Dr Xianlong Zhang
Professor in Crop Genetics and Breeding
Expertise Statement
Teaching Duties
Genetics, Plant Biotechnology
Research Interests
Embryogenesis and plant regeneration, genetic transformation,
Molecular marker-assisted selection in breeding cotton,
Cotton fiber development mechanism,
The mechanism of cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt.
Education & Working Experience
Education:
1980-1984: B.S. Crop Genetics and Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University.
1984-1987: M.S. Crop Genetics and Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University.
1987-1990: Ph.D. Crop Genetics and Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University.
Reserch and Teaching Experience:
1990-1992: Lectuer, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
1993-1996: Assistant Professor, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural
University, China
1997-present: Professor, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University,
China
1994-present: PI, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural
University, China
1993.08-1994.08: University of Manitoba, Canada, as a visiting scholar
1998.10-1999.04: Alabama A & M University, USA, as a visiting scholar
2001.11-2002.02: University of Durham, UK, as a visiting scholar
Publications
1. Juan Hao, Lili Tu, Haiyan Hu, Jiafu Tan, Fenglin Deng, Wenxin Tang, Yichun Nie and Xianlong Zhang, 2012,
GbTCP, a cotton TCP transcription factor, confers fibre elongation and root hair development by a complex
regulating system, J Exp Bot. (accepted)
2. Li Xu，Li Jin， Lu Long， Linlin Liu， Xin He，Wei Gao，Longfu Zhu，Xianlong Zhang，2012，Overexpression
of GbWRKY1 positively regulates the Pi starvation response by alteration of auxin sensitivity in Arabidopsis，
Plant Cell Reports, online first
3. Bin Wang, Yichun Nie, Zhongxu Lin, Xianlong Zhang, Junjie Liu, Jing Bai, 2012, Molecular diversity, genetic
constitution, and QTL mapping of fiber quality by mapped SSRs in introgression lines derived from Gossypium
hirsutum X G. darwinni Watt, Theor Appl Genet, online first
4. Xiyan Yang, Xianlong Zhang, Daojun Yuan, Fangyan Jin, Yunchao Zhang and Jiao Xu, 2012, Transcript
profiling reveals complex auxin signalling pathway and transcription regulation involved in dedifferentiation and
redifferentiation during somatic embryogenesis in cotton, BMC Plant Biology, 12:110
5. Guanze Liu, Shuangxia Jin, Xuyan Liu, Jiafu Tan, Xiyan Yang, Xianlong Zhang, 2012, Overexpression of
Arabidopsis cyclin D2;1 in cotton results in leaf curling and other plant architectural modifications, Plant Cell,
Tissue and Organ Culture, 110:261-273
6. Shuangxia Jin, Xianlong Zhang, Henry Daniell, 2012, Pinellia ternate agglutinin expression in chloroplasts
confers broad spectrum resistance against aphid, whitefly, lepidopteran insects, bacterial and viral pathogens, Plant
Biotechnology J. 10:313-327
7．Fenglin Deng, Lili Tu, Jiafu Tan, Yang Li, Yichun Nie and Xianlong Zhang, 2012, GbPDF1 (PROTODERMAL
FACTOR 1) is involved in cotton fiber initiation via the core cis-element HDZIP2ATATHB2, Plant Physiology，
158: 890-904
8. Jiafu Tan, Lili Tu, Fenglin Deng, Rui Wu, Xianlong Zhang, 2012, Exogenous Jasmonic Acid Inhibited Cotton
Fiber Elongation, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (accept)
9. S.X. JIN, G.Z. LIU, H.G. ZHU, X.Y. YANG, X.L. ZHANG, 2012, Transformaton of Upland cotton with gfp gene
as a visual marker, Agricultural Science in China, 11: 910-919
10．Li Xu, Longfu Zhu, Lili Tu, Linlin Liu, Daojun Yuan, Li Jin, Lu Long, Xianlong Zhang, 2011, Lignin
metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae as revealed by
RNA-Seq dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry, J Exp Botany, 62：5607-5621
11．Guozheng Yang, Haoyue Tang, Yichun Nie, Xianlong Zhang, 2011, Response of cotton growth, yield, and
biomass to nitrogen split application ratio, European J of Agronomy, 35: 164-170
