Colleges & Faculties

Major research areas:Plant Disease Mechanisms and Control.

Features: To meet Beijing's regional development and citizens' needs, the team mainly studies the pathogenic mechanism of plant diseases of fruits, vegetables and flowers and trees, as well as biological control technology and its application, so as to provide support for the quality and safety of agricultural products and environmental safety in Beijing.

Strengths: Taking plant diseases in protected horticulture as the target, the team has carried out research on the pathogen detection and pathogen biology of major fruit and vegetable diseases, the molecular basis of disease occurrence, and the disease prevention mechanism of biocontrol bacillus, developed biocontrol fungicides that are resistant to continuous cropping diseases, and developed and promoted the application of the rapid diagnostic technology system of major fruit, vegetable and flower viral diseases. The team has undertaken more than 40 national, provincial and ministerial projects, published more than 200 papers (including over 40 SCI papers), received 4 provincial and ministerial awards, obtained 10 invention patents, and transformed 4 research achievements.

Recent International Exchanges:

Team members Li Weimin, Shang Qiaoxia, and Gao Tantan have conducted postdoctoral or visiting scholar research for more than 1 year at the National University of Singapore, the Horticultural Research Institute of the US Department of Agriculture, Cornell University, and Harvard University. On 15 January 2022, Prof. Shang Qiaoxia was invited to participate in the Cross-Strait Plant Protection Forum & the 4th Youth Symposium, where she gave a presentation on "Strawberry Virus Detection Technology Research and Application". Prof. Shang Qiaoxia was invited to visit New Zealand from 11 April to 21 April 2024, and had in-depth exchanges with Prof. Mark McNeill's team from the AgResearch and Prof. Di Hongjie from the Lincoln University on agricultural pest control technology, invasive pest detection, soil and environmental science research, etc.

Selected Publications:

[1].Du P, Hu J, Du M, Gao X, Yang W, Zhang C, Zou X, Wang X, Li W. Interaction of a bacterial non-classically secreted RNase HIwith a citrus B-Box zinc finger protein delays flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana and suppresses the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T. Microbiol Res. 2024, 278: 127541.

[2].Li, Y., Ma, E., Yang, K., Zhao, B., Li, Y., Wan, P. Genome-wide analysis of key gene families in RNA silencing and their responses to biotic and drought stresses in adzuki bean. BMC genomics, 2023, 24(1), 195.

[3].Gao T, Wang X, Qin Y, Ren Z, Zhao X*. Watermelon Root Exudates Enhance Root Colonization of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens TR2. Curr Microbiol. 2023, 80(4):110.

[4].Chen Y, Liu Q, Sun X, Liu L, Zhao J, Yang S, Wang X, Quentin M, Abad P, Favery B, Jian H. Meloidogyne enterolobii MeMSP1 effector targets the glutathione-S-transferase phi GSTF family in Arabidopsis to manipulate host metabolism and promote nematode parasitism. New Phytol. 2023 Dec;240(6):2468-2483.

[5].Ren J, Zhang J, Wang Q, et al. Molecular characterization of strawberry vein banding virus from China and the development of loop‑mediated isothermal amplification assays for their detection. Sci Rep. 2022, 12(1):4912.

[6].Tantan Gao, Yan Li, Yunrong Chai, Qi Wang, Mingzheng Ding. SigB regulates stress resistance, glucose starvation, MnSOD production, biofilm formation, and root colonization in Bacillus cereus 905. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021, 105(14-15): 5943-5957.

[7].Yang J, Liao, YJ, Ning JH, Wang JZ, Wang H, Ren ZG. Identification of a phytoplasma associated with Syringa reticulata witches' broom disease in China. Forest Pathology, 2020, 50.

[8].Gao, Q. , Yan, T. , Zhang, Z.J. , Liu, S.Y., Fang, X.D., Gao, D.M., Yang, Y.Z., Xu, W.Y., Qiao, J.H., Cao, Q., Ding, Z.H., Wang Y., Yu J.L., and Wang, X.B. Casein Kinase 1 regulates cytorhabdovirus replication and transcription by phosphorylating a phosphoprotein serine-rich motif. Plant Cell, 2020, 32, 2878-2897.

[9].Ren J, Wang Z, Du Z, et al. Detection and validation of a novel major QTL for resistance to Fusarium head blight from Triticum aestivum in the terminal region of chromosome 7DL. Theor Appl Genet. 2019;132(1):241-255.

Team Members:

1.Zhao Xiaoyan, e-mail: zxy@bua.edu.cn

2.Shang Qiaoxia, e-mail: shangqiaoxia@bua.edu.cn

3.Li Weimin, e-mail: weimin.li@bua.edu.cn

4.Ren Zhengguang, e-mail: zgren2005@126.com

5.Li Yongqiang, e-mail: lyq047@163.com

6.Ren Junda, e-mail: renjd@bua.edu.cn

7.Gao Tantan, e-mail: gaotantan0537@163.com

8.Chen Yongpan, chenyongpan@bua.edu.cn

9.Yan Teng, e-mail: yanteng@bua.edu.cn

10.Shi Ruizhu, beijing-shirui@163.com