Li Pengmin

Ph.D. and Professor

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

E-mail: Lipm@nwsuaf.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2006 Plant Physiology, Shandong Agricultural University, PRC

B.S. 2002 Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, PRC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

April 2010-present. Professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, PRC. Worked on flavonoids in Malus.

April 2007-March 2010. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, USA. Worked on fruit peel stress physiology, and primary and secondary metabolism of fruit and leaves.

September 2002 - December 2006, MS/Ph.D, State Key Lab of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, PRC. Worked on photosynthesis and plant stress physiology.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Flavonoids especially dihydrochalcone and flavonol, metabolism and biofunction in Malus

Bioactivity of flavonoids of Malus

Molecular breeding of Malus focusing on flavonoids

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Wang Y, Yauk Y-K, Zhao Q, Hamiaux C, Xiao Z, Gunaseelan K, Zhang L, Tomes S, López-Girona E, Cooney J, Li H, Chagné D, Ma F, Li P*, Atkinson RG (2020) Biosynthesis of the dihydrochalcone sweetener trilobatin requires phloretin glycosyltransferase 2. Plant Physiology, 184, 738-752

2. Wang J, Yang R, Xiao Z, Xu Q, Li P*, Ma F (2020) Dihydrochalcones in Malus inhibit bacterial growth by reducing cell membrane integrity. Food & Function, 11, 6517-6527

3. Xiao Z, Wang Y, Wang J, Xu Q, Li P*, Ma F (2019) Structure-antioxidant capacity relationship of dihydrochalcone compounds in Malus. Food Chemistry, 275, 354-360

4. Xiao Z, Zhang Y, Chen X, Wang Y, Chen W, Xu Q, Li P*, Ma F (2017) Extraction, identification, and antioxidant and anticancer tests of seven dihydrochalcones from Malus 'Red Splendor' fruit. Food Chemistry, 231, 34-331

5. Zhang M, Zhang G, You Y, Yang C*, Li P*, Ma F (2016) Effects of relative air humidity on the phenolic compounds contents and coloration in the 'Fuji' apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) peel. Scientia Horticulturae, 201, 18-23

6. Zhang J, Niu J, Duan Y, Zhang M, Liu J, Li P*, Ma F (2015) Photoprotection mechanism in the ‘Fuji’ apple peel at different levels of photooxidative sunburn. Physiologia Plantarum, 154, 54-65

7. Bi X, Zhang J, Chen C, Zhang D, Li P*, Ma, F (2014) Anthocyanin contributes more to hydrogen peroxide scavenging than other phenolics in apple peel. Food Chemistry, 152, 205-209

8. Zhang J, Chen C, Zhang D, Li H, Li P*, Ma, F (2014) Reactive oxygen species produced via plasma membrane NADPH oxidase regulate anthocyanin synthesis in apple peel. Planta, 240, 1023-1035

9. Li P, Zhang Y, Einhorn TC, Cheng L (2014) Comparison of phenolic metabolism and primary metabolism between green 'Anjou' pear and its bud mutation, red 'Anjou'. Physiologia Plantarum, 150, 339-354

10. Li P, Ma F, Cheng L (2013) Primary and secondary metabolism in the sun-exposed peel and the shaded peel of apple fruit. Physiologia Plantarum, 148, 9-24

11. Chen C, Li H, Zhang D, Li P*, Ma F (2013) The role of anthocyanin in photoprotection and its relationship between the xanthophyll cycle and the antioxidant system in apple peel depends on light conditions. Physiologia Plantarum, 149, 354-366

12. Chen C, Zhang D, Li P*, Ma F (2012) Partitioning of absorbed light energy differed between the sun-exposed side and the shaded side of apple fruits under high light conditions. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 60, 12-17

13. Chen C, Zhang D, Wang Y, Li P*, Ma F (2012) Effects of fruit bagging on the contents of phenolic compounds in the peel and flesh of ‘Golden Delicious’, ‘Red Delicious’, and ‘Royal Gala’ apples. Scientia Horticulturae, 142, 68-73