12. Daojun Yuan, Lili Tu, Xianlong Zhang, 2011, Generation, Annotation and Analysis of First Large-Scale
Expressed Sequence Tags from Developing Fiber of Gossypium barbadense L., PLoS ONE, 6(7): e22758
13. Lisong Hu, Xiyan Yang, Daojun Yuan, Fanchang Zeng, Xianlong Zhang, 2011, GhHmgB3 deficiency
deregulates proliferation and differentiation of cells during somatic embryogenesis in cotton, Plant Biotechnology
J. 9:1038-1048
14. Li Xu, Longfu Zhu, Lili Tu, Xiaoping Guo, Lu Long, Longqing Sun, Wei Gao, Xianlong Zhang , 2011,
Differential gene expression in the cotton defense response to Verticillium dahliae by SSH, J of Phytopathology，
159：606-615
15．Zhu Longfu, He Xin, Yuan Daojun, Xu Lian, Xu Li, Tu Lili, Shen Guoxin, Zhang Hong, Zhang Xianlong, 2011,
Genome-wide identification of genes responsive to ABA and cold/salt stresses in Gossypium hirsutum by
data-mining and expression pattern analysis, Agricultural Science in China, 10 (4): 499-508
16. Yu Yu, daojun Yuan, Shaoguang Liang, Ximei Li, Xiaqing Wang, Zhongxu Lin, Xianlong Zhang, 2011,
Genome structure of cotton revealed by a genome-wide SSR genetic map constructed from a BC1 population
between gossipium hirsutum and G. barbadebse, BMC Genomics, 12:15
17. Xiyan Yang and Xianlong Zhang, 2010, Regulation of Somatic Embryogenesis in Higher Plants, Critical
Review in Plant Science，29: 36-57
18. M. Farooq Hussain Munis, Lili Tu, Fenglin Deng, Jiafu Tan, Li Xu, Shicheng Xu, Lu Long and Xianlong
Zhang, 2010, A thaumatin-like protein (PR-5) gene of cotton (Gossypium barbadence L.) involved in fiber
secondary cell wall development enhances resistance against Verticillium dahliae and other stresses in transgenic
tobacco, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications，393: 38-44
19. Yunjing Li, Diqiu Liu, Lili Tu, Xianlong Zhang, Li Wang, Longfu Zhu, Jiafu Tan, Fenglin Deng, 2010,
Suppression of GhAGP4 gene expression repressed the initiation and elongation of cotton fiber, Plant Cell Reports,
29: 193-202
20. Xiyan Yang, Xianlong Zhang, Lili Fu, Ling Min, Guanze Liu, 2010, Multiple shoots induction in wild cotton
(Gossypium bickii) through organogenesis and the analysis of genetic homogeneity of the regenerated plants,
Biologia, 65: 496-503
21. M. Farooq Hussain Munis, Lili Tu, Khurram Ziaf, Jiafu Tan, Fenglin Deng, Xianlong Zhang, 2010, Critical
osmotic, ionic and physiological indicators of salinity tolerance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) for cultivar
selection, Pak. J. Bot., 42(3): 1685-1694
22. FU LiLi, YANG XiYan, ZHANG XianLong, WANG ZhiWei, FENG ChangHui, LIU ChuanXiang, JIANG
PeiYong & ZHANG JinLong, 2009, Regeneration and identification of interspecific asymmetric somatic hybrids
obtained by donor–recipient fusion in cotton, Chinese Science Bulletin, 54: 3035-3044
23. Zhongxu Lin, Yanxin Zhang, Xianlong Zhang, Xiaoping Guo, 2009, A high-density integrative linkage map for
Gossypium hirsutum, Euphytica, 166: 35-45
24. Xiyan Yang Lili Tu, Longfu Zhu, Ling Min, Lili Fu, Xianlong Zhang, 2008, Expression profile analysis of
genes involved in cell wall regeneration during protoplast culture in cotton by suppression subtractive
hybridization and macroarray, Journal of Experimental Botany, 59: 3661-3674
25. ZHU HuaGuo, TU LiLi, JIN ShuangXia, XU Li, TAN JiaFu, DENG FengLin, ZHANG XianLong, 2008,
Analysis of genes differentially expressed during initial cellular dedifferentiation in cotton, Chinese Science
Bulletin, 53: 3666-3676
26. Shuangxia Jin, Ramesh Mushke, Huaguo Zhu, Lili Tu, Zhongxu Lin, Yanxin Zhang, Xianlong Zhang, 2008,
Detection of somaclonal variation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) using cytogenetics, flow cytometry and
molecular markers, Plant Cell Reports, 27:1303-1316
27. Yanxin Zhang, Zhongxu Lin, Qizhong Xia, Mingju Zhang, Xianlong Zhang, 2008, Characteristics and analysis
