Rongxia Guan

Rongxia Guan

Center for Germplasm Resources

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-82105841

Fax:86-10-82105841

Email: guanrongxia@caas.cn

Educations

l  1996-2001, China Agricultural University

l  1992-1996, Shanxi Agricultural University

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Working Experience

l  2016-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2003-2015, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2001-2002, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Identification of salt-tolerant germplasm resources and mining of salt tolerance genes

l  Study on soybean architecture-related traits and explorations of corresponding genes

l  Molecular evaluation of soybean germplasm resources

Academic Qualifications

l  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in agronomy

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

1.     Rongxia Guan#*, Luyan Zhang#, Huawei Gao, Huilong Hong, Dezhi Han, Ruzhen Chang, Lijuan Qiu*. Genetic changes in soybean cultivars derived from Heihe 54. The Crop Journal, 2025, 13: 1137-1144

2.     Rongxia Guan#*, Xiaoyang Guo#, Yue Qu, Zhengwei Zhang, Ligao Bao, Ruiyun Ye, Ruzhen Chang, Lijuan Qiu*. Salt tolerance in soybeans: focus on screening methods and genetics. Plants, 2024, 13: 97

3.     Yipeng Lu, Jiaming Zhang, Xiaoyang Guo, Jingjing Chen, Ruzhen Chang, Rongxia Guan*, Lijuan Qiu*. Identification of genomic regions associated with vine growth and plant height of soybean. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(10), 5823

4.     Yue Qu#, Rongxia Guan#, Lili Yu#, Oliver Berkowitz, Rakesh David, James Whelan, Melanie Ford Stefanie Wege, Lijuan Qiu, Matthew Gilliham. Enhanced reactive oxygen detoxification occurs in salt-stressed soybean roots expressing GmSALT3. Physiologia Plantarum, 2022, 174(3): e13709

5.     Xiaoyang Guo, Jinghan Jiang, Ying Liu, Lili Yu, Ruzhen Chang, Rongxia Guan*, Lijuan Qiu*. Identification of a novel salt tolerance-related locus in wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12：791175

6.     Rongxia Guan#*, Lili Yu#, Xiexiang Liu#, Mingqiang Li, Ruzhen Chang, Matthew Gilliham, Lijuan Qiu*. Selection of the salt tolerance gene GmSALT3 during six decades of soybean breeding in China. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12：794241

7.     Yue Qu#, Rongxia Guan#, Jayakumar Bose, Sam W. Henderson, Stefanie Wege*, Lijuan Qiu*, Matthew Gilliham*. Soybean CHX-type ion transport protein GmSALT3 confers leaf Na⁺ exclusion via a root derived mechanism, and Cl⁻ exclusion via a shoot derived process. Plant Cell Environment, 2021, 44(3):856-869.