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Overview

Xianghua Li is affiliated with Huazhong Agricultural University in China and has a research portfolio primarily focused on agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several subfields including plant science, molecular biology, genetics, water science and technology, and cell biology.

Their research interests cover a range of topics such as genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, rice cultivation and yield improvement, GABA and rice research, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant molecular biology research, plant reproductive biology, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Recent publications by Xianghua Li include:

  • Novel magnetic biochar as an activator for peroxymonosulfate to degrade bisphenol A: Emphasizing the synergistic effect between graphitized structure and CoFe2O4 (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Natural variation in WHITE-CORE RATE 1 regulates redox homeostasis in rice endosperm to affect grain quality (2022, The Plant Cell)
  • The versatile functions of OsALDH2B1 provide a genic basis for growth-defense trade-offs in rice (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The origin of Wxla provides new insights into the improvement of grain quality in rice (2020, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology)
  • OsHOX1 and OsHOX28 Redundantly Shape Rice Tiller Angle by Reducing HSFA2D Expression and Auxin Content (2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Xianghua Li has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jinghua Xiao
  • Qinglu Zhang
  • Yuqing He
  • Guanjun Gao
  • Qifa Zhang

The scientist's work has been published in multiple venues repeatedly, including:

  • Molecular Plant
  • New Phytologist
  • Molecular Breeding
  • The Plant Cell
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Xianghua Li's research contributions span the interface of molecular biology and plant sciences, focusing strongly on rice biology and genetics, with an emphasis on mechanisms that affect grain quality, growth-defense trade-offs, and plant morphology. Their work addresses both fundamental biological questions and applied agricultural improvements.

Best Publications

  • 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

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

    Yibo Li;Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Yunhe Jiang

  • 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

  • Activation of the Indole-3-Acetic Acid–Amido Synthetase GH3-8 Suppresses Expansin Expression and Promotes Salicylate- and Jasmonate-Independent Basal Immunity in Rice

    Xinhua Ding;Yinglong Cao;Liling Huang;Jing Zhao

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

    Jihua Ding;Qing Lu;Yidan Ouyang;Hailiang Mao

  • 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

  • OsWRKY13 Mediates Rice Disease Resistance by Regulating Defense-Related Genes in Salicylate- and Jasmonate-Dependent Signaling

    Deyun Qiu;Jun Xiao;Xinhua Ding;Min Xiong

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

    Zhaohui Chu;Meng Yuan;Jialing Yao;Xiaojia Ge

  • A stress-responsive NAC transcription factor SNAC3 confers heat and drought tolerance through modulation of reactive oxygen species in rice

    Yujie Fang;Kaifeng Liao;Hao Du;Yan Xu

  • Identification and expression profiling analysis of TIFY family genes involved in stress and phytohormone responses in rice

    Haiyan Ye;Hao Du;Ning Tang;Xianghua Li

  • A Raf-Like MAPKKK Gene DSM1 Mediates Drought Resistance through Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging in Rice

    Jing Ning;Xianghua Li;Leslie M. Hicks;Lizhong Xiong

  • Chalk5 encodes a vacuolar H + -translocating pyrophosphatase influencing grain chalkiness in rice

    Yibo Li;Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Peng Yun

  • Constitutive Activation of Transcription Factor OsbZIP46 Improves Drought Tolerance in Rice

    Ning Tang;Hua Zhang;Xianghua Li;Jinghua Xiao

  • A GH3 family member, OsGH3-2, modulates auxin and abscisic acid levels and differentially affects drought and cold tolerance in rice

    Hao Du;Nai Wu;Jing Fu;Shiping Wang

  • A Pair of Allelic WRKY Genes Play Opposite Roles in Rice-Bacteria Interactions

    Zeng Tao;Hongbo Liu;Deyun Qiu;Yan Zhou

  • A triallelic system of S5 is a major regulator of the reproductive barrier and compatibility of indica-japonica hybrids in rice

    Jiongjiong Chen;Jihua Ding;Yidan Ouyang;Hongyi Du

  • A G-protein pathway determines grain size in rice

    Shengyuan Sun;Lei Wang;Hailiang Mao;Lin Shao

  • Importance of epistasis as the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid (hybrid vigorymolecular markersyquantitative trait lociyinteraction between loci)

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinghua Xiao
Jinghua Xiao Huazhong Agricultural University
Shiping Wang
Shiping Wang Huazhong Agricultural University
Qifa Zhang
Qifa Zhang Huazhong Agricultural University
Caiguo Xu
Caiguo Xu Huazhong Agricultural University
Lizhong Xiong
Lizhong Xiong Huazhong Agricultural University
Weibo Xie
Weibo Xie Huazhong Agricultural University
Yongzhong Xing
Yongzhong Xing Huazhong Agricultural University
Xingming Lian
Xingming Lian Huazhong Agricultural University
Sibin Yu
Sibin Yu Huazhong Agricultural University
Honghong Hu
Honghong Hu Huazhong Agricultural University

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