High-quality Sugarcane Breeding and Efficient Utilization of Nutrient in Sugarcane
Team Members：
Our team currently has 2 professors, 2 associate professors, 1 assistant professor, 2 postdoctoral fellows, and 35 graduate students. Our research mainly focuses on important scientific issues and core key technologies in the breeding of high-quality sugarcane varieties and efficient utilization of nutrient resources. And we conducted fundamental and applied research on high sucrose yield, high productivity, and disease resistance in sugarcane. The research has been carried out at different levels, including the identification of important functional genes in sugarcane, analysis of disease resistance mechanisms, breeding of disease-resistant varieties, and propagation of virus-free healthy seedlings. Significant scientific achievements have been obtained in sugarcane breeding for disease resistance through the systematic analysis of pathogenic molecular mechanisms of viral and fungal diseases in sugarcane.
Main Research Areas:
Breeding of high-quality sugarcane varieties and and the analysis of important trait functional genes;
Nutrient efficient utilization and nutrient stress tolerance in sugarcane;
Research and development of cost-effective and high-yielding cultivation techniques for sugarcane.
Part of Publications：
Jinlan Fang, Zhe Chai, Cuilin Huang, Run Huang, Baoshan Chen, Wei Yao*, Muqing Zhang*. Functional characterization of sugarcane ScFTIP1 reveals its role in Arabidopsis flowering.Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024,210,108629.
Ruolin Di, Lixiang Zhu, Zhen Huang, Minyan Lu, Liuyu Yin, Caixia Wang, Yixue Bao, Zhenzhen Duan, Charles A. Powell, Qin Hu, Jisen Zhang, Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*.Fusarium sacchari FsNis1 induces plant immunity.Gene,2024,148260.
Lixiang Zhu, Ruolin Di, Zhen Huang, Minyan Lu, Liuyu Yin, Yuan Huang, Caixia Wang, Zhenzhen Duan, Yixue Bao, Charles A. Powell, Baoshan Chen, Jisen Zhang, Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*. Cas-mCfLAMP: a multiplex rapid visualization assay for sugarcane pathogens based on labeled LAMP and CRISPR/Cas12. Microchemical Journal,2024,199, 109993.
Zhen Huang, Caixia Wang, Huixue Li, Yuming Zhou,Zhenzhen Duan, Yixue Bao, Qin Hu, Charles A Powell, Baoshan Chen, Jisen Zhang, Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*. Small secreted effector protein from Fusarium sacchari suppresses host immune response via inhibiting ScPi21‐induced cell death. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2024,25(1), e13414.
Yuan, X., Gu, X., Liang, R., Ban, G., Ma, L., He, T., & Wang, Z. (2024). Comparing combined application of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer in paddy and upland soils: Processes, enhancement strategies, and agricultural implications. Science of The Total Environment, 933, 173160.
Beilei Wei, Dongliang Zhang, Paramsothy Jeyakumar, Lukáš Trakal, Hailong Wang, Keke Sun, Ying Wei, Xiaoqi Zhang, Huarong Ling, Shijie He, Hanqian Wu, Zhigang Huang, Chong Li, Ziting Wang(2024)；Iron-modified biochar effectively mitigates arsenic-cadmium pollution in paddy fields: A meta-analysis；Journal of Hazardous Materials，133866
Y Xing, M Chen, J Dao, L Lin, C Chen, Y Chen, Z Wang(2024)；Fine-root morphology of woody and herbaceous plants responds differently to altered precipitation: A meta-analysis；Forest Ecology and Management 552, 121570
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. Nature Plants,2023,9:554–571.
Li YZ, Long M, Hou YT, Li Wei, Qin XL, Zhang BG, Wen T, Cui YX, Wang ZT*, Liao YC*. (2023) Root exudation processes induce the utilization of microbial-derived components by rhizoplane microbiota under conservation agriculture. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 178, 108956.
Li YZ, Huo YT, Huo QM, Long M, Yang YL, Wang ZT*, Liao YC*. (2023) Long-term plastic mulching decreases rhizoplane soil carbon sequestration by decreasing microbial anabolism. Science of the Total Environment 868, 161713.
Xing YJ, Dao JC, Chen MH, Chen CY, Li BS*, Wang ZT*. (2023) Multi-omics reveals the sugarcane rhizosphere soil metabolism-microbiota interactions affected by drought stress[J]. Applied Soil Ecology, 190, 104994.
Wei BL, Peng, YC. Lin LL, Zhang DL, Ma L, Jiang LG, Li YZ, He TG*, Wang ZT*. (2023) Drivers of biochar-mediated improvement of soil water retention capacity based on soil texture: A meta-analysis. Geoderma, 437, 116591.
Li Q, Cai Q, Pan L, Tang X, Ling G, Wei Y, Li X, Yang S. Changes in the microbiome of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. Hybrids.) rhizosphere in response to manganese toxicity. Life. 2023; 13(10):1956.
Zhen Huang, Yuming Zhou, Huixue Li, Yixue Bao, Zhenzhen Duan, Caixia Wang,Charles A Powell, Kai Wang, Qin Hu, Baoshan Chen, Jisen Zhang, Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*. Identification of Common Fungal Extracellular Membrane (CFEM) proteins in Fusarium sacchari that inhibit plant immunity and contribute to virulence. Microbiology Spectrum, 2023,16(9)
Jinlan Fang,Zhe Chai,Run Huang,Cuilin Huang,Zhenhua Ming,Baoshan Chen,Wei Yao*, Muqing Zhang*.Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase ScRIPK in sugarcane regulates disease resistance and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis.Frontiers in Plant Science.2023,
Caixia Wang#, Zhen Huang#, Zhenzhen Duan#, Lixiang Zhu, Ruolin Di,Yixue Bao, Charles A Powell, Qin Hu, Baoshan Chen,Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*. Pectate Lyase from Fusarium sacchari Induces Plant Immune Responses and Contributes to Virulence. Microbiology Spectrum, 2023,11(3)
Heyang Shang, Linqi Fang, Lifang Qin, Hongtao Jiang, Zhenzhen Duan, Hai Zhang, Zongtao Yang, Guangyuan Cheng, Yixue Bao, Jingsheng Xu, Wei Yao*, Muqing Zhang*.Genome-wide identification of the class III peroxidase gene family of sugarcane and its expression profiles under stresses.Frontiers in Plant Science.2023
Zhenzhen Duan, Mingyang He, Sehrish Akbar, Degang Zhao, Muqing Zhang, Yi Li, Wei Yao*. Confirmation of ‘Pollen- and Seed-Specific Gene Deletor’ System Efficiency for Transgene Excision from Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum under Field Conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023, 24(2), 1160.
