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Lihuang Zhu is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The main focus areas of their research include Plant Science, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions in Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to rice cultivation and genetics. These topics include:

  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research

Lihuang Zhu has coauthored several papers with a number of frequent collaborators, including Qiming Lv, Zhiyuan Huang, Yeyun Xin, Longping Yuan, and Dedong Yin. These collaborative efforts reflect multiple publications across diverse topics within their field.

The scientist's papers have appeared in a variety of academic journals and publication venues, such as:

  • Food and Energy Security
  • Scientia Agricola
  • Science China Life Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Microbiology

Some notable recent publications include:

  • "Analysis of genetic architecture and favorable allele usage of agronomic traits in a large collection of Chinese rice accessions," 2020, published in Science China Life Sciences
  • "Resequencing of 1,143 indica rice accessions reveals important genetic variations and different heterosis patterns," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Discovery of broad-spectrum fungicides that block septin-dependent infection processes of pathogenic fungi," 2020, published in Nature Microbiology
  • "A Rice NBS-ARC Gene Conferring Quantitative Resistance to Bacterial Blight Is Regulated by a Pathogen Effector-Inducible miRNA," 2020, published in Molecular Plant
  • "OsNPR3.3-dependent salicylic acid signaling is involved in recessive gene xa5-mediated immunity to rice bacterial blight," 2020, published in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica)

    Stephen A. Goff;Darrell Ricke;Tien-Hung Lan;Gernot Presting

  • A B-lectin receptor kinase gene conferring rice blast resistance.

    Xuewei Chen;Junjun Shang;Dexi Chen;Cailin Lei

  • A Natural Allele of a Transcription Factor in Rice Confers Broad-Spectrum Blast Resistance.

    Weitao Li;Ziwei Zhu;Mawsheng Chern;Mawsheng Chern;Junjie Yin

  • Pseudomonas syringae Effector AvrPto Blocks Innate Immunity by Targeting Receptor Kinases

    Tingting Xiang;Na Zong;Yan Zou;Yong Wu

  • Chromosomal regions associated with segregation distortion of molecular markers in F2 , backcross, doubled haploid, and recombinant inbred populations in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Y. Xu;L. Zhu;J. Xiao;N. Huang

  • The rice HIGH-TILLERING DWARF1 encoding an ortholog of Arabidopsis MAX3 is required for negative regulation of the outgrowth of axillary buds.

    Junhuang Zou;Shuying Zhang;Weiping Zhang;Gang Li

  • A single transcription factor promotes both yield and immunity in rice

    Jing Wang;Lian Zhou;Hui Shi;Mawsheng Chern

  • Constitutive Expression of a miR319 Gene Alters Plant Development and Enhances Salt and Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Creeping Bentgrass

    Man Zhou;Dayong Li;Zhigang Li;Qian Hu

  • DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING, a new member of the GRAS family, plays positive roles in brassinosteroid signaling in rice

    Hongning Tong;Yun Jin;Wenbo Liu;Feng Li

  • Comparative mapping of QTLs for agronomic traits of rice across environments by using a doubled-haploid population.

    Lu Cf;Shen Ls;Tan Zb;Xu Yb

  • DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING Acts as a Direct Downstream Target of a GSK3/SHAGGY-Like Kinase to Mediate Brassinosteroid Responses in Rice

    Hongning Tong;Linchuan Liu;Yun Jin;Lin Du

  • Overexpression of microRNA319 impacts leaf morphogenesis and leads to enhanced cold tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

    Chunhua Yang;Dayong Li;Donghai Mao;Xue Liu

  • Sequencing and de novo assembly of a near complete indica rice genome.

    Huilong Du;Ying Yu;Yanfei Ma;Qiang Gao

  • Long non-coding RNAs and their biological roles in plants

    Xue Liu;Lili Hao;Dayong Li;Lihuang Zhu

  • Identification of a New Rice Blast Resistance Gene, Pid3, by Genomewide Comparison of Paired Nucleotide-Binding Site–Leucine-Rich Repeat Genes and Their Pseudogene Alleles Between the Two Sequenced Rice Genomes

    Junjun Shang;Yong Tao;Xuewei Chen;Yan Zou

  • Loss of function of a rice TPR-domain RNA-binding protein confers broad-spectrum disease resistance.

    Xiaogang Zhou;Haicheng Liao;Mawsheng Chern;Junjie Yin

  • The structural basis for activation of plant immunity by bacterial effector protein AvrPto

    Weiman Xing;Yan Zou;Qun Liu;Jianing Liu

  • A transcriptomic analysis of superhybrid rice LYP9 and its parents

    Gang Wei;Yong Tao;Guozhen Liu;Chen Chen

  • Arabidopsis Tyrosylprotein Sulfotransferase Acts in the Auxin/PLETHORA Pathway in Regulating Postembryonic Maintenance of the Root Stem Cell Niche

    Wenkun Zhou;Lirong Wei;Jian Xu;Jian Xu;Qingzhe Zhai

  • A Comparison of Rice Chloroplast Genomes

    Jiabin Tang;Hong'ai Xia;Mengliang Cao;Xiuqing Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Qian Qian
Qian Qian Rice University
Ping He
Ping He Texas A&M University
Zhukuan Cheng
Zhukuan Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dali Zeng
Dali Zeng China National Rice Research Institute
Songnian Hu
Songnian Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Minghong Gu
Minghong Gu Yangzhou University
Mawsheng Chern
Mawsheng Chern University of California, Davis
Jianmin Zhou
Jianmin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ping Li
Ping Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jing Wang
Jing Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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