Associate Professor

E-mail:xiaoxf@jxau.edu.cn

Office: Room 604, Shilu Building

Introduction

Xufeng Xiao, female, Ph.D., M.S. Supervisor, Associate Professor, Department of Vegetables, College of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University. My main research interests are the molecular mechanisms of cruciferous vegetables in response to heavy metal stress, epigenetic regulatory mechanisms and germplasm innovation of important agronomic traits in vegetables, as well as high-quality, high-yield and high-efficiency regulatory technologies.

Education

2005.9 - 2008.7, PhD inVegetable Science,South China Agriculture University;

2002.9 - 2005.7, Master ofVegetable Science, Hunan Agricultural University;

1998.9 -2002.7, Bachelor ofHorticulture Science,Hunan Agricultural University.

Working Experience

2017.12, Teacher, Department of Vegetables, JXAU, associate professor;

2009.9 - 2017.11,Department of Vegetables, JXAU, lecturer.

Academic Appointments

Expert of the National Natural Science Foundation of China;

Deputy Secretary-General of the Horticultural Society of Jiangxi Province

Vice-Chairman of Vegetable Speciality Committee of Jiangxi Province;

Member of Pueraria Speciality Committee of National Science and Technology Innovation Alliance of Food and Drug Industry

Director of Mycological Society of Jiangxi Province

Reviewer of BMC Plant Biol, Curr Top Med Chem, etc.

Honors and Awards

2023, Advanced Worker, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Agricultural University;

2023, Advanced Worker’of Jiangxi Horticultural Society, Jiangxi Horticultural Society;

2023, Excellent Science and Technology Specialist of Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Agricultural University;

2022, Excellent Science and Technology Specialist, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Agricultural University;

2018, Advanced Worker’, Jiangxi Horticultural Society, Jiangxi Horticultural Society;

2013, Study on cDNA-AFLP isolation and expression characteristics of vegetable heart shoot-related genes, Jiangxi Provincial University Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Second Prize, Chairperson.

Research Projects

Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, Autophagy initiation signalling pathway mediates the molecular mechanism of gerberellin to alleviate cadmium damage in pakchoi, 2024-06 to 2027-5, 20w,Person in Charge;

Jiangxi Modern Agricultural Industrial Technology System Construction Special Project, Post Expert, 2025-01 to 2027-12, 90w,Person in Charge;

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Transcription factor BcSOG1 regulates the molecular mechanism of dimethyl sulfoxide to alleviate cadmium damage in pakchoi, 2024-01 to 2027-12, 32w,Person in Charge;

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Functional study of epimodification in cadmium (Cd)-mediated autophagy process in pakchoi, 2019-01 to 2022-12 40w, Person in Charge.

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Molecular Mechanism of Histone Acetyltransferase BrcuHAC1 Regulating the Shooting Time of Flowering Chinese Cabbage, 2014-01 to 2017-12, 53w,Person in Charge;

Jiangxi Province Modern Agricultural Industrial Technology System Construction Special Programme, Cultivation Position Expert, 2022-01 to 2024-12, 90w,Person in Charge;

Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (top project), Functional effects of VPS39 on HOPS complex in Cd-mediated autophagy pathway in pakchoi, 2023-01 to 2025-12, 10w, Person in Charge;

Fund for National Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Associated transcriptomics study on genetic diversity of purple potato germplasm resources and anthocyanin content of tubers, 2018-07 to 2020-06, 6w,Person in Charge.

Publications

Yan Xiang#, Ming Zhang# Yuanfeng Hu, Liangdeng Wang,Xufeng Xiao*, Fengrui Yin, Xiaoqun Cao, Meilan Sui, Yuekeng Yao. Epigenetic modifications of 45S rDNA associates with the disruption of nucleolar organisation during Cd stress response in Pakchoi. Ecotoxicl Environ Safe, 2024, 270: 115859.

Xiao Xufeng #, *, Hu Yuanfeng, Zhang Ming, Si Shucheng, Zhou Haonan, Zhu Weifeng, Ge Fei, Wu Caijun*, Fan Shuying*. Transcriptome profiling reveals the genes involved in tuberous root expansion in Pueraria (Pueraria montana var. thomsonii). BMC Plant Sci, 2023, 23: 338.

Yuanfeng Hu, Ming Zhang, Fengrui Yin, Xiaoqun Cao, Shuying Fan, Caijun Wu,Xufeng Xiao*. Genome-Wide identification and expression analysis ofBrATGs and their different roles in response to abiotic stresses in Chinese cabbage. Agronomy-Basel, 2022, 12: 2976.

[4]Li Meng, Si Shucheng, Zhang Ming, Wu Caijun, Xiao Xufeng*. CdInduced autophagy responses in Pakchoi as revealed by transcriptome analysis. Plant Mole Biol Rep, 2023, on line. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-023-01403-8.

Si Shucheng, Zhang Ming, Hu Yuanfeng, Wu Caijun, Yang Youxin, Luo Sha, Xiao Xufeng*. BrcuHAC1 is a histone acetyltransferase that affects bolting development in Chinese flowering cabbage. J Genet, 2021, 100: 56-56.

Authorised Patents

Xufeng. Xiao, Shuying Fan, Yuanfeng Hu, Haonan Zhou, Lintong Li. Application of Puerarin in Relieving Cadmium Stress in Plants and/or Improving Plant Yield, National Invention Patent ZL202210335074.5.