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D-Index
107
Citations
48441
World Ranking
579
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in China Leader Award
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Qifa Zhang is affiliated with Huazhong Agricultural University in China. The research expertise centers on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. This work extends into key subfields such as Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Food Science.

The research topics addressed in publications by Qifa Zhang include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Qifa Zhang include:

  • Jinghua Xiao
  • Yidan Ouyang
  • Qinglu Zhang
  • Xianghua Li
  • Zhengji Wang

Qifa Zhang has contributed to several publication venues multiple times, indicating research dissemination across a variety of platforms. These venues are:

  • Molecular Plant
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • National Science Review
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Plant Cell

Recent peer-reviewed papers authored by or involving Qifa Zhang include:

  • "Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age" (2021), published in Trends in Plant Science
  • "Two gap-free reference genomes and a global view of the centromere architecture in rice" (2021), published in Molecular Plant
  • "A Gγ protein regulates alkaline sensitivity in crops" (2023), published in Science
  • "5Gs for crop genetic improvement" (2020), published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "Integrative analysis of reference epigenomes in 20 rice varieties" (2020), published in Nature Communications

Recognition within the scientific community is reflected by awards including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007 and a Fellowship at The World Academy of Sciences since 2000.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces

    Xuehui Huang;Xinghua Wei;Tao Sang;Qiang Zhao;Qiang Zhao

  • Development and Mapping of 2240 New SSR Markers for Rice ( Oryza sativa L.)

    Susan R McCouch;Leonid Teytelman;Yunbi Xu;Katarzyna B Lobos

  • Natural variation in Ghd7 is an important regulator of heading date and yield potential in rice

    Weiya Xue;Yongzhong Xing;Xiaoyu Weng;Yu Zhao

  • GS3, a major QTL for grain length and weight and minor QTL for grain width and thickness in rice, encodes a putative transmembrane protein

    Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Hailiang Mao;Tingting Lu

  • Overexpressing a NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factor enhances drought resistance and salt tolerance in rice

    Honghong Hu;Mingqiu Dai;Jialing Yao;Benze Xiao

  • Genetic and Molecular Bases of Rice Yield

    Yongzhong Xing;Qifa Zhang

  • Natural variation in GS5 plays an important role in regulating grain size and yield in rice

    Yibo Li;Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Yunhe Jiang

  • Strategies for developing Green Super Rice.

    Qifa Zhang

  • Importance of epistasis as the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

    S. B. Yu;J. X. Li;C. G. Xu;Y. F. Tan

  • Linking differential domain functions of the GS3 protein to natural variation of grain size in rice

    Hailiang Mao;Shengyuan Sun;Jialing Yao;Chongrong Wang

  • Patterns of cytosine methylation in an elite rice hybrid and its parental lines, detected by a methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism technique.

    L. Z. Xiong;C. G. Xu;M. A. Saghai Maroof;Qifa Zhang

  • A long noncoding RNA regulates photoperiod-sensitive male sterility, an essential component of hybrid rice.

    Jihua Ding;Qing Lu;Yidan Ouyang;Hailiang Mao

  • A Major QTL, Ghd8, Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Regulating Grain Productivity, Plant Height, and Heading Date in Rice

    Wen-Hao Yan;Peng Wang;Hua-Xia Chen;Hong-Ju Zhou

  • Xa26, a gene conferring resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice, encodes an LRR receptor kinase‐like protein

    Xinli Sun;Yinglong Cao;Zhifen Yang;Caiguo Xu

  • Field performance of transgenic elite commercial hybrid rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin

    Jumin Tu;Guoan Zhang;Karabi Datta;Caiguo Xu

  • Promoter mutations of an essential gene for pollen development result in disease resistance in rice

    Zhaohui Chu;Meng Yuan;Jialing Yao;Xiaojia Ge

  • Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice

    Wanneng Yang;Zilong Guo;Chenglong Huang;Lingfeng Duan

  • Genetic Basis of Drought Resistance at Reproductive Stage in Rice: Separation of Drought Tolerance from Drought Avoidance

    Bing Yue;Weiya Xue;Lizhong Xiong;Xinqiao Yu

  • Single-locus heterotic effects and dominance by dominance interactions can adequately explain the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

    Jinping Hua;Yongzhong Xing;Weiren Wu;Caiguo Xu

  • Characterization of the main effects, epistatic effects and their environmental interactions of QTLs on the genetic basis of yield traits in rice

    Y. Z. Xing;Y. F. Tan;J. P. Hua;X. L. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Caiguo Xu
Caiguo Xu Huazhong Agricultural University
Xianghua Li
Xianghua Li Huazhong Agricultural University
Jinghua Xiao
Jinghua Xiao Huazhong Agricultural University
Weibo Xie
Weibo Xie Huazhong Agricultural University
Yongzhong Xing
Yongzhong Xing Huazhong Agricultural University
M. A. Saghai Maroof
M. A. Saghai Maroof Virginia Tech
Sibin Yu
Sibin Yu Huazhong Agricultural University
Lizhong Xiong
Lizhong Xiong Huazhong Agricultural University
Shiping Wang
Shiping Wang Huazhong Agricultural University
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona

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