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    Chief: Zhonghu He

    Date：2019-09-09Author：Source：

    Zhonghu He
    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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