ICS of HZAU

Dr. Jin-Zhi Zhang

Education and employee

• 2018/01-Present: Professor, College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University

• 2012/07-2017/12: Associate professor, College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University

• 2010/07-2012/07: Lecturer, College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University

• 2005/09-2010/07: Master / Ph.D, Major: Pomology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University

• 2001/09-2005/07: Bachelor degree, Major: Forestry, College of Forestry and Horticulture Science, Henan Agricultural University

Research

Most of our work utilizes an early-flowering mutant of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) as a model system to investigate the developmental genetic mechanisms that control how flowers are formed and elaborated in past years. In parallel, we are also interested in dissecting the molecular mechanisms underlying fruit development in citrus.

• 1. Ai XY, Zhang JZ (Co-first author), Hu C-G (*) 2016. PtFCA from precocious trifoliate orange is regulated by alternative splicing and affects flowering time and root development in transgenic Arabidopsis. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 12(5):1-14.

• 2. Zhang JZ, Liu SR, Hu CG(*) 2016 Identifying the genome-wide genetic variation between precocious trifoliate orange and its wild type and developing new markers for genetics research. DNA Research. 123(4):403-414.

• 3. Sun LM, Zhang JZ (Co-first author), Hu CG(*) 2016 Characterization and expression analysis of PtAGL24, a SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE/AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 (SVP/AGL24)-type MADS-box gene from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) Frontiers in Plant Science. 7:721.

• 4. Liu SR, Hu CG, Zhang JZ (*) 2016 Regulatory effects of cotranscriptional RNA structure formation and transitions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA. 7(5):562-574.

• 5. Li SB, Xie ZZ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ * 2016. A review of auxin response factors (ARF) in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7:47.

• 6. SB Li, WZ OuYang , XJ Hou, LL Xie, CG Hu, JZ Zhang (*). 2015. Genome-wide identification, isolation and expression analysis of auxin response factor (ARF) gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Frontiers in Plant Science. 6:119.

• 7. MRG Khan, XY Ai, JZ Zhang (*). 2014. Genetic regulation of flowering time in annual and perennial plants. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA. 5(3):347-59.

• 8. JZ Zhang, K Zhao, XY Ai, CG Hu (*) 2014 Involvements of PCD and changes in gene expression profile during self-pruning of spring shoots in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) BMC Genomics. 15:892.

• 9. LM Sun, JZ Zhang (*), L Mei, CG Hu (*) 2014 Molecular cloning, promoter analysis and functional characterization of APETALA 1-like gene from precocious trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) Scientia Horticulturae 178 (23), 95-105.

• 10. JZ Zhang, L Mei, SR Liu, MRG Khan, CG Hu (*) 2014 Possible involvement of locus-specific methylation on expression regulation of LEAFY homologous gene (CiLFY) during precocious trifoliate orange phase change process PLOS ONE 9 (2), e88558.

• 11. XJ Hou, SB Li, SR Liu, CG Hu (*), JZ Zhang (*) 2014 Genome-wide classification and evolutionary and expression analyses of citrus MYB transcription factor families in sweet orange PLOS ONE, e112375.

• 12. XJ Hou, SR Liu, MRG Khan, CG Hu, JZ Zhang (*). 2014 Genome-Wide Identification, Classification, Expression Profiling, and SSR Marker Development of the MADS-Box Gene Family in Citrus Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 32 (1), 28-41.

• 13. SR Liu, WY Li, D Long, CG Hu, JZ Zhang (*). 2013. Development and characterization of genomic and expressed SSRs in citrus by Genome-wide analysis. PLOS ONE. 8(10):e75149-e75149.

• 14. XY Ai, G Lin, LM Sun, CG Hu, WW Guo, XX Deng, JZ Zhang (*). 2012. A global view of gene activity at the flowering transition phase in precocious trifoliate orange and its wild-type [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] by transcriptome and proteome analysis. Gene 510:47-58.

• 15. LM Sun, XY Ai, WY Li, WW Guo, XX Deng, CG Hu (*), JZ Zhang (*). 2012. Identification and comparative profiling of miRNAs in an early flowering mutant of trifoliate orange and its wild type by genome-wide deep sequencing. PlOS ONE 7:e43760.

• 16. JZ Zhang, XY Ai, SA Peng, WW Guo, XX Deng, CG Hu (*). 2012. Identification of miRNAs and their target genes using deep sequencing and degradome analysis in trifoliate orange [Poncirus trifoliate (L.) Raf]. Molecular Biotechnology. 51(1):44-57.

• 17. JZ Zhang, XY Ai, LM Sun, WW Guo, XX Deng, CG Hu (*). 2011. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of genes associated with flowering in citrus using an early-flowering trifoliate orange mutant (Poncirus rifoliate L. Raf.). Plant Molecular Biology, 76:187–204.

• 18. JZ Zhang, XY Ai, LM Sun, DL Zhang, WW Guo, XX Deng, CG Hu (*). 2011. Transcriptome profile analysis of flowering molecular processes of early flowering trifoliate orange mutant and the wild-type [Poncirus rifoliate (L.) Raf.] by massively parallel signature sequencing. BMC Genomics. 12:63.

• 19. ZM Li, JZ Zhang (Co-first author), L Mei, XX Deng, CG Hu (*), JL Yao (*). 2010. PtSVP, an SVP homolog from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliate L. Raf.), shows seasonal periodicity of meristem determination and affects flower development in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco plants. Plant Molecular Biology. 74:129-142.

• 20. JZ Zhang, ZM Li, L Mei, JL Yao, CG Hu (*). 2009. PtFLC homolog from trifoliate orange (Poncirus rifoliate) is regulated by alternative splicing and experiences seasonal fluctuation in expression level. Planta. 229, 4:847-859.

• 21. JZ Zhang, ZM Li, JL Yao, CG Hu (*).2009. Identification of flowering-related genes between early flowering trifoliate orange mutant and wild-type trifoliate orange (Poncirus rifoliate L. Raf.) by suppression subtraction hybridization (SSH) and macroarray. Gene. 430: 95-104.

• 22. JZ Zhang, ZM Li, L Mei, JL Yao, CG Hu (*). 2008. Identification of early-flower-related ESTs in an early-flowering mutant of trifoliate orange (Poncirus rifoliata) by suppression subtractive hybridization and macroarray analysis. Tree Physiology 28:1449–1457.