Zhonghu He
Zhonghu He
Head of the Research Group of Wheat Quality Breeding
Center for Crop Genetics and Breeding
Institute of Crop Sciences
No.12 Zhongguancun South Street
Beijing, 100081, China
Tel:86-10-82108547
Fax:86-10-82108547
Email:hezhonghu02@caas.cn
Educations
- 1986-1989, PhD in Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China
- 1984-1986, MS in Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China
- 1980-1984, BSC in Agronomy, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China
Working Experience
- 2012-present, Distinguished Scientist, CIMMYT
- 2003-2012, Principal Scientist, CIMMYT
- 2003-present, Director, National Wheat Improvement Center, CAAS
- 2002-present, Distinguished Scientist, CAAS
- 2001-present, Coordinator of National Wheat Molecular Breeding Program
- 2000-2003, Scientist/Regional Wheat Coordinator, East Asia, CIMMYT China, CIMMYT
- 1997-1999, Country Representative, CIMMYT-China Office
- 1996-2015, Member of Academic Committee, CAAS
- 1995-2002, Associate Director, National Wheat Variety Release Committee, MOA
- 1996-2000, Coordinator, National Wheat Program
- 1996-present, Professor of Wheat Breeding and Team Leader, CAAS
- 1995, Visiting Scientist, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia
- 1995, Assistant Director General and Senior Breeder, Institute of Crops Breeding and Cultivation, CAAS
- 1995, Senior Agronomist/consultant, IFAD and WFP
- 1995, Senior Agronomist/consultant, FAO Investment Centre
- 1993-1995, Breeder, Institute of Crop Breeding and Cultivation, CAAS
- 1992-1993, Visiting Scientist, Agronomy Department, Kansas State University, USA
- 1990-1992, Post doctoral fellow, Wheat Program, CIMMYT, Mexico
- 1989-1990, Assistant Professor, Crop Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Research Interests
- Wheat quality improvement, molecular marker development and application
- Disease resistance
- Cultivar development
Academic Qualifications
- Fellow, Crop Science Society of America
- Fellow, American Society of Agronomy
- Research Committee Member, Wheat Initiative
- Organizing Committee Member, International Wheat Congress
- Director of Wheat Committee, Chinese Crop Science Society
- Editorial board member, Journal of Cereal Science
- Editorial board member, Molecular Breeding
- Editorial board member, The Crop Journal
- Editorial board member, Plant Production Science
Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)
Awais Rasheed, Francis C. Ogbonnaya, Evans Lagudah, Rudi Appels and Zhonghu He*, 2018. The goat grass genome’s role in wheat improvement, Nature Plants, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0105-1
Huihui Li, Awais Rasheed*, Lee T. Hickey, Zhonghu He*, 2018. Fast-forwarding genetic gain, Trends in Plant Science,1646:3
Aolin Jia,Yan Ren,Fengmei Gao,Guihong Yin, Jindong Liu,Lu Guo,Jizhou Zheng, Zhonghu He, Xianchun Xia*,2018. Mapping and validation of a new QTL for adult plant resistance to powdery mildew in Chinese elite bread wheat line Zhou8425B,TAG, 131:1063–1071
Fengmei Gao, Dongyun Ma, Guihong Yin, Awais Rasheed, Yan Dong, Yonggui Xiao, Xianchun Xia,Xiaoxia Wu, and Zhonghu He*, 2017. Genetic Progress in Grain Yield and Physiological Traits in Chinese Wheat Cultivars of Southern Yellow and Huai Valley since 1950, Crop Science, 57:760–773
Pengfei Zhang, Zhonghu He, Xiuling Tian, Fengmei Gao, Dengan Xu, Jindong Liu, Weie Wen, Luping Fu, Genying Li, Xinxia Sui, Xianchun Xia, Chunping Wang, Shuanghe Cao*,2017.Cloning of TaTPP-6AL1 associated with grain weight in bread wheat and development of functional marker, Molecular Breeding, 37:78
Yingjun Zhang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2017. The seed dormancy allele TaSdr.A1a associated with pre.harvest sprouting tolerance is mainly present in Chinese wheat landraces, TAG, 130:81-89
Jieyun Li , Awais Rasheed, Qi Guo, Yan Dong, Jindong Liu, Xianchun Xia,Yan Zhang, Zhonghu He*, 2017. Genome-wide association mapping of starch granule size distribution in common wheat, Journal of Cereal Science, 77:211-218
Jindong Liu, Zhonghu He, Awais Rasheed, Weie Wen, Jun Yan, Pingzhi Zhang, Yingxiu Wan,Yong Zhang, Chaojie Xie and Xianchun Xia*, 2017.Genome-wide association mapping of black point reaction in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), BMC Plant Biology, 17:220
Awais Rasheed, Yuanfeng Hao, Xianchun Xia, Awais Khan, Yunbi Xu,Rajeev K. Varshney and Zhonghu He*, 2017. Crop breeding chips and genotyping platforms:progress, challenges, and perspectives, Molecular Plant, 10:1047-1064
Xiuling Tian, Weie Wen, Li Xie, Luping Fu, Dengan Xu, Chao Fu, Desen Wang,Xinmin Chen, Xianchun Xia, Quanjia Chen, Zhonghu He* and Shuanghe Cao*,2017.Molecular mapping of reduced plant height gene Rht24 in bread wheat, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:1379
