Zhengbin Zhang

Biography

Zhengbin Zhang is born in Heyang county of Shaanxi province in 1962 in China. He got Bachelor degree in Northwest Sci-tech Agricultural University in 1984, Master degree in Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Science, in 1990; Doctor degree in Northwest Sci-tech Agricultural University in 1998; He has post-doctorate experience in Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, in 2001. Now he is working in Center for Agricultural Resource Research, Institute of Genetics and Biology Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Achievements:     He has been researching physiology and genetics as well breeding for drought resistance and water use efficiency in wheat. He has published more than 240 papers and 8 books like as < Wheat genetics>,; ; ; ï¼›< Water and food security and of modern agriculture development in China>.He breed four new wheat varieties with good drought resistance and high water use efficiency and yield. He breeds lots of color-grain wheat lines with blue and purple seed color, these color-grain wheat with good nutrition quality that is benefit to human health. He had successfully initiated The First International Conference on the Theory and Practices in Biological Water Saving. Beijing, China. May 21 to 25, 2006. He got two times of the second award of science and technology of Chinese, two times of the first award of science and technology of Shaanxi Province and other twelve awards. He had suggested twenty consulting reports to improve water and food security and modern agriculture and approved by national and provincial leader and governments.　

Research Interest

Water shortage is a serious constraint on crop production in the North China Plain (NCP), a major high quality wheat and maize production area in the future in China. To manage limited water resources, it is crucial to study on physiology genetics and breeding for drought resistance, water saving and good quality in wheat. These studies mostly include the following aspects here. Study on genetics regularity, gene locating, molecular marker and foundation genome of wheat traits of drought resistance and water saving; Study on breeding new variety which has drought resistance, water saving and good quality traits by means of chromosome engineering, molecular marker assisted selection breeding and transgenic technique; Study on molecular biological basis on drought resistance and water saving, like  as the relationship between water channels protein and water high-efficiency using; the  mechanism of water deficit response—damage—water—recovery—compensatory; the mechanism of water regulatory—photosynthesis production distribution-improving economic index; the growth model of water use efficiency; the relationship between wheat root and drought resistance and water saving.    　　Wheat is one of the world's major food crops, and its nutritional quality has been putted more and more attention. Many human diseases is related to micronutrient deficiency, so many countries pay attention to improving micronutrients in food research, which has become an important part of the Second Green Revolution. Nutrient biofortification breeding becomes the new direction in crop improving. Color-grain wheat contains lots of nutrients which are beneficial to human health, so we also breed new wheat varieties rich in many kinds of amino acids, mineral elements and vitamins.