Zhao Yaofei

Personal profile

Zhao Yaofei, male, born in 1989, doctor, associate professor, master supervisor.

Academic Education & Work Career

Academic Education

Work Career：

Main Research directions

1. Mechanism of interaction between pathogens and foxtail millet

2. Studies on gene function and molecular breeding of minor crops

Overview of Teaching and Research

Dr Zhao Yaofei is long engaged in the investigating mechanism of interaction between plant and pathogens. He presides over and participates in 7 high-level research projects including National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, and has published 10 papers in international and national academic journals, 9 of which have been included by SCI.

In terms of teaching, Dr Zhao is responsible for teaching specialized courses of graduate and undergraduate students including “Plant Physiology”, “Advances in Plant Science and Technology” and “Scientific Writing, Research Ethics and Academic Norm”.

Teaching and Research Projects

1. Discovering genes regulating the resistance to Sclerospora graminicola based on the mutants of the elite variety Jingu21 in foxtail millet and the preliminary study on the related mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth), Preside over.

2. Discovering and function analysis of genes regulating the resistance to Sclerospora graminicola based on the mutants of the elite variety Jingu21 in foxtail millet, Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (General Program), Preside over.

3. Function analysis of receptor like cytoplasmic kinases related to disease resistance in foxtail millet, Excellent Doctor work award program of Shanxi Province, Preside over.

4. Preliminary study on the functions of folates in resistance to Sclerospora graminicola in foxtail millet, Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi, Preside over.

5. Studies on the mechanism of resistance to Sclerospora graminicola in foxtail millet, Science and technology innovation fund project of Shanxi Agricultural University, Preside over.

6. Studies on the mechanism of diseases resistance in foxtail millet, the Distinguished and Excellent Young Scholar Cultivation Project of Shanxi Agricultural University, Preside over.

7. Analysis of genetic basis of germplasm resources of minor crops, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Participation.

Presentative papers

1. RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 902 associates with and phosphorylates BRASSINOSTEROID-SIGNALING KINASE1 to regulate plant immunity. Mol. Plant 2019; 12，59-70. (SCI, IF:21.949)

2. BRASSINOSTEROID-SIGNALING KINASE1 phosphorylates MAPKKK5 to regulate immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 2018; 176, 2991-3002. (SCI)

3. The Responses of the Lipoxygenase Gene Family to Salt and Drought Stress in Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica). Life (Basel). 2021;11(11):1169.（SCI）

4. Uncovering the mechanism of anthocyanin accumulation in a purple-leaved variety of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) by transcriptome analysis. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e14099. (SCI)

5. Sclerospora graminicola Suppresses Plant Defense Responses by Disrupting Chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Photosynthesis in Foxtail Millet. Front Plant Sci. 2022; 13:928040 (SCI)

6. Heterologous Expression of SiFBP, a Folate-Binding Protein from Foxtail Millet, Confers Increased Folate Content and Altered Amino Acid Profiles with Nutritional Potential to Arabidopsis. J Agric Food Chem. 2022;70(20):6272-6284. (SCI)

7. Exogenous salicylic acid enhanced resistance of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) to Sclerospora graminicola. Plant Growth Regul 2023, 99, 35–44. (SCI)

8. ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE4 associates with CLATHRIN HEAVY CHAIN2 and modulates plant immunity by regulating relocation of EDR1 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2015; 27, 857-873. (SCI)

9. A truncated NLR protein, TIR-NBS2, is required for activated defense responses in the exo70B1 mutant. PLoS Genet. 2015; 11, e1004945. (SCI)

10. Genome-wide identification of SNF1-related Kinase1 (SnRK1) genes in Setaria italica and analyzing its expression characteristics responding to sugar signal and abiotic stress. Plant Physiology Journal，2022, 58 (11): 2191–2208. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Contact information

Address：College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, No.1 Mingxian Road, Taigu, Jinzhong, Shanxi, China

Postcode：030801

Email： zhao_yf@163.com；yfzhao@sxau.edu.cn