Wang Zhonghua
Professor
Agronomy
Northwest A&F University
China
Biography
Education & research experience B.Ag.Sc. Northwest Agricultural University, 1991 M.Ag.Sc., Northwest Agricultural University，2000 Ph.D., South China Agricultural University，2004 1991-2000, research on wheat genetics and breeding in the Northwest Agricultural University; 2004-2006, research on epigenetics and small RNA in the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Postdoctoral research fellow). 2006-2010, research on plant cuticular wax in the Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada. 2010-2011, research on crop seed dormancy in the Department of Plant Science, South Dakota State University, SD, USA. 2011- current, research on crop molecular biology and breeding in the College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University. (Professor)
Research Interest
Genetics and improvement of drought tolerance in cereal crops. In particular, we investigate cuticular waxes, which coat most above-ground plant surface.
Publications
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Lingyan Zhou, Erdong Ni, Jiawei Yang, Hai Zhou, Hong Liang, Jing Li, Dagang Jiang, Zhonghua Wang, Zhenlan Liu, Chuxiong Zhuang. Rice OsGL1-6 Is Involved in Leaf Cuticular Wax Accumulation and Drought Resistance.(2013), PLoS ONE 8(5): e65139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065139
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Qingdong Zeng, Fengping Yuan, Xin Xu, Xue Shi, Xiaojun Nie, Hua Zhuang, Xianming Chen, Zhonghua Wang, Xiaojie Wang, Lili Huang, Dejun Han, and Zhensheng Kang. Construction and Characterization of a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library for the Hexaploid Wheat Line 92R137, BioMed Research International, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/845806
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Yong Wang, Meiling Wang, Yulin Sun, Yanting Wang, Tingting Li, Guaiqiang Chai, Wenhui Jiang, Liwei Shan, Chunlian Li, Enshi Xiao, and Zhonghua Wang. FAR5, a fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase, is involved in primary alcohol biosynthesis of the leaf blade cuticular wax in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)Journal of Experimental Botany.published online, 2014 doi:10.1093/jxb/eru457
