Colleges & Faculties

I. Personal information

l Zhen Peng, Ph.D, Ornamental horticulture, Lecturer.

l The College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA).

l Young Editorial member of Ornamental Plant Research.

II. Research interests

l Molecular Physiology and Chemical Regulation of Groundcover Plants, with materials mainly including Liriope and Carex

l The main research topics carried out include multi-omics analysis and functional gene mining of Liriope spicata, molecular physiology and chemical regulation of groundcover under stress, innovation and application of germplasm resources of native groundcover, etc..

III. Representative papers

1. Zhen Peng, Ye Wang, Wentian Zuo, Yuerong Gao, Runzhi Li, Chunxin Yu, Ziyan Liu, Yi Zheng, Yuanyue Shen, Liusheng Duan. Integration of metabolome and transcriptome studies reveals flavonoids, abscisic acid, and nitric oxide comodulating the freezing tolerance in Liriope spicata. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 12, 764625.

2. Zhigui Bao^#, Canhui Li^#, Guangcun Li^#, Pei Wang, Zhen Peng, Lin Cheng, Hongbo Li, Zhiyang Zhang, Yuying Li, Wu Huang, Mingwang Ye, Daofeng Dong, Zhukuan Cheng, Peter VanderZaag, Evert Jacobsen, Christian W.B. Bachem, Suomeng Dong, Chunzhi Zhang, Sanwen Huang*, Qian Zhou*. Genome architecture and tetrasomic inheritance of autotetraploid potato. Molecular plant, 2022, 15, 1211-1226.

3. Suxiao Hao^#, Yanfen Lu^#, Zhen Peng^#, Enying Wang^#, Linke Chao, Silin Zhong*, Yuncong Yao*. McMYB4 improves temperature adaptation by regulating phenylpropanoid metabolism and hormone signaling in apple. Horticulture Research, 2021, 8(1): 182.

4. Zhen Peng^#, Ji Tian^#, Rongli Luo^#, Yanhui Kang^#, Yanfen Lu, Yujing Hu, Na Liu, Jie Zhang, Hao Cheng, Shuqing Niu, Jie Zhang*, Yuncong Yao*. MiR399d and epigenetic modification comodulate anthocyanin accumulation in Malus leaves suffering from phosphorus deficiency. Plant Cell and Environment, 2020, 43(5): 1148-1159.

5. Zhen Peng, Pei Wang, Die Tang, Yi Shang, Canhui Li, Sanwen Huang, Chunzhi Zhang. Inheritance of steroidal glycoalkaloids in potato tuber flesh. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019, 18(10): 2255-2263.

6. Mingwang Ye^#, Zhen Peng^#, Die Tang, Zhongmin Yang, Dawei Li, Yunmei Xu, Chunzhi Zhang*, Sanwen Huang*. Generation of self-compatible diploid potato by knockout of S-RNase. Nature Plants, 2018, 4(9): 651-654.

7. Ji Tian^#, Zhen Peng^#, Jie Zhang^#, Tingting Song, Huihua Wan, Meiling Zhang and Yuncong Yao. McMYB10 regulates coloration via activating McF3’H and later structural genes in ever-red leaf crabapple. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2015, 13(7): 948–961.

IV. Contact information

l Postal address: College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7, Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping, Beijing, 102206

l Contact number: 010-80769152

Email: pengzhen