotton response to drought stress. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 253(Pt 1): 126558.
15. Baoqi Li, Qin Tian, Xuwen Wang, Bei Han, Li Liu, Xianhui Kong, Aijun Si, Juan Wang, Zhongxu Lin, Xianlong Zhang, Yu Yu, Xiyan Yang, Phenotypic plasticity and genetic variation of cotton yield and its related traits under water-limited conditions. The Crop Journal, 2020, 8(6): 966-976.
16. Baoqi Li, Lin Chen, Weinan Sun, Di Wu, Maojun Wang, Yu Yu, Guoxing Chen, Wanneng Yang, Zhongxu Lin, Xianlong Zhang, Lingfeng Duan, Xiyan Yang. Phenomics-based GWAS analysis reveals the genetic architecture for drought resistance in cotton. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18(12): 2533-2544.
17. Zhang, Liwu*; Xu, Yi*; Zhang, Xingtan*; Ma, Xiaokai*; Zhang, Lilan*; Liao, Zhenyang; Zhang,Qing; Wan, Xuebei; Cheng, Yan; Zhang, Jisen; Li, Dongxu; Zhang, Liemei; Xu, Jiantang; Tao, Aifen;Lin, Lihui; Fang, Pingping; Chen, Shuai; Qi, Rui; Xu, Xiuming; Qi, Jianmin; Ming, Ray ; The genome of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) provides insights into bast fibre and leaf shape biogenesis, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18(8): 1796-1809
18. Zhang, Lilan*; Ma, Xiaokai*; Zhang, Xingtan*; Xu, Yi*; Ibrahim, Aminu Kurawa; Yao, Jiayu; Huang, Huaxing; Chen, Shuai; Liao, Zhenyang; Zhang, Qing; Niyitanga, Sylvain; Yu, Jiaxin; Liu, Yi; Xu, Xiuming; Wang, Jingjing; Tao, Aifen; Xu, Jiantang; Chen, Siyuan; Yang, Xin; He, Qingyao; Lin, Lihui; Fang, Ping ; Reference genomes of the two cultivated jute species, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19(11): 2235-2248
