SONGPING HU  PH.D

Professor, Director of the Plant Functional Gene Discovery and Tissue Culture Technology Research Center at Jiangxi Agricultural University

1985-1989  Hunan Agricultural University, BSc of Agronomy

1999-2002  Hunan Agricultural University, PhD of Crop genetics and breeding

2003-2005  Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2015-2016  Visiting scholar, Department of Botany, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley of USA

2009-present  Professor, College of Bioscience and Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University

Research interest

My research interests include molecular breeding and genetics of crops such as lilies and rice, as well as the development and utilization of rare medicinal plant resources.

Selected publications

（1） Liu Dan#; Zhao Huibo#; Wang Zian#; Xu Jing; Liu Yiting; Wang Jiajia; Chen Minmin; Liu Xiong; Zhang Zhihai; Cen Jiangsu; Zhu Li; Hu Jiang; Ren Deyong; Gao Zhenyu; Dong Guojun; Zhang Qiang;Shen Lan; Li Qing; Qian Qian; Hu Songping*; Zhang Guangheng* ; Leaf Morphology Genes SRL1 and RENL1Co- Regulate Cellulose Synthesis and Affect Plant drought Tolerance, Rice Science, 2024, 31(1): 103-117 (SCI, IF 5.6,Q1 )

（2）Lihua Xie#, Huijuan Li#, Zhengzheng Zhong, Junjie Guo, Guocheng Hu,Yu Gao,Zhihua Tong,Meilan Liu,Songping Hu*,Hanhua Tong*, and Peng Zhang*.Metabolome Analysis under Aluminum Toxicity between Aluminum-Tolerant and -Sensitive Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plants, 2022, 11(13): 1717-1732. (SCI, IF4.0, Q1)

（3） Jiajia Wang#,Yiting Liu#,Songping Hu,Jing Xu,Jinqiang Nian,Xiaoping Cao, Minmin Chen,Jiangsu Cen,Xiong Liu,Zhihai Zhang,Dan Liu, Li Zhu, Jiang Hu, Deyong Ren, Zhenyu Gao, Lan Shen, Guojun Dong, Qiang Zhang,Qing Li,Sibin Yu,Qian Qian* and Guangheng Zhang*. LEAF TIP RUMPLED 1Regulates Leaf Morphology and Salt Tolerance in Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(15): 8818-8835.(SCI, IF4.9, Q1)

（4）Yunan Yang,Xiaosong Ma,Hui Xia,Lei Wang,Shoujun Chen,KaiXu,Fangwen Yang,Yuqiao Zou,Yulan Wang, Jinmin Zhu,Tianfei Li, Zhi Luo, Songping Hu, Zhigang Liao, Lijun Luo*, Shunwu Yu*. Natural variation ofAlfin-like family affects seed size and drought tolerance in rice. The plant journal, 2022, 10, 16003.(SCI,IF 6.2,Q1,TOP Journal)

(5) Yiting Liu; Tingting Zuo; Ziwen Qiu; Keqing Zhuang; Songping Hu*; Huibin Han* ; Genome-wide identification reveals the function of CEP peptide in cucumber root development, Plant Physiologyand Biochemistry, 2021, 169(11): 119-126 (SCI, IF6.1,Q1,TOP J)

(6) Zhu Yuchen; Li Ting; Xu Jing; Wang Jiajia; Wang Li; Zou Weiwei; Zeng Dali; Zhu Li; Chen Guang; Hu Jiang; Gao Zhenyu; Dong Guofeng; Ren Deyong; Shen Lan; Zhang Qiang; Guo Longbiao; Hu Songping*; Qian Qian*; Zhang Guangheng* ; Leaf width gene LW5/D1 affects plant architecture and yield in rice by regulating nitrogen utilization efficiency, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020, 157(10): 359-369(SCI, IF6.1,Q1,TOP J)

(7) Tian, Wang; Hou, Congcong; Ren, Zhijie; Wang, Chao; Zhao, Fugeng; Dahlbeck, Douglas; Hu, Songping; Zhang, Liying; Niu, Qi; Li, Legong; Staskawicz, Brian J; Luan, Sheng ; A calmodulin-gated calcium channel links pathogen patterns to plant immunity, Nature, 2019, 572(7767): 131-135(SCI, IF50.5, Q1,TOP J)

(8) Chen, Yi-Guang; Hu, Song-Ping*; Tang, Shu-Kun; He, Jian-Wu; Xiao, Jian-Qing; Zhu, Hong-Yi;Li, Wen-Jun ; Bacillus zhanjiangensis sp nov., isolated from an oyster in South China Sea, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 2011, 99(3): 473-480(SCI, IF1.8,Q2)

