Name: Zhao Zunkang Title: Associate Professor
Position: Deputy Director/Director of Teaching and Research Section
E-mail : zhaozk2019@jxau.edu.cn
Research direction:
1. Plant nutritional physiology and molecular mechanism;
2. Mechanism and prevention of invasion of alien species.
Personal Profile
Zhao Zunkang , male, born in September 1985, from Duchang, Jiangxi Province, PhD, associate professor, young professor, future star, master's tutor, core member of Jiangxi Province's high-level "Plant Nutrition" undergraduate teaching team. He graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University with a PhD in June 2013. He is mainly engaged in research on plant nutrition biology and fertilization technology, invasion mechanism and prevention and control technology of agricultural alien species. He presided over 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 Provincial Natural Science Foundation project, 2 Provincial Education Department scientific research projects, 2 open projects of National Key Laboratory, 1 Jiangxi Agricultural University scientific research start-up fund, and participated in 11 national and provincial and ministerial projects. He has published 28 academic papers, including 13 SCI papers. He has been authorized with 2 national invention patents and 2 utility model patents, won 2 first prizes for school-level teaching achievements, and co-edited 2 textbooks. He won the Outstanding Undergraduate Graduation Thesis Instructor (2018).
Work Experience:
2020/12--Present, Associate Professor, College of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University
2020/12--2023/12, Jiangxi Agricultural University, College of Land Resources and Environment, Young Professor
2019/08--2020/12, Lecturer, College of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University
2013/07--2019/07, Lecturer, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University
Education:
2007/09--2013/06, Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Resources and Environment, Plant Nutrition, PhD
2003/09--2007/06, Jiangxi Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Agronomy, Bachelor
Academic part-time job:
1. Member of the Second Council of Jiangxi Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Society;
2. Member of the International Cooperation Working Committee of the Chinese Society of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer;
3. Member of the Youth Work Committee of Jiangxi Soil Science and Technology Society;
4. Member of Jiangxi Province Alien Invasive Species Prevention and Control Expert Committee;
5. Jiangxi Province Agricultural Alien Invasive Species Survey and Prevention Expert;
6. Member of the Citrus Professional Committee of China Agricultural Technology Association;
7. Director of Jiangxi Tobacco Society.
Teaching situation
Undergraduate courses: Plant Nutrition, Crop Nutrition Diagnosis and Fertilization, Basics of Plant Nutrition Biology, Soil and Fertilizer Science
Master courses: Advances in Resource Utilization and Plant Protection Technology
Scientific research
(1) Host project
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 32360800, Gene cloning and functional analysis of the control of efficient magnesium absorption and accumulation in natural populations of Brassica napus, 2024/01-2027/12, RMB 320,000, under research;
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 31660592 , Study on the structure of sugarcane root system and the function of phosphorus transporter ScPht1 in efficient phosphorus absorption and transport, 2017/01-2020/12 , RMB 400,000 , completed;
3. Jiangxi Provincial Education Department Research Fund, GJJ190247 , Evaluation of cold resistance of Jinggang pomelo and its cold resistance mechanism, 2019/12-2022/12 , RMB 20,000 , completed;
4. Jiangxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Science and Technology Project, Conducting Canada Goldenrod Investigation and Prevention and Control Technology Research, 09008212, 2021, 300,000, completed;
5. Doctoral Start-up Fund of Jiangxi Agricultural University, 2019/12--- , RMB 300,000 , in progress.
6. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Natural Science Foundation, 2015GXNSFBA139071 , Study on the mechanism of action of sugarcane phosphorus transporter Pht1 in efficient phosphorus absorption and utilization in plants, 2015/09-2018/08 , RMB 50,000 , completed;
7. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Education Department Research Fund, KY2015YB016 , Cloning and functional expression analysis of the sugarcane phosphorus deficiency-induced phosphorus transporter Pht1 gene, 2015/01-2017/12 , RMB 30,000 , completed;
8. Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agricultural Biological Resources, OSKL201511 , Cloning of Sugarcane Phosphorus Transporter Genes and Study on Its Functional Mechanism in Efficient Phosphorus Absorption and Utilization, 2015/12-2017/12 , RMB 80,000 , completed;
9. Open project of the State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Functional study of maize nitrate transporter NRT2.5 in nitrate root absorption and leaf distribution, RMB 50,000 , completed.
