Colleges & Faculties

I. Personal information

Min Lu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Member of the Communist Party of China, Master’s Supervisor. Born in Tai’an, Shandong Province. Young Top Talent of Organization Department of Beijing Municipal Party Committee. Graduated from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, majoring in Crop Germplasm Resources. Joined College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture in September 2013.

II. Research interests

Molecular biology of plant stress resistance.

III. Research Projects

Presided over 1 project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 Young Top Talent Cultivation Program of Beijing Municipal Universities High-level Teacher Team Construction Support Plan, 2 General Projects of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education Science and Technology Plan, 1 Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Crop Science, Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Plan Project, etc.

IV. Major Achievements

Achieved certain results in mining key drought-tolerant genes in maize and analyzing the regulation mechanism of drought tolerance in maize. Published more than 20 papers, including more than 10 SCI papers.

Representative papers

1. Min Lu*; Yanyan Zhang; Shi-kun Tang et al. AtCNGC2 is involved in jasmonic acid-induced calcium mobilization. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2016, 67(3): 819.

2. Ning Ding; Ying Zhao; Min Lu†, et al. Transcriptome analysis in contrasting maize inbred lines and functional analysis of five maize NAC genes under drought stress treatment. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 13.

3. Zhaoheng Zhang*; Jiayue Qu*; Min Lu*, et al. ZmCCT regulates drought tolerance in maize by interacting with ZmFra a1, E3 ligase ZmWIPF2 and auxin response factor ZmAux/IAA8. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023, 75(1): 103-122.

4. Min Lu*; Sheng Ying; Deng-feng Zhang et al. A maize stress-responsive NAC transcription factor, ZmSNAC1, confers enhanced tolerance to dehydration in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Reports, 2012, 31(9): 1701-1711.

5. Ke Zhao, Min Lu†, Zhong-bao Zhang†, et al. Functional identification and characterization of two flavonoid glycosyltransferases ZmUGT84A3 and ZmUGT84A4 from maize. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2024:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-024-00874-4.

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: 010-80799045

Email: lumin_bua@sina.com