Zhang Yan

Associate Professor.

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

Tel: 13669265842

Email: zhangyan2014@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Education

M.S-D.S., 2009-2014, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, majored in Vegetable

B.S., 2005-2009, College of Horticulture, Shandong Agricultural University, majored in Protected Agriculture Science and Engineering

Work Experience

2019-Presetmt, Associate Professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

2014-2018, Lecturer, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

Research Interests

Regulatory mechanism of tomato flower and fruit development

Courses

General Cultivation Science of Horticultural Crop

Introduction to Horticulture Plant Cultivation

Introduction to Vegetable Cultivation Facilities

Training for Horticulture skills II

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 31601770, 2017-2019, PI.

National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2016YFD0100204-30, 2016-2020, PI.

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016M602878, 2017-2018, PI.

Basic Research Projects of Natural Science of Shaanxi Province (Key Program), 2021JZ-13, 2021-2023, PI.

Basic Research Projects of Natural Science of Shaanxi Province (Youth Program), 2018JQ3063, 2018-2019, PI.

Science and Technology Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province, 2015NY098, 2015-2016, PI.

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2452015024, 2015-2017, PI.

Special Supporting Funds of Shaanxi Province, 2018-2019, PI.

Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Northwest A&F University, Z109021504, 2015-2016, PI.

Selected Publications

1. Yang T, He Y, Niu S, Yan S, Zhang Y*. 2020. Identification and characterization of the  CONSTANS  ( CO )/CONSTANS-like ( COL ) genes related to photoperiodic signaling and flowering in tomato. Plant Science, 301: 110653.

2. Zhang Y, Zhang B, Yang T, Zhang J, Liu B, Zhan X, Liang Y*. 2020. The  GAMYB-like  gene  SlMYB33  mediates flowering and pollen development in tomato. Horticulture Research, 7: 133.

3. Muhammad T, Zhang J, Ma Y, Li Y, Zhang F, Zhang Y*, Liang Y*. 2019. Overexpression of a mitogen-activated protein kinase SlMAPK3 positively regulates tomato tolerance to cadmium and drought stress. Molecules, 24: 556.

4. Zhang Y, Li Y, Zhang J, Muhammad T, Liang Y. 2018. Decreased number of locules and pericarp cell layers underlie smaller and ovoid fruit in tomato  smaller fruit  ( sf ) mutant. Botany, 96: 883-895.

5. Li F, Song X, Wu L, Chen H, Liang Y*, Zhang Y*. 2018. Heredities on fruit color and pigment content between green and purple fruits in tomato. Scientia Horticulturae, 235: 391-396.

6. Zhang Y, Zhao G, Li Y, Zhang J, Shi M, Muhammad T, Liang Y. 2017. Transcriptome profiling of tomato uncovers an involvement of cytochrome P450s and peroxidases in stigma color formation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 897.

7. Zhang Y, Zhao G, Li Y, Mo N, Zhang J, Liang Y. 2017. Transcriptomic analysis implies that GA regulates sex expression via ethylene-dependent and ethylene-independent pathways in cucumber ( Cucumis sativus  L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:10.

8. Li Y, Qin L, Zhao J, Muhammad T, Cao H, Li H, Zhang Y*, Liang Y*. 2017.  SlMAPK3  enhances tolerance to tomato yellow leaf curlvirus (TYLCV) by regulating salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signaling in tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ). PLoS One, 12: e0172466.

9. Zhao G, Qin L, Muhammad T, Zhang Y, Zhang Y*, Liang Y*. 2017. Inheritance and phenotypic analysis of  yellow stigma  ( ys ) mutant of tomato. Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 44: 2109-2116.

10. Zhang Y, Zhang X, Liu X, Liu B, Yang S, Chen C, Liu X, Ren H. 2014. A  GAMYB  homolog  CsGAMYB1  regulates sex expression of cucumber via an ethylene-independent pathway. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65: 3201-3213.

11. Zhang Y, Liu B, Yang S, An J, Chen C, Zhang X, Ren H. 2014. A cucumber  DELLA  homolog  CsGAIP  may inhibit staminate development through transcriptional repression of B class floral homeotic genes. PLoS One, 9: e91804.

Tomato Varieties Bred

1. New tomato variety "Xi nong 209," Crop Variety Approval Committee of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Kam vegetable No. 2015009, first accomplisher, 2016.

2. New tomato variety "Xi nong 186," Crop Variety Approval Committee of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Kam vegetable No. 2015010, third accomplisher, 2016.

3. New tomato variety "Xi nong 2015," Crop Variety Approval Committee of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Kam vegetable No. 2014003, third accomplisher, 2015.