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Zhongfu Ni is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on plant science and genetics. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within these fields, including wheat and barley genetics and pathology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, crop yield and soil fertility, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, plant molecular biology research, and chromosomal and genetic variations.

The scientist has authored numerous publications in various academic journals, with a notable presence in several venues. The most frequent publication forums include:

  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics (19 publications)
  • Molecular Plant (9 publications)
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal (9 publications)
  • Plant Communications (9 publications)
  • The Plant Cell (8 publications)

Zhongfu Ni has collaborated with several researchers over their career. The most frequent coauthors include:

  • Qixin Sun
  • Yingyin Yao
  • Mingming Xin
  • Huiru Peng
  • Zhaorong Hu

Their recent significant papers illustrate a range of topics related to wheat genetics and molecular plant biology. Selected publications include:

  • "A Collinearity-Incorporating Homology Inference Strategy for Connecting Emerging Assemblies in the Triticeae Tribe as a Pilot Practice in the Plant Pangenomic Era," 2020, Molecular Plant
  • "Origin and adaptation to high altitude of Tibetan semi-wild wheat," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Reducing brassinosteroid signalling enhances grain yield in semi-dwarf wheat," 2023, Nature
  • "Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China," 2022, Science China Life Sciences
  • "The endosperm-specific transcription factor TaNAC019 regulates glutenin and starch accumulation and its elite allele improves wheat grain quality," 2021, The Plant Cell

Their main fields of study emphasize Agricultural and Biological Sciences with 301 publications, followed by Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 82 publications. Within subfields, the focus is predominantly on Plant Science (261 publications), Genetics (38 publications), Agronomy and Crop Science (35 publications), Molecular Biology (34 publications), and Cell Biology (6 publications).

Best Publications

  • Altered circadian rhythms regulate growth vigour in hybrids and allopolyploids

    Zhongfu Ni;Eun-Deok Kim;Misook Ha;Erika Lackey

  • Mechanisms of genomic rearrangements and gene expression changes in plant polyploids.

    Z. Jeffrey Chen;Zhongfu Ni;Zhongfu Ni

  • Temporal transcriptome profiling reveals expression partitioning of homeologous genes contributing to heat and drought acclimation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Zhenshan Liu;Mingming Xin;Jinxia Qin;Huiru Peng

  • Heat stress-responsive transcriptome analysis in heat susceptible and tolerant wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) by using Wheat Genome Array

    Dandan Qin;Haiyan Wu;Huiru Peng;Yingyin Yao

  • Cloning and characterization of microRNAs from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Yingyin Yao;Ganggang Guo;Zhongfu Ni;Ramanjulu Sunkar

  • Identification and characterization of wheat long non-protein coding RNAs responsive to powdery mildew infection and heat stress by using microarray analysis and SBS sequencing

    Mingming Xin;Yu Wang;Yingyin Yao;Na Song

  • Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of auxin response factor (ARF) gene family in maize.

    Hongyan Xing;Ramesh N Pudake;Ganggang Guo;Guofang Xing

  • A Collinearity-Incorporating Homology Inference Strategy for Connecting Emerging Assemblies in the Triticeae Tribe as a Pilot Practice in the Plant Pangenomic Era.

    Yongming Chen;Wanjun Song;Xiaoming Xie;Zihao Wang

  • TamiR159 Directed Wheat TaGAMYB Cleavage and Its Involvement in Anther Development and Heat Response

    Yu Wang;Fenglong Sun;Hua Cao;Huiru Peng

  • Molecular characterization of a novel powdery mildew resistance gene Pm30 in wheat originating from wild emmer.

    Zhiyong Liu;Qixin Sun;Zhongfu Ni;Eviatar Nevo

  • Evolution and Expression of Homeologous Loci in Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae), a Recent and Reciprocally Formed Allopolyploid

    Jennifer A. Tate;Zhongfu Ni;Anne-Cathrine Scheen;Jin Koh

  • Origin and adaptation to high altitude of Tibetan semi-wild wheat

    Weilong Guo;Mingming Xin;Zihao Wang;Yingyin Yao

  • Global profiling of alternative splicing landscape responsive to drought, heat and their combination in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Zhenshan Liu;Jinxia Qin;Xuejun Tian;Shengbao Xu

  • Histone acetyltransferase GCN5 is essential for heat stress‐responsive gene activation and thermotolerance in Arabidopsis

    Zhaorong Hu;Na Song;Mei Zheng;Xinye Liu

  • Global QTL Analysis Identifies Genomic Regions on Chromosomes 4A and 4B Harboring Stable Loci for Yield-Related Traits Across Different Environments in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

    Panfeng Guan;Lahu Lu;Lijia Jia;Muhammad Rezaul Kabir

  • QTL Analysis of Spike Morphological Traits and Plant Height in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Using a High-Density SNP and SSR-Based Linkage Map.

    Huijie Zhai;Zhiyu Feng;Jiang Li;Xinye Liu

  • miRNA164-directed cleavage of ZmNAC1 confers lateral root development in maize (Zea mays L.).

    Jing Li;Guanghui Guo;Weiwei Guo;Ganggang Guo

  • Whole-genome discovery of miRNAs and their targets in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Fenglong Sun;Guanghui Guo;Jinkun Du;Weiwei Guo

  • CGmapTools improves the precision of heterozygous SNV calls and supports allele-specific methylation detection and visualization in bisulfite-sequencing data

    Weilong Guo;Ping Zhu;Matteo Pellegrini;Michael Q Zhang

  • Wheat Dof transcription factor WPBF interacts with TaQM and activates transcription of an alpha-gliadin gene during wheat seed development

    Guoqing Dong;Zhongfu Ni;Yingyin Yao;Xiuling Nie

Frequent Co-Authors

Qixin Sun
Qixin Sun China Agricultural University
Yingyin Yao
Yingyin Yao China Agricultural University
Huiru Peng
Huiru Peng China Agricultural University
Mingming Xin
Mingming Xin China Agricultural University
Zhaorong Hu
Zhaorong Hu China Agricultural University
Weilong Guo
Weilong Guo China Agricultural University
Dao-Xiu Zhou
Dao-Xiu Zhou University of Paris-Saclay
Z. Jeffrey Chen
Z. Jeffrey Chen The University of Texas at Austin
Eviatar Nevo
Eviatar Nevo University of Haifa
Tzion Fahima
Tzion Fahima University of Haifa

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