Xu Peng
Associate Professor
Agriculture
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
China
Biography
Sex: Male 　 　Birth Date: July 9, 1976 　 　Birth Place: Guangnan, Yunnan Province 　　 　　Education: 　　9/2004- 6/2006, M. Sc. in Crop genetics and breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China (Adviser: Prof. Guiquan Zhang) 　 　1995-1999, B. Sc. in Agronomy, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China 　　 　　Other training: 　　05/2010 -07/2010 Training on "Genetic mapping of a resistance gene to blast disease". Centre de Coope´ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le De´veloppement (CIRAD), UMR BGPI, Montpellier, France 　 　06/2005-09/2005 Training on "Characterization of the resistance to the blast of rice lines". Centre de Coope´ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le De´veloppement (CIRAD), UMR BGPI, Montpellier, France 　 　05/2001-06/2001 Visiting Researcher, Centro internacional de Agricaltura Tropical (CIAT), Colombia.
Research Interest
　1〠Genetic dissection on aerobic adaptation of upland rice for improving drought resistance and terrestrial adaptation in rice breeding 　 　2〠Gene-mining from wild species and landraces for rice improvement .　　