(9) Song-Ping Hu; Ying Zhou; Lin Zhang; Xiu-Dong Zhu; Lin Li; Li-Jun Luo; Guo-Lan Liu; Qing-M

ing Zhou ; Correlation and Quantitative Trait Loci Analyses of Total Chlorophyll Content and Photosynthetic Rate of Rice (Oryza sativa) under Water Stress and Well-watered Conditions, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ,2009, 51 (9): 879–888, 2009, 51(9): 879-888 (SCI,IF9.3,Q1,TOP J)

（10）Song-Ping Hu; Ying Zhou; Lin Zhang; Xiu-Dong Zhu; Lin Li; Li-Jun Luo; Guo-Lan Liu; Qing-Ming Zhou QTL Analysis of Floral Traits of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)under Well-Watered and Drought Stress Conditions, GENES ＆ GENOMICS， 2009,31(2): 173-181.(SCI, IF1.6, Q3)

Publishing textbooks or monographs

(1) Hu Songping, Cai Hua. Plant Cell Tissue Culture Technology (Textbook for the 13th Five Year Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University Press, ISBN: 978756552817022, published in August, Editor in Chief.

(2) Huo Guanghua, Hu Songping. Jiangxi Major Wild Chinese Herbal Seed Catalog, Jiangxi Science and Technology Press, 2017, co-edited in Chief.

(3) Rao Liqun, Hu Songping. Guidance on Plant Molecular Biology Technology Experiments (Textbook for the 12th Five Year Plan of General Higher Education), Chemical Industry Press, 2013, Deputy Editor in Chief.

(4) Xia Hailin, Hu Songping. Biosafety Fundamentals (Textbook for the 12th Five Year Plan of Higher Education Bioengineering), Southwest Jiaotong University Press, 2012, Deputy Editor in Chief.

Selected honors and awards

(1) Hu Songping (1/4); Localization study of drought resistance related genes in rice under water drought comparative environment, Jiangxi Provincial Government, Natural Science, Second Prize of Provincial and Ministerial Government, 2014 (Hu Songping; Zhang Lin; Luo Lijun; Liu Guolan) (scientific research award)

(2) Hu Songping (1/1); Leaf Morphology Genes SRL1 and RENL1 Co-Regulate Cellulose Synthesis and Affect Plant drought Tolerance, ScienceFather, Best Researcher Award at the 6th International Popular Scientist Awards of the international academic organization ScienceFather in 2023, Other, 2023 (Hu Songping) (Research Award)

(3) Professor Hu Songping from Jiangxi Agricultural University has been selected as a candidate for the 2021 National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Lily position scientist, as announced in the public notice document No. 106. (Other important research findings)

(4) The creation of excellent germplasm and the breeding and application of early maturing and disease resistant new varieties of lilies were evaluated by experts including academician Zou Xuexue organized by the Jiangxi Agricultural Society on October 25, 2020, and the overall level reached the international advanced level. (Other important research findings)

(5) Hu Songping (1/6); Plant Cell Tissue Culture Technology (2nd edition, textbook of the 13th Five Year Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture), the 6th Excellent Textbook Award Committee of Jiangxi Province, the first prize of the 6th Excellent Textbook Award of Jiangxi Province, the first prize of the provincial and ministerial level, 2024 (Hu Songping; Cai Hua; Zhao Juan; Yu Cuimei; Zheng Sixiang; Zhang Lin) (scientific research award)

(6) Hu Songping (2/2); Jiangxi Major Wild Chinese Herbal Seed Catalog, East China Excellent Science and Technology Book Award Committee, Second Prize for Excellent Science and Technology Books in East China, October 2018, co-editor in chief, Second Prize at the provincial and ministerial levels, 2018 (Huo Guanghua; Hu Songping) (scientific research award)

(7) Hu Songping (4/9); Research on the High Yield and High Quality Cultivation Technology System of Southern Red Yellow Soil Land Rice, Hunan Provincial Government, Scientific and Technological Progress, Other, 2005 (Zhou Qingming; Sun Huanliang; Xu Minggang; Hu Songping; Yang Youcai; Wang Aibing; Li Junmin; Zhu Cuiying; Yang Quanliu) (Research Award)

(8) Hu Songping (12/12); The trait variation of rice OsSS Ⅱ c and OsHsp20 gene edited strains, first prize of excellent young academic paper of Chinese Society of Bioengineering, first prize of provincial and ministerial level, 2021 (Zhang Lin; Zhang Qiaoling; Liu Dan; Liu Xujun; Zuo Tingting; Qiu Ziwen; Liu Mengchen; Li Wenxuan; Liu Yiting; Zhuang Keqing; Han Huibin; Hu Songping) (scientific research award)

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