Hongchun Xiong

Hongchun Xiong

Center for Crop Genetics and Breeding

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel: 86-10-82105502

Fax: 86-10-82108543

Email: xionghongchun@caas.cn

Educations

l  2006.09-2012.06 China Agricultural University, PhD

l  2009.10-2011.11 The University of Tokyo, Joint Training PhD Student

l  2002.09-2006.07 Northeast Agricultural University, Bachelor

Working Experience

l  2024.01-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2019.01-2023.12, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2015.06-2018.12, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2012.06-2015.06, Postdoctor, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University

Research Interests

l  Genetic Regulation of Important Agronomic Traits in Wheat Mutants

l  Molecular Mechanism for Induced Mutagenesis in Wheat

l  Development of Elite Wheat Lines by Induced Mutagenesis

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors, ^# contributed equally)

1. Xiong H^#, Zhou C^#, Fu M^#, Guo H, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Li Y, Zhang J, Wang K, Li X, Liu L^*. 2022. Cloning and functional characterization of Rht8, a “Green Revolution” replacement gene in wheat. Mol. Plant 15: 373-376.

2. Li Y, Xiong H^*, Guo H, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Li H, Zhao S, Ding Y, Zhou C, Fang Z, Liu L^*. 2025. A gain-of-function mutation at the C-terminus of FT-D1 promotes heading by interacting with 14-3-3A and FDL6 in wheat. Plant Biotechnol. J. 23: 20-35.

3. Xiong H^#, Guo H#, Fu M, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Du Q, Zhang J, Qiu L, Xie X, Zhou L, Chen Z, Liu L^*. 2023. A large-scale whole-exome sequencing mutant resource for functional genomics in wheat. Plant Biotechnol. J. 21: 2047-2056.

4. Zhou C, Xiong H^*, Jia Y, Guo H, Fu M, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Li H, Li Y, Xin P, Chu J, Li C, Liu L^*. 2024. Identification of a von Willebrand factor type A protein affecting both grain and flag leaf morphologies in wheat. Sci. China Life Sci. 67: 2283-2286.

5. Zhang J^#, Xiong H^#, Burguener GF, Vasquez-Gross H, Liu Q, Debernardi JM, Akhunova A, Garland-Campbell K, Kianian SF, Brown-Guedira G, Pozniak C, Faris JD, Akhunov E, Dubcovsky J^*. 2023. Sequencing 4.3 million mutations in wheat promoters to understand and modify gene expression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 120: e2306494120.

6. Chang Q, Xiong H^*, Guo H, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Li H, Zhao S, Ding Y, Zhang Y, Liu L^*. 2025. Identification of novel candidate gene associated with early heading on chromosome 5B in wheat mutant jg1489. Mol. Breed. 45: 57.

7. Zhou X^#, Wang Q^#, Guo H, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Li H, Zhao S, Ding Y, Guo J^*, Xiong H^*, Liu L^*. 2025. Identification of Rht1 for plant height reduction in two wheat mutants and the effects on yield components. J. Plant Physiol. 305: 154420.

8. Dong T^#, Xiong H^#, Guo H, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Li H, Zhao S, Ding Y, Song X, Liu L^*. 2024. The gene encoding flavonol synthase contributes to lesion mimic in wheat. Crop J. 12: 814-825.

9. Chen X^#, Xiong H^#, Guo H, Chen S, Zhao L, Xie Y, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Li H, Wang Q, Liu L*. 2024. Mapping and identification of a reverse mutation of Rht2 that enhances plant height and thousand grain weight in an elite wheat mutant induced by spaceflight. Plant Physiol. Bioch. 207: 108425.

10. Li Y^#, Xiong H^#, Guo H, Zhao L, Xie Y, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Li H, Zhou C, Fu M, Wang Q, Liu L^*. 2023. Genome-wide characterization of two homeobox families identifies key genes associated with grain-related traits in wheat. Plant Sci. 336: e111862.

11. Li Y^#, Xiong H^#, Guo H, Zhou C, Fu M, Xie Y, Zhao L, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Wang C, Irshad A, Liu L^*, Fang Z. 2023. Fine mapping and genetic analysis identified a C2H2-type zinc finger as a candidate gene for heading date regulation in wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet. 136: 140.

12. Zhou C^#, Xiong H^#, Fu M^#, Guo H, Zhao L, Xie Y, Gu J, Zhao S, Ding Y, Li Y, Li X, Liu L^*. 2023. Genetic mapping and identification of Rht8-B1 that regulates plant height in wheat. BMC Plant Biol. 23: 333.