Name：Qiang Xu

Education：PhD

Professional title：：Distinguished Professor

Email：xuqiang1264700418@163.com

Address：No.211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R.China

1. Academic Qualifications:

2016-2020: PhD studentships, (Major: Plant Pathology, Research field: Plant Immunity) College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, supervised by Xiaojie Wang

2013-2016: MSc studentships, (Major: Plant Pathology, Research field: Plant Immunity) College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, supervised by Xiaojie Wang

2. Work Experience & expertise:

2020.7-present: Distinguished Professor in Sichuan Agricultural University

Identification of wheat resistance genes to Fusarium graminearum, and molecular Interaction during wheat-Pst infection/ wheat-Fg infection

Publications:

1. Xu Q, Tang C, Wang X, et al. An effector protein of the wheat stripe rust fungus targets chloroplasts and suppresses chloroplast function[J]. Nature Communications, 2019, 10(1); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13487-6.

2. Xu Q, Wang J, Zhao J, et al. A polysaccharide deacetylase from Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici is an important pathogenicity gene that suppresses plant immunity[J]. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18(8): 1830-1842; DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13345.

3. Xu Q, Tang C, Wang L, et al. Haustoria – arsenals during the interaction between wheat and Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici[J]. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2020, 21(1): 83-94; DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12882.

4. Tang C, Xu Q, Zhao M, et al. Understanding the lifestyles and pathogenicity mechanisms of obligate biotrophic fungi in wheat: The emerging genomics era[J]. Crop Journal, 2017, 6(1): 60-67; DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2017.11.003.

5. Abouattia M A, Wang X, Alattala M N, Xu Q, et al. TaMDAR6 acts as a negative regulator of plant cell death and participates indirectly in stomatal regulation during the wheat stripe rust–fungus interaction[J]. Physiologia Plantarum, 2016, 156(3): 262-277.; DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12355.