(2) Key personnel participating in the project
10. Science and Technology Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Investigation, Monitoring and Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Major Harmful Alien Invasive Species in the Region (Invasive Species such as Jiangxi Water Hyacinth, Water Peanut, and Canada Goldenrod), 13200288, 2020, second host, 520,000;
11. Science and Technology Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Survey and Layout of Key Survey Sites for Major Alien Invasive Species and Quality Control, 13210368, 2021, second host, RMB 380,000;
12. Science and Technology Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Investigation on the Hazard and Spread Risk of Alien Invasive Species in Agriculture, 13220142, 2022, second host, RMB 1.6395 million;
13. Science and Technology Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hazard Assessment and Spread Risk Estimation of Alien Invasive Species, 13230125, 2023, second principal investigator, RMB 630,000;
14. Major project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Survey and monitoring of alien species, 9021108959, 2022, second host, 2.35 million;
15. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 31560082 , Cloning and Functional Analysis of Rice Male Sterility Gene MS87 , 2016/01-2019/12 , RMB 540,000 ;
16. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 31560122 , Study on the mechanism of exogenous ABA promoting the upward transport and accumulation of cadmium in the hyperaccumulator plant Sedum alfredii , 2016/01-2019/12 , RMB 465,700 ;
17. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 31660593 , Study on the mechanism of nitrogen regulation of manganese toxicity and resistance in sugarcane, 2017/01-2020/12 , RMB 400,000 ;
18. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, 31601235 , Study on the mechanism of brassinolide cooperating with nitrate to regulate sugarcane root growth and nitrogen absorption, 2017/01-2019/12 , RMB 210,000 ;
19. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, 31601342 , Fine Positioning and Cloning of CMS Restoration Gene of Kenaf UG93 , 2017/01-2019/12 , RMB 170,000 ;
20. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 31760065 , Study on the molecular mechanism of cadmium tolerance of a rice ABC transporter, 2018/01-2021/12 , RMB 370,000 ;
21. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 31860296 , Research on the Molecular Mechanism of Rice Plasticity Gene RPL1 Regulating Rice Plant Height, 2019/01-2022/12 , RMB 390,000 ;
22. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 31971809 , Molecular mechanism of rice GNA1 gene regulating panicle number and awn development, 2020/01-2023/12 , RMB 580,000 ;
23. National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional Project, 32060727 , Microbiological Mechanism of the Effect of Straw Biochar Combined with Astragalus sinensis on Nitrification and Denitrification in Red Soil Paddy Field, 2021/01-2024/12 , RMB 350,000 ;
Awards and Patents
1. Teaching Achievement Award: Exploration and Practice of the Five-in-One Education Model of "Course + Practice + Organization + Management + Service" for Graduate Students in Agricultural Resources and Environment, 2022.12, First Prize at the University Level, 12/15.
2. Teaching Achievement Award: Construction and practice of innovative practical talent training system for agricultural resources and environment majors under the background of new agricultural science, 2022.12, first prize at the school level, 8/15.
3. Invention patent: Medicinal fertilizer for preventing and treating sugarcane yellow flower disease and its application method, Li Xiaofeng; Yang Shu; Huang Yulan; Zhao Zunkang; Gu Minghua; Shen Fangke; Jiang Xiongying; Zhang Weijun; Patent number: Guangxi, CN201410488672.1, authorization time: 2015.01 .07.
4. Utility model patent: An in-situ observation device for the spatio-temporal distribution of plant roots, Yike; Zhao Zunkang ; Yang Shu; Liu Ying; Li Xiaofeng; Tang Xinlian; Patent number: Jiangxi, ZL202121985132.6, authorization time: 2022.01.11.
5. Utility model patent: a portable quadrat frame for field investigation, Tang Ming; Xu Ying; Zhao Zunkang ; Zhou Chunhuo; Wang Dan; Patent number: ZL 2022 2 3080665.7, authorization time: 2023.04.25.
6. Invention patent: An in-situ observation device for sugarcane root system configuration and its analysis method, Yi Ke; Zhao Zunkang ; Li Xiaofeng; Zhang Yingying; Liu Ying; Yang Shu; Tang Xinlian; Ling Guizhi; Patent number: ZL201911101216.6, authorization date: 2023.10.13.