of simple sequence repeats in the cotton genome based on a linkage map constructed from a BC1 population
between Gossypium hirsutum and G. barbadense, Genome, 51:534-546
28. Diqiu Liu, Lili Tu, Li Wang, Yunjing Li, Longfu Zhu, Xianlong Zhang, 2008, Characterization and expression
of plasma and tonoplast membrane aquaporins in elongating cotton fibers, Plant Cell Reports , 27: 1385-1394
29. Diqiu Liu, Lili Tu, Li Wang, Yunjing Li, Longfu Zhu, Xianlong Zhang, 2008, Genes encoding fasciclin-like
arabinogalactan proteins are specifically expressed during cotton fiber development, Plant Molecular Biology
Reporter, 26: 98-113
30. He DH, Lin ZX, Zhang XL, Zhang YX, Li W, Nie YC and Guo XP, 2008, Dissection of genetic variance of
fiber quality in advanced generations from an interspecific cross of Gossypium hirsutum and G. barbadense, Plant
Breeding, 127: 286-294
31. Hongmei Wang, Zhongxu Lin, Xianlong Zhang, Wei Chen, Daohua He, Xiaoping Guo, Yichun Nie, Yunhai Li,
2008, Mapping and quantitative trait loci analysis of Verticillium wilt resistance genes in cotton, Journal of
Integrative Plant Biology，50:174-182
32. Fanchang Zeng, Xianlong Zhang, Longfu Zhu, Liping Chen, Zhongxu Lin, Lei Cheng, Jinglin Cao, Lili Tu and
Xiaoping Guo, 2007, A Draft Gene Regulatory Network for Cellular Totipotency Reprogramming during Plant
Somatic Embryogenesis, Genomics，90: 620-628
33. Lili Tu, Xianlong Zhang, Diqiu Liu, Shuangxia Jin, Jinglin Cao, Longfu Zhu, Fenglin Deng, Jiafu Tan, Cunbin
Zhang, 2007, Suitable internal control genes for qRT-PCR normalization in cotton fiber development and somatic
embryogenesis, Chinese Science Bulletin, 52:3110-3117
34. Daohua He, Zhongxu Lin, Xianlong Zhang, Yichun Nie, Xiaoping Guo and Yanxin Zhang, 2007，QTL
mapping for economic traits based on a dense genetic map of cotton with PCR-based markers using the
interspecific cross of Gossypium hirsutum × G. barbadense, Euphytica，153：181-197
35. X. Guo, C. Huang, S. Jin, S. Liang, Y. Nie and X. Zhang, 2007, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of
Cry1C, Cry2A and Cry9C genes into Gossypium hirsutum and plant regeneration, Biologia Plantarum，51（2）:
242-248
36. Li-Li Tu, Xian-Long Zhang, Shao-Guang Liang, Di-Qiu Liu, Long-Fu Zhu, Fan-Chang Zeng, Yi-Chun Nie,
Xiao-Ping Guo, Feng-Lin Deng, Jia-Fu Tan, Li Xu, 2007, Genes expression analyses of sea-island cotton
(Gossypium barbadense L.) during fiber development, Plant Cell Reports, 26: 1309-1320
37. Xiyan Yang, Xianlong Zhang, Shuangxia Jin, Lili Fu, Linggang Wang, 2007, Production and characterization
of asymmetric hybrids between upland cotton Coker201 (Gossypium hirsutum) and wild cotton (Gossypium
klozschianum Anderss), Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 89:225-235
38. Fanchang Zeng, Xianlong Zhang, Longfu Zhu, Zhongxu Lin, Xiaoping Guo, and Yichun Nie, Lei Cheng,
Jinglin Cao, 2007, Chromatin reorganization and endogenous auxin/cytokinin dynamic activity during somatic
embryogenesis of cultured cotton cell, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 90: 63-70
39. Xiyan Yang, Xiaoping Guo, Xianlong Zhang, Yichun Nie, Shuangxia Jin, 2007, Plant regeneration from
protoplast in wild cotton Gossypium davidsonii Kell. via somatic embryogenesis, Biologia Plantarum, 51(3):
533-537
40. Longfu Zhu, Xianlong Zhang, Lili Tu, Fanchang Zeng, Yichun Nie, Xiaoping Guo, 2007, Isolation and
characterization of two novel dirigent-like genes highly induced in cotton (Gossypium barbadense) after infection
by Verticillium dahliae, J of Plant pathology, 89(1): 41-45
41. Yanxin Zhang, Zhongxu Lin, Wu Li, Lili Tu, Xianlong Zhang, Yichun Nie, 2007, Studies of new EST-SSRs
derived from Gossypium barbadense, Chinese Science Bulletin，52(18): 2522-2531
Contact details
National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan, Hubei
430070, PR China
Tel.: + 86 27 87280510; fax: + 86 27 87280196
E-mail: xlzhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn