Guan Qingmei
Professor
Horticulture
Northwest A&F University
China
Biography
Education:   Ph.D in Plant Science from University of Maryland, USA. 2013   M.S. in Pomology from Northwest A&F University. 2005   B. S. in Pomology from Northwest A&F University. 2002
Research Interest
1. Molecular mechanisms of plant responses to abiotic stress (extreme temperatures and drought stress) 2. Molecular marker-assisted apple breeding at whole-genome level with stress- resistant traits.
Publications
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Jeong, S.I., Fukudome, A., Aksoy, E., Bang, W.Y., Kim, S., Guan, Q., Bahk, J.D., May, A.K., Russell, W.K., Zhu, J., Koiwa, H. (2013). Regulation of Abiotic Stress Signaling by Arabidopsis C-terminal Domain Phosphatase-like 1 Requires Interaction with a K-homology Domain-containing Protein. PLoS ONE. 8(11):e80509.
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Guan, Q., Yue, X., Zeng, H., and Zhu, J. (2014). The protein phosphatase and its interacting partner NAC019 are required for heat stress-responsive gene regulation and thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 26(1):438-453.
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 Li, X., Kui, L., Zhang, J., Xie, Y., Wang, L., Yan, Y., Wang, N., Xu, J., Li, C., Wang, W., van Nocker, S., Dong, Y., Ma, F., and Guan, Q. (2016). Improved hybrid de novo genome assembly of domesticated apple (Malus x domestica). Gigascience. 5(1):35.