Zhensheng Kan
Professor; PhD advisor
Plant Protection
Northwest A&F University
China
Biography
Zhensheng Kang Professor; PhD advisor; Chair Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars Program. 　　The director of State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, vice president of Chinese Society for Plant Pathology. The member of “Academic degree Committee of the State Council”， committee member in “Ministry of Education Institution of Higher Learning Teaching Guidance Committee”。 Has been honored the title of "National Advanced Workers", "National Outstanding Scientific and Technical Workers", "National Model Teacher" and so on. 　　Email: kangzs@nwsuaf.edu.cn; Tel: 029-87080061
Research Interest
1） wheat stripe rust fungal biology, mechanisms of the fungal pathogenicity and variation; 　　2）Wheat-stripe rust fungi interactions; 　　3）Genetics of wheat resistance to stripe rust disease and resistant germplasm development; 　　4） Epidemics of wheat stripe rust and control techniques.
Publications
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Characterization of protein kinase PsSRPKL, a novel pathogenicity factor in the wheat stripe rust fungus. Environmental Microbiology, 2015, 17（8）：2601-2617. IF: 5.93
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Role of alternate hosts in epidemiology and pathogen variation of cereal rusts. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2016, doi:10.1146/annurev-phyto-080615-095851. IF: 9.31
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High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus. Nature Communications, 2013, 4: 2673, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3673. IF: 11.33