Weie Wen, Zhonghu He, Fengmei Gao, Jindong Liu, Hui Jin, Shengnan Zhai,Yanying Qu and Xianchun Xia*, 2017. A high-density consensus map of common wheat integrating four mapping populations scanned by the 90K SNP array, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:1389
Jieyun Li, Jindong Liu, Wei'e Wen, Pingzhi Zhang, Yingxiu Wan, Xianchun Xia,Yan Zhang, Zhonghu He*, 2017. Genome-wide association mapping of vitamins B1 and B2 in common wheat. Crop Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2017.08.002
Mamoona Hanif, Fengmei Gao, Jindong Liu, Weie Wen, Yingjun Zhang, Awais Rasheed, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, Shuanghe Cao*, 2016. TaTGW6-A1, an ortholog of rice TGW6, is associated with grain weight and yield in bread wheat, Mol Breeding, DOI 10.1007/s11032-015-0425-z
Can Chen, Zhonghu He, Jialing Lu, Jia Li, Yan Ren, Chuanxi Ma, Xianchun Xia*, 2016. Molecular mapping of stripe rust resistance gene YrJ22 in Chinese wheat cultivar Jimai 22, Mol Breeding, 36:118
Jinping Wang, Weie Wen, Mamoona Hanif, Xianchun Xia, Honggang Wang, Shubing Liu, Jindong Liu, Li Yang, Shuanghe Cao, Zhonghu He*, 2016. ELF3-1DL, a homolog of ELF3, is associated with heading date in bread wheat, Mol Breeding, DOI 10.1007/s11032-016-0585-5
Shengnan Zhai, Zhonghu He, Weie Wen, Hui Jin, Jindong Liu, Yong Zhang, Zhiyong Liu, Xianchun Xia*, 2016. Genome wide linkage mapping of flour color-related traits and polyphenol oxidase activity in common wheat, Theor Appl Genet, 129: 377–394.
Yingjun Zhang, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2016. The seed dormancy allele TaSdr A1a associated with pre harvest sprouting tolerance is mainly present in Chinese wheat landraces, Theor Appl Genet, DOI 10.1007/s00122-016-2793-0
Jindong Liu, Zhonghu He, Ling Wu, Bin Bai, Weie Wen, Chaojie Xie, Xianchun Xia*, 2016. Genome wide linkage mapping of QTL for black point reaction in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Theor Appl Genet, 129:2179–2190.
Yan Dong, Yan Zhang, Yonggui Xiao, Jun Yan, Jindong Liu, Weie Wen, Yong Zhang, Ruilian Jing, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2016.Cloning of TaSST genes associated with water soluble carbohydrate content in bread wheat stems and development of a functional marker, Theor Appl Genet, 129:1061–1070.
Awais Rasheed, Weie Wen, Fengmei Gao, Shengnan Zhai, Hui Jin, Jindong Liu, Qi Guo, Yingjun Zhang, Susanne Dreisigacker, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2016. Development and validation of KASP assays for genes underpinning key economic traits in bread wheat, Theor Appl Genet, DOI 10.1007/s00122-016-2743-x
Shengnan Zhai, Genying Li, Youwei Sun, Jianmin Song, Jihu Li, Guoqi Song, Yulian Li, Hongqing Ling, Zhonghu He*, Xianchun Xia*, 2016. Genetic analysis of phytoene synthase 1(Psy1) gene function and regulation in common wheat, BMC Plant Biology, 16:228
Hui Jin, Weie Wen, Jindong Liu, Shengnan Zhai , Yan Zhang, JunYan, Zhiyong Liu, Xianchun Xia , Zhonghu He*, 2016. Genome-wide QTL mapping for wheat processing quality parameters in a Gaocheng8901/Zhoumai16 recombinant inbred line population, Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01032
Shengnan Zhai, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2016. Carotenoids in staple cereals: metabolism, regulation, and genetic manipulation, Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01197
Awais Rasheed, Xianchun Xia, Tariq Mahmood, Umar Masood Quraishi, Abdul Aziz, Hadi Bux, Zahid Mahmood, Javed Iqbal Mirza, Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi, Zhonghu He*, 2016. Comparison of economically important loci in landraces and improved wheat cultivars from Pakistan, Crop Science, 56:1-15.
Fengmei Gao, Jindong Liu, Li Yang, Xiaoxia Wu, Yonggui Xiao, Xianchun Xia , Zhonghu He*, 2016. Genome-wide linkage mapping of QTL for physiological traits in a Chinese wheat population using the 90K SNP array, Euphytica DOI 10.1007/s10681-016-1682-6
Yan Dong, Jindong Liu, Yan Zhang, Hongwei Geng, Awais Rasheed, Yonggui Xiao, Shuanghe Cao, Luping Fu, Jun Yan, Weie Wen Yong Zhang, Ruilian Jing, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2016. Genome-wide association of stem water soluble carbohydrates in bread wheat, PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0164293
Saminathan Subburaj, Shuanghe Cao, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He*, 2016. Phylogenetic snalysis, lineage-specific expansion and functional divergence of seed dormancy 4-like genes in plants, PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0153717.
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