Team Name: Germplasm Resource Innovation and Molecular Mechanism of the Key Agronomic Traits Genes in South Tropical Fruit Trees.

Main Research Areas: (1) Creation and utilization of germplasm resources and new variety breeding of Litchi and Mango. (2) Mining and molecular mechanism of key agronomic traits genes in Litchi and Mango

Team Introduction: The team consists of twelve researchers and two research groups of litchi and mango, with four professors, two associate professors, six assistant professors and more than 60 graduate students.

Chief Scientist: 

Xin-hua He, Professor, PhD., Doctoral supervisor, Expert in cultivation and pest control of Guangxi mango innovation team. The major research direction: Genetic breeding and germplasm innovation; Growth and development of fruit trees.

Key Team Members:

Jiong-zhi Xu, Agricultural extension researcher, Master tutor, Chief expert in Guangxi Litchi and Longan innovation team. The major research direction: Breeding and cultivation physiology of Litchi and Longan.

Cong Luo, Professor, PhD., Doctoral supervisor. The major research direction: Breeding and flowering molecular mechanism of Mango.

Hai-feng Jia, Professor, PhD., Doctoral supervisor. The major research direction: Breeding, quality control and postharvest preservation of Litchi and Longan.

Team group photo

Achievements: In recent years, the team has undertaken a number of national and provincial scientific research projects. The team members have published several high-level papers in the following journals: Plant Biotechnology Journal, New Phytologist, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Scientia Horticulturae, Plant Science, Physiologia Plantarum, etc.

Partial papers published since 2023:

1. Yanqing Zhang, Zao-hai Zeng, Hui-min Hu, Ming-lei Zhao, Cheng-jie Chen, Xing-shuai Ma, Guan-liang Li, Jian-guo Li, Yuan-long Liu, Yan-wei Hao, Jing Xu*, Rui Xia*. MicroRNA482/2118 is lineage-specifically involved in gibberellin signalling via the regulation of GID1 expression by targeting noncoding PHAS genes and subsequently instigated phasiRNAs. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2024, 22(4): 819-832

2. Yuan Liu, Cong Luo, Mo-ying Lan, Yi-hang Guo, Ruo-yan Li, Rong-zhen Liang, Shu-quan Chen, Jun-jie Zhon, Bai-jun Li, Fang-fang Xie, Can-bin Chen, Xinhua He*. MiCOL6, MiCOL7A and MiCOL7B isolated from mango regulate flowering and stress response in transgenic Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 2024, 176: e14242

3. Jia-wei Zhu, Yu-ze Li, Yi-li Zhang, Li-ming Xia, Wan-li Hu, Xing Huang, Kai-jiang Li, Xin-hua He*, Cong Luo*. Overexpression of MiSPL3a and MiSPL3b confers early flowering and stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 262: 129913

4. Shu-Quan Chen, Cong Luo, Yuan Liu, Rong-Zhen Liang, Xing Huang, Ting-Ting Lu, Yi-Hang Guo, Ruo-Yan Li, Chu-Ting Huang, Zhuo Wang, Xin-Hua He*. Lack of the CCT domain changes the ability of mango MiCOL14A to resist salt and drought stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Science, 2023, 335: 111826

5. Jia-jun Li, Cong Luo, Xiao-zhou Yang, Long-hui Peng, Ting-ting Lu, Ji-hong Yang, Xiang-juan Zhang, Yun-qiao Xie, Zi-yi Yang, Fang Xu, Xin-hua He*. Genome-wide identification of the mango pathogenesis-related 1 (PR1) gene family and functional analysis of MiPR1A genes in transgenic Arabidopsis. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 321: 112254

6. Li-ming Xia, Xin-Hua He, Wan-li Hu, Xiao Mo, Yi-li Zhang, Jia-wei Zhu, Xing Huang, Yu-ze Li, Xiao-Zhuo Yang, Kai-jiang Li, Cong Luo*. Overexpression of mango MiGF6A and MiGF6B genes promote early flowering in transgenic Arabidopsis. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 318: 112074

7. Xiao Mo, Cong Luo, Ling-Ming Xia, Wen-Jing Mo, Jia-Wei Zhu, Yi-li Zhang, Wan-Li Hu, Yuan Liu, Fang-Fang Xie, Xin-Hua He*. Overexpression of mango MiSVP3 and MiSVP4 delays flowering time in transgenic Arabidopsis. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 317: 112021

8. Ting-ting Lu, Ru-yu Wei, Wen-jing Mo, Kai-jiang Li, Hai-xia Yu, Hong-yu Wei, Xin-hua He*, Cong Luo*. Overexpression of mango MiRZFP34 confers early flowering and stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 312: 111868

9. Rong-Zhen Liang, Cong Luo, Yuan Liu, Wan-Li Hu, Yi-Hang Guo, Hai-Xia Yu, Ting-Ting Lu, Shu-Quan Chen, Xiu-Juan Zhang, Xin-Hua He*. Overexpression of two CONSTANS-like 2 (MiCOL2) genes from mango delays flowering and enhances tolerance to abiotic stress in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Science, 2023, 327: 111541

10. Ting-ting Lu, Zhi-yi Fan, Xin-hua He, Hai-xia Yu, Rong-zhen Liang, Xing Huang, Yi-li Zhang, Jia-wei Zhu, Jin-ying Wang, Cong Luo*. Overexpression of mango MiMFT inhibits seed germination and enhances abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 307: 111495