Qinggang Zhu

Associate Professor

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Rd.

Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100

Email:qinggangzhu@nwafu.edu.cn

Education

Ph.D in pomology from Zhejiang University, 2014.09-1018.03

M.S. in pomology from Northwest A&F University, 2009.09-2012.06

B.S. in horticulture from Northwest A&F University, 2005.09-2009.06

Professional Experience

2020.06-Present, Associate Professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

2018.05-2020.05, Post-doctor, Fruit Science Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Research Interests

1) Fruit postharvest biology and technology

2) Plant hormones and their interactions

Research Programs

1) Mechanisms of the interaction of ethylene and ABA on the softening of postharvest persimmon fruit. Start-up Funds of Northwest A&F University to Qinggang Zhu

2) Molecular mechanism of ABA metabolism and its regulation during persimmon fruit post-deastringency softening. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.32002097)

Course

Postharvest Physiology

Selected Publications

1. Sumei Kou, Rong Jin, Yingying Wu, Jingwen Huang, Qiuyun Zhang, Ningjing Sun, Yong Yang, Changfei Guan, Wenqiu Wang, Changqing Zhu, Qinggang Zhu*, Xueren Yin*. 2021. Transcriptome analysis revealed the roles of carbohydrate metabolism on differential acetaldehyde production capacity in persimmon fruit in response to high-CO₂ treatment. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69: 836-845.

2. Wei Wu, Miaomiao Wang, Hui Gong, Xiaofen Liu, Dalong Guo, Ningjing Sun, Jing-wen Huang, Qinggang Zhu, Kunsong Chen, Xueren Yin*. High CO₂/hypoxia-induced softening of persimmon fruit is modulated by DkERF8/16 and DkNAC9 complexes. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71: 2690-2700.

3. Qinggang Zhu^#, Yang Xu^#, Yong Yang, Changfei Guan, Qiuyun Zhang, Jingwen Huang, Don Grierson, Kunsong Chen, Bangchu Gong*, Xueren Yin*. 2019. The persimmon ( Diospyros oleifera  Cheng) genome provides new insights into the inheritance of astringency and ancestrasl evolution. Horticulture Research, 6: 138.

4. Qinggang Zhu^#, Ziyuan Gong^#, Jingwen Huang, Donald Grierson, Kunsong Chen, Xueren Yin*. 2019. High-CO₂/hypoxia-responsive transcription factors DkERF24 and DkWRKY1 interact and activate  DkPDC2  promoter. Plant Physiology, 180:621-633.

5. Qinggang Zhu, Ziyuan Gong, Miaomiao Wang, Xian Li, Donald Griersion, Xueren Yin*, Kunsong Chen. 2018. A transcription factor network responsive to high CO₂/hypoxia is involved in deastringency in persimmon fruit. Journal of Experimental Botany. 8: 2061-2070

6. Qinggang Zhu, Miaomiao Wang, Ziyuan Gong, Fang Fang, Ningjing Sun, Xian Li, Donald Grierson, Xueren Yin*, Kunsong Chen. 2016. Involvement of DkTGA1 transcription factor in anaerobic response leading to persimmon fruit postharvest de-astringency. PLOS ONE,11(5):e0155916.

7. Qinggang Zhu^#, Zhengke Zhang^#, Jingping Rao, Donald J. Huber, Jingyi Lv, Yali Hou, Kanghua Song. 2013. Identification of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes ( XTHs ) and their expression in persimmon fruit as influenced by 1-methylcyclopropene and gibberelic acid during storage at ambient temperature. Food Chemistry, 138:471-477.

8. Rong Jin^#, Qinggang Zhu^#, Xinyue Shen, Miaomiao Wang, Wajeeha Jamil, Donald Grierson, Xueren Yin*, Kunsong Chen. 2018. DkNAC7, a novel high-CO₂/hypoxia-induced NAC transcription factor, regulates persimmon fruit de-astringency. PLoS ONE, 13: e0194326.

9. Miaomiao Wang, Qinggang Zhu, Chuli Deng, Zhengrong Luo, Ningjing Sun, Donald Grierson, Xueren Yin*, Kunsong Chen. 2017. Hypoxia-responsive ERFs involved in postdeastringency softening of persimmon fruit. Plant Biotechnology Jouranl, 15: 1409-1419.

10. Zhengke Zhang, Qinggang Zhu, Meijiao Hu, Zhaoyin Gao, Feng An, Min Li*, Yueming Jiang. 2017. Low-temperature conditioning induces chilling tolerance in stored mango fruit. Food Chemistry, 219: 76-84.

11. Fang Fang, Miaomiao Wang, Qinggang Zhu, Ting Min, Donald Grierson, Xueren Yin*, Kunsong Chen. 2016. DkMYB6 is involved in persimmon fruit deastringency, via transcriptional activation on both DkPDC and DkERF. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 111: 161-167.

12. Qinggang Zhu, Jingping Rao*, Hongyan Tian, Ye Han. 2012. Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and propylene on expression of XTH genes in persimmon fruits. Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 39: 1278-1284.