Published papers (# co-first author, * corresponding author)
1. Guangda Ding, Yuan Liao, Mei Yang, Zunkang Zhao , Lei Shi, Fangsen Xu*. Development of gene-based markers from Arabidopsis thaliana functional genes involved in phosphorus homeostasis and mapping in Brassica napus . Euphytica. 2011, 181:305-322. (IF 1.6, Region III )
2. Zunkang Zhao, Likun Wu, Fuzhao Nian, Guangda Ding, Taoxiong Shi, Didi Zhang, Lei Shi, Fangsen Xu*, Jinling Meng. Dissecting quantitative trait loci for boron efficiency across multiple environments in Brassica napus. PLOS ONE. 2012, 7(9): e45215. (IF 4.092, 二区，top 期刊)
3. Guangda Ding, Zunkang Zhao, Yuan Liao, Yifan Hu, Lei Shi, Fangsen Xu*. QTL for seed yield and yield-related traits, and their responses to reduced phosphorus supply in Brassica napus. Annals of Botany (London). 2012, 109: 747-759. (IF 4.03, 二区)
4. Taoxiong Shi, Ruiyuan Li, Zunkang Zhao, Guangda Ding, Yan Long, Jinling Meng, Fangsen Xu, Lei Shi*. QTL for yield traits and their association with functional genes in response to phosphorus deficiency in Brassica napus. PLOS ONE. 2013, 8(1): e54559. (IF 3.73, 三区)
5. Guangda Ding#, Zunkang Zhao#, Lin Wang, Didi Zhang, Lei Shi, Fangsen Xu*. Identification and multiple comparisons of QTL and epistatic interaction conferring high yield under boron and phosphorus deprivation in Brassica napus. Euphytica. 2014, 198:337–351. (IF 1.6，三区)
6. Gui Liu#, Zunkang Zhao#, Meili Xiao, Annaliese S. Mason, Hui Yan, Qinghong Zhou, Donghui Fu*. Repetitive sequence characterization and development of SSR and CMS-gene-specific markers in the Brassica mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Breeding. 2015, 35: 219. (IF 2.25，二区)
7. Jiqiang Li, Zunkang Zhao, Alice Hayward, Hongyu Cheng, Donghui Fu*. Integration analysis of quantitative trait loci for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica napus. Euphytica. 2015, 205: 483-489. (IF 1.618, 三区)
8. Yulan Huang, Shu Yang, Guangxia Long, Zunkang Zhao, Xiaofeng Li*, Minghua Gu. Manganese Toxicity in Sugarcane Plantlets Grown on Acidic Soils of Southern China. PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(3): e0148956. (IF 3.057, 三区)
9. Chunhuo Zhou#, Zunkang Zhao#, Xiaohua Pan*, Shan Huang, Xueming Tan, Jianfu Wu, Qinghua Shi. Growing Legume Crop (milk vetch) in the Winter Can Improve Rice Yield under Reducing Mineral N in a Double-Rice Cropping System of China. Rice Science. 2016, 23: 132-143. (SCI)
10. Zunkang Zhao, Xiaofeng Gao, Ye Ke, Minmin Chang, Lu Xie, Xiaofeng Li, Minghua Gu, Jiping Liu*, Xinlian Tang*. A unique aluminum resistance mechanism conferred by aluminum and salicylic-acid-activated root efflux of benzoxazinoids in maize. Plant and Soil.2019, 437: 273-289. (IF 3.306, 一区，top 期刊)
11. Shu Yang, Ke Yi, Minmin Chang, Guizhi Ling, Zunkang Zhao, Xiaofeng Li*. Tolerance to Mn-induced chlorosis is conferred by pectin demethylesterification and Mn sequestration into the cell walls in sugarcane. Plant and Soil. 2019, 436:475-487. (IF 3.306, 一区，top 期刊)
12. Ke Yi; Xiaofeng Li; Diwen Chen; Shu Yang; Ying Liu; Xinlian Tang; Guizhi Ling; Zunkang Zhao*. Shallower Root Spatial Distribution Induced by Phosphorus Deficiency Contributes to Topsoil Foraging and Low Phosphorus Adaption in Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022,12:1-14. (IF 6.627, 一区)
13. Yuanyuan Liang, Zeping Wang, Qiuzhe Shi, Fang Li, Zunkang Zhao, Yanlai Han, Yi Wang*. The varying promotion effects of fulvic acid with different molecular weights on the enhancement of grain yield and quality of winter wheat. Plant, Soil and Environment. 2023, https://doi.org/10.17221/391/2022-PSE.
14. Tian Fei, Xu Fangsen, Shi Taoxiong, Zhao Zunkang , Shi Lei, Cai Hongmei * , Ma Zhaozhi, Meng Jinling . Differences in responses of Brassica rapa, Brassica juncea and Brassica oleracea to low nitrogen and low phosphorus stress . Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University . 2012, 31(6): 725-730.
15. Liang Liping , Huang Yulan , Yang Shu , Zhao Zunkang , Li Xiaofeng *. Study on the detoxification effect of silicon on manganese in red soil . Guangdong Agricultural Science . 2014 (17): 62-65, 82.
16. Zhao Zunkang , Yin Hui, Lu Yanhui, Li Kaihe, Shou Anfa, Qin Xingrong, Gu Minghua, Li Xiaofeng *. Effects of different fertilization modes on yield and quality of Daning sun-cured tobacco planted in different locations . Southern Journal of Agricultural Sciences . 2015, 46 (5) 787-792.
17. Xia Longfei, Lü Jiao, Zhao Zunkang * , Li Xiaofeng, Wang Yongxiong . Study on the adaptability of several leguminous crops to acidic soil stress factors . Shandong Agricultural Science . 2015, 47 (4) 66-70, 75.
