Xiaxiang Zhang
Contact
Address: No.1 Weigang, Nanjing Agricultural University, PR China
Tel.: +86 25 84399712
E-mail: xiaxiang.zhang@njau.edu.cn
Fields of Postgraduate Admissions
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Research Fields
My current work focuses on the physiological and biochemical responses of turfgrass to high temperature stress and the effects of stress priming on heat tolerance. My objectives are to explore practical approaches to improve heat tolerance and clarify the mechanisms therein.
Teaching Courses
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Education Background
2010.09 – 2016.06 Master & Doctor (Major: Crop Cultivation & Farming), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, PR. China
2014.02 - 2015.09 Joint PhD student (Major: Plant Physiology & Ecology), Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2006.09 – 2010.06 Bachelor (Major: Agronomy), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, PR. China
Work Experience
2017.01 - present Postdoc, College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, PR. China
2016.10 – 2018.10 Visiting Scholar, Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, USA
Honors and Awards
2017.09 The excellent doctoral dissertation, Nanjing Agricultural University
2014.02 Scholarship for joint Ph.D student, China Scholarship Council
2012.12 National scholarship for doctoral students, Ministry of Education of P.R. China
2012.7 Outstanding academic papers of the National Doctoral Academic Forum of Crop Science, Crop Science Society of China
2011.11 Scholarship for graduate students, Nanjing Agricultural University
2010.11 Scholarship for graduate students, Nanjing Agricultural University
Research Achievements/Selected Publications
Zhang X., Xu Y., Huang B.* Lipidomic reprogramming associated with drought stress priming‐enhanced heat tolerance in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). Plant Cell and Environment, 2018, 1–12. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13405.
Wang X., Zhang X., Chen J., Wang X., Cai J., Zhou Q., Dai T., Cao W., Jiang D.* Parental drought-priming enhances tolerance to post-anthesis drought in offspring of wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9(261).
Zhang X., Zhou Q., Wang X., Cai J., Dai T., Cao W., Jiang D.* Physiological and transcriptional analyses of induced post-anthesis thermo-tolerance by heat -shock pretreatment on germinating seeds of winter wheat. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2016, 131: 181-189.
Zhang X., Wang X., Zhong J., Zhou Q., Wang X., Cai J., Dai T., Cao W., Jiang D.* Drought priming induces thermo-tolerance to post-anthesis high-temperature in offspring of winter wheat. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2016, 127: 26-36.
Zhang X., Shi Z., Tian Y., Zhou Q., Cai J., Dai T., Cao W., Pu H., Jiang D.* Salt stress increases content and size of glutenin macropolymers in wheat grain. Food Chemistry, 2016, 197: 516- 521.
Zhang X., Cai J., Wollenweber B., Liu F., Dai T., Cao W., Jiang D.* Multiple heat and drought events affect grain yield and accumulations of high molecular weight glutenin subunits and glutenin macropolymers in wheat. Journal of Cereal Science, 2013, 57:134-140.
Zhang X., Jiang D.*, Zheng C., Dai T., Cao W. Post-anthesis salt and combination of salt and waterlogging affect distributions of sugars, amino acids, Na+ and K+ in wheat. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 2011, 197:31-39.
