Zhiyuan Ji

Zhiyuan Ji

Head of Mining Utilization of Disease Resistance Genes in Rice

Center of Genes and Molecular Design

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-82108751

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Email: jizhiyuan@caas.cn

Educations

l  2011.01-2016.06, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Biology, Ph.D.

l  2012.10-2015.05, Iowa State University, Plant Pathology, Visiting Scholar

l  2008.09-2010.12, Nanjing Agricultural University, Plant Pathology, M.S.

l  2004.09-2008.06, Nanjing Agricultural University, Plant Protection, B.S.

Working Experience

l  2020.01- now, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2016.07-2019.12, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Plant-microbe Interactions

l  Cloning and Function of Rice Disease Resistance Genes

l  Rice Disease-Resistant Breeding

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

1.     Muhammad Sohaib Shafique, Yapei Liu, Man Li, Hongjie Wang, Ruyi Su, Chunlian Wang*, Zhiyuan Ji*. Coevolution unveiled: Sulfate transporters mediate rice resistance and susceptibility to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2024

2.     Meixia Wang, Shaofang Li, Huayang Li, Congfeng Song, Wenya Xie, Shimin Zuo, Xueping Zhou, Changyong Zhou*, Zhiyuan Ji*, Huanbin Zhou*. Genome editing of a dominant resistance gene for broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial diseases in rice without growth penalty. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023

3.     Jiangmin Xu, Chunlian Wang, Fujun Wang, Yapei Liu, Man Li, Hongjie Wang, Yuhan Zheng, Kaijun Zhao*, Zhiyuan Ji*. PWL1, a G-type lectin receptor-like kinase, positively regulates leaf senescence and heat tolerance but negatively regulates resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae in rice, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023

4.     Chonghui Ji, Zhiyuan Ji, Bo Liu, He Cheng, Hua Liu, Sanzhen Liu, Bing Yang*, Gongyou Chen*. Xa1 allelic R genes activate rice blight resistance suppressed by interfering TAL effectors, Plant Communications, 2020

5.     Zhiyuan Ji, Chonghui Ji, Bo Liu, Lifang Zou, Gongyou Chen*, Bing Yang*. Interfering TAL effectors of Xanthomonas oryzae neutralize R-gene-mediated plant disease resistance, Nature Communications, 2016