Hu Xiaohui
Professor
College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University
3 Taicheng Road,
Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Tel: 029- 87082613(Office)
E- mail: hxh1977@ 163.com
Education:
l 2003-2006 Ph.D. Vegetable Science, Nanjing Agriculture University
l 2000-2003 M.S. Vegetable Science, Northeast Agriculture University
Work Experience:
l 2006-Present: Professor – Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
l 2012-2013: Visiting Scholar – College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, USA
l 2009-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow – Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Research Interests:
1. Anti-abiotic stress mechanism of protected crops and its technical application
2. Quality and efficient production technology of protected vegetable
3. Technology of soilless culture
4. Control and automation management in greenhouse environment
Courses:
Soilless Culture, Protected Vegetable Cultivation and Comprehensive Practice Teaching I (undergraduate courses)
Advanced Protected Agricultural Environmental Engineering (graduate courses)
Academic Awards:
Pro. Hu has been awarded 2 first prizes of Shaanxi Provincial Sci-Tech Progress Award, 1 first prize of Shaanxi Provincial Sci-Tech Extension Award, 1 second prizes of Shaanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award.
Funding and Achievements:
US. Pro. Hu is now scientist of Shaanxi Provincial Vegetable Industry Technology System, and vice director of Yangling Protected Agriculture Society. She has directed more than 20 key projects such as National Key Technology R&D Program in the 13th Five–Year Plan of China, Subproject of National Key Technology Support Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Shaanxi Provincial Key Project, etc.
Selected Publications
1. Tao Liu, Xueling Ye, Meng Li, Jianming Li, Hongyan Qi*, Hu XH*. H2O2 and NO are involved in trehalose-regulated oxidative stress tolerance in cold-stressed tomato plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2020.171.103961
2. Jiwen Xu, Jianyu Yang, Zijian Xu, Dingkang Zhao, Xiaohui Hu*. Exogenous spermine-induced expression of SlSPMS gene improves salinity–alkalinity stress tolerance by regulating the antioxidant enzyme system and ion homeostasis in tomato. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 157,79–92.
3. Tao Liu, Xiaocong Jiao, Shichun Yang, Zhengda Zhang, Xueling Ye, Jianming Li, Hongyan Qi*, Xiaohui Hu*. Crosstalk between GABA and ALA to improve antioxidation and cell expansion of tomato seedling under cold stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 180, 104228.
4. Feng Qu, Jiao Zhang, Xueqiang Ma, Junzheng Wang, Zixing Gao, Xiaohui Hu*. Effects of different N, P, K and Ca levels on tomato yield, quality and fertiliser use efficiency. Plant, Soil and Environment, 66, 2020 (11): 569–575.
5. Liu T, Xu JJ, Li JM*, Hu XH*. NO is involved in JA- and H2O2- mediated ALA-induced oxidative stress tolerance at low temperatures in tomato. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2019,161:334–343.
6. Feng Qu, Jingjing Jiang, Jiwen Xu, Tao Liu, Xiaohui Hu*. Drip irrigation and fertilization improve yield, uptake of nitrogen, and water-nitrogen use efficiency in cucumbers grown in substrate bags. Plant, Soil and Environment, 2019 (6): 328–335.
7. Xiaoqing Jin, Tao Liu, Jiaojiao Xu, Zixing Gao, Xiaohui Hu*. Exogenous GABA enhances muskmelontolerance to salinity-alkalinity stress byregulating redox balance and chlorophyll biosynthesis. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19:48.
8. Tao Liu, Qingjie Du, Suzhi Li, Jianyu Yang, Xiaojing Li, Jiaojiao Xu, Pengxiang Chen, Jianming Li, Xiaohui Hu*. GSTU43 gene involved in ALA-regulated redox homeostasis, to maintain coordinated chlorophyll synthesis of tomato at low temperature. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19:323.
9. Jiaojiao Xu, Tao Liu, Shichun Yang, Xiaoqing Jin, Feng Qu, Na Huang, Xiaohui Hu*. Polyamines are involved in GABA-regulated salinity-alkalinity stress tolerance in muskmelon. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2019,164:181–189.
10. Liu T, Xu JJ, Zhang J, Li JM*, Hu XH*. Exogenous 5-aminolevulinic acid pretreatment ameliorates oxidative stress triggered by low temperature stress of Solanum lycopersicum . Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018, 40: 210.
11. Chen HW, Liu T, Xiang LX, Hu LP, Hu XH*. GABA Enhances Muskmelon Chloroplast Antioxidants to Defense Salinity-Alkalinity Stress. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2018,65,5: 674-679.
12. Zhen A, Zhang Z, Jin XQ, Liu T, Ren WQ, Hu XH*. Exogenous GABA application improves the NO3-N absorption and assimilation in Ca(NO3)2 treated muskmelon seedlings. Scientia Horticulturae, 2018, 227: 117-123.
13. Hu LP, Xiang LX, Li ST, Zou ZR, Hu XH*. Beneficial role of spermidine in chlorophyll metabolism and D1 protein content in tomato seedlings under salinity- alkalinity stress. Physiologia Plantarum, 2016, 156: 468- 477.
14. Hu XH*, Gao ZX, Ma YB, Xue JK, Xie ZL, Li X, Zhang LY, Wang JZ, Ma XQ, Qu F, Zhang J. Coupling scheme of water and fertilizer based on yield, quality, use efficiency of water and fertilizer in bag pepper growing. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 2020,36(17):81-89. EI
15. Hu XH*, Wang JZ, Peng TL, Yuan LQ. Effect of Bacillus methylotrophicus on Cucumber Acupoint Plate Seedling in Summer. Transactions of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, 2020, 51(9):284-293. EI
16. Ma XQ, Qu F, Wang JZ, Gao ZX, Hu XH*. Effects of molybdenum on yield and NPK absorption of muskmelon cultivated on substrate with B. methylotrophicus. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, 2020, 37(10): 1-12.
17. Zhang J, Qu F, Yang JJ, Hu XH*. Effect of substrate depth and substare bag arrangement on yield, quality and nutrient absorption of bag cultured tomato in Spring. Journal of China agricultural university, 2020, 25(08): 43-53.
18. Su CJ, Jiang Jj, Zhang DL, Zhang Z, Hu XH*. Regulating effect of environmental factors coupling on tomato growth and photosynthesis in greenhouse. Journal of Shenyang Agricultural University. 2020, 51(1):78-86
19. Jiang JJ. Qu F, Su CJ, Yang JF, Yu J, Hu XH*. Effects of Different Water and Fertilizer Coupling on Yield and Quality of Cucumber and Partial Factor Productivity of Fertilizer. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2019, 52(1):86-97.