Colleges & Faculties

I. Personal information

Yu Xing, born in Beijing, Ph.D., Professor, Member of the Communist Party of China, Doctoral Supervisor. Young Top Talent of High-level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Support Program from Organization Department of Beijing Municipal Party Committee.

II. Research interests

Innovation and utilization of fruit tree germplasm resources.

III. Research Projects

Presided over 3 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 sub-projects of National Key R&D Program, 1 Key Project (Type B) of Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 1 Young Top Talent Project of Organization Department of Beijing Municipal Party Committee, 1 Beijing Science and Technology Nova Project, and provincial and ministerial projects of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Beijing Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.

IV. Major Achievements

Achieved certain results in the mechanism of strawberry fruit softening, innovation and utilization of germplasm resources of Castanea, mechanism of nutrient formation and quality regulation. Published more than 60 papers, including more than 30 SCI papers, and obtained 8 national invention patents.

Representative papers

1. Xinghua Nie, Yu Zhang, Shihui Chu, Wenjie Yu, Yang Liu, Boqian Yan, Shuqing Zhao, Wenli Gao, Chaoxin Li, Xueteng Shi, Ruijie Zheng, Kefeng Fang, Ling Qin#, Yu Xing#. New insights into the evolution and local adaptation of the genus Castanea in east Asia. Horticulture Research, 2024, 11: uhae147.

2. Xinghua Nie*, Boqian Yan*, Song Liu, Shihui Chu, Kefeng Fang, Yang Liu, Ling Qin#, Yu Xing#. Molecular genetic analysis of natural introgression to enhance chestnut blight resistance of Castanea henryi var. omeiensis. Industrial Crops & Products, 2024, 215: 118660.

3. Yu Zhang*, Weiwei Zhang*, Yang Liu*, Yi Zheng, Xinghua Nie, Qinyi Wu, Wenjie Yu, Yafeng Wang, Xuefeng Wang, Kefeng Fang, Ling Qin#, Yu Xing#. GWAS identifies two important genes involved in Chinese chestnut weight and leaf length regulation. Plant Physiology, 2024, 194: 2387-2399.

4. Wei-Wei Zhang*, Shuai-Qi Zhao*, Si Gu, Xiao-Yan Cao, Yu Zhang, Jun-Fang Niu, Lu Liu, An-Ran Li, Wen-Suo Jia, Bao-Xiu Qi#, Yu Xing#. FvWRKY48 binds to the pectate lyase FvPLA promoter to control fruit softening in Fragaria vesca. Plant Physiology, 2022, 189: 1037-1049.

5. Yu Xing*, Liu Y*, Zhang Q*, Nie X, Sun Y, Zhang Z, Li H, Fang K, Wang G, Huang H, Bisseling T, Cao Q, Qin L. Hybrid de novo genome assembly of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima). Gigascience, 2019, 8(9): pii: giz112. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz112.

V. Contact information

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

Contact number: 010-80797229

Email: xingyu@bua.edu.cn