18. Yang Shu , Wu Xing , Huang Yulan , Zhao Zunkang , Li Xiaofeng *. Analysis of the causes of iron deficiency in sugarcane seedlings induced by high manganese . Guangdong Agricultural Sciences . 2015(10): 16-20.
19. Wu Xing , Huang Yulan , Yang Shu , Zhao Zunkang , Li Xiaofeng *. Effects of manganese stress on iron deficiency and chlorosis in sugarcane seedlings . Guangxi Botany . 2015 , 35(6): 863-867.
20. Xia Longfei, Yi Ke, Zhang Muqing, Huang Youzong, Liu Pingwu, Zhao Zunkang * , Li Xiaofeng, Gu Minghua . Study on the genotype differences of sugarcane phosphorus efficiency and screening of phosphorus efficient genotypes . Journal of Tropical Crops . 2017, 38(5): 873-880.
twenty one. Yin Xin, Zhao Zunkang , Wang Huiming, Yu Ying, Zhou Chunhuo *. Effects of protoporphyrinogen oxidase ( PPO ) inhibitors on water hyacinth and safety assessment . Journal of Jiangxi Agricultural University . 2020, 42 (4): 821-828.
22 . Xie Zhijian, Wu Jia, Duan Jingui, Yu Chenglong, Zheng Qin, Ni Guorong, Rong Qinlei, Zhao Zunkang , Zhou Chunhuo. Effects of biochar-based fertilizer combined with Chinese astragalus on dry matter accumulation and nitrogen utilization characteristics of early rice in red soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer. 2020, 26(9): 1732–1739.
23. Tang Jian, Ni Guorong, Wang Wanjing, Zhao Zunkang , Xie Kailiu, Yin Xin, Huang Jiao, Yu Chenglong, Zhou Chunhuo. Effects of biochar application rate on Cd migration and accumulation in rice under Astragalus membranaceus tumbling conditions. Journal of Jiangxi Agricultural University. 2021, 43(6): 1232-1240.
24.
Liu Ying, Yi Ke, Yang Shu, Chen Diwen, Ling Guizhi, Tang Xinlian, Li Xiaofeng,
Zhao Zunkang
*
. Genotypic differences in phosphorus efficiency in sugarcane and
expression analysis of phosphorus transporter
Pht1s .
Genomics and Applied Biology
. 2022, 41(1):128-139.
25. Yi Ke, Yang Shu, Kong Wujun, Chen Diwen, Xie Lu, Tang Xinlian, Li Xiaofeng, Zhao Zunkang * . Analysis of phosphorus efficient absorption characteristics of sugarcane based on root morphology and spatial distribution . Journal of Jiangxi Agricultural University. 2022, 44(6): 1362-1372.
26. Zhou Yibo, Wang Jun, Yu Chentao, Chao Rui, Tang Ming, Zhou Chunhuo, Zhao Zunkang * . Screening of physical and chemical technologies for high-efficiency control of Canada goldenrod. Journal of Biological Disaster Science. 2023, 46(3): 263-270.
27. Ma Chenchen, Wu Xuehui, Zhao Liaocheng, Zhao Zunkang , Cai Junhuo, Zhou Chunhuo, Tang Ming*. Harm characteristics and distribution status of the invasive alien plant Solanum oxyphylla. Journal of Biological Disaster Science. 2023, 46 (2): 121-126.
28. Zhao Liaocheng, Wang Taoyong, Xiao Zixuan, Zhao Zunkang , Zhou Chunhuo, Tang Ming*. A new naturalized genus in the Asteraceae family from China: Asteraceae. Northwest Botanical Journal. 2023, 43 (9): 1594-1600.
Textbooks & Books
1. Textbook "Soil and Fertilizer Science", the first batch of "14th Five-Year Plan" textbooks of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, deputy editor-in-chief;
2. Deputy editor of the textbook “Plant Nutrition Experimental Guide”.
Postgraduate training
Master's degree : Plant Nutrition; Master's degree : Resource Utilization and Plant Protection (Direction of Resource Utilization)
(1) Doctoral students:
2017: Yi Ke, Crop Environment and Ecology (co-guidance)
(2) Master’s students:
2016: Xie Lu, academic master student in plant nutrition (co-supervised)
2017: Jing Hongli, Master of Agricultural Resources Utilization
2018: Liu Ying, Academic Master of Agricultural Resources and Environment
Class of 2021: Xu Wenying (Academic Master), Zhou Yibo (Professional Master), Wang Rui (Professional Master, Co-supervisor)
Class of 2022: Liu Xiankun (professional master), Xie Bo (professional master), Yu Luyao (professional master)
Class of 2023: Liu Liang (Master), Wan Fangjie (Master), Han Liyu (Master)
Class of 2024: Lai Pingxiu (professional master), Zhang Guanjin (professional master), Peng Kaiji (professional master)
