Prof. Tianzhen Zhang (张天真教授 团队带头人)

Date: 2015-03-28

      Name:(ZhangTianzhen张天真):

    Gender: Male

    Date of Birth: July 29, 1962

    Place of BirthZhejiang Province,  China                

    Home Address:

   Tongweilu 6#,Nanjing210095, Jiangsu province,  China    

    Business Address:

   Weigang 1#, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu  province,  China    

   Work Phone: 025-84395307

    E-mail:cotton@njau.edu.cn

Education

03.1987 -12.1990:NanjingAgricultural University

                             Ph. Dmajoring in Genetics & Crop Breeding

Thesis Topic:“Studies on two subjects related to utilization of heterosis in  Upland cotton (G. hirsutum)”.

Research Focus:Genetic identification of virescent mutants and their roles in genetic markering of male sterility and Cytological observations of pollen abortion of male-sterile lines in Upland cotton

09.1982 -09.1986: Nanjing Agricultural University

                             Mastermajoring in Genetics & Crop Breeding

Thesis Topic:“Genetic identification of three new virescent mutants in Upland cotton”.

Research Focus:V18, v19 and v20 three virescent mutant genes were identified in Upland cotton.

10.1978 -09.1982:ZhejiangAgricultural University

Bachelor majoring in Genetics & Crop Breeding

Work Experience

03.2001-present: NanjingAgricultural University

                               Nanjing

Professorand Supervisor of Ph.D graduate

                             Education and academic activities in CottonGenetics & Genomics and Breeding

09.1999-03.2000USDA ARS, Crop Germplasm Research Unit

College Station, TX 77845,     USA    

Visiting scholar in cotton genomics

12.1994-09.1999NanjingAgricultural University

                                Nanjing

Professorand Supervisor of Ph.D graduate

                               Education and academic activities in CottonGenetics & Genomics and Breeding

09.1993-11.1994:NanjingAgricultural University

                                Nanjing

Associate Professor

                               Education and academic activities in CottonGenetics & Genomics and Breeding

08.1992 -09.1993RuhrUniversity Bochum

Bochum,     Germany    

Postdoctoral Fellow

Agriculture Biotechnology supported by EU Marie-Curie Fellowship

03.1991 -09.1992:NanjingAgricultural University

                                Nanjing

Lecturer

                               Education and academic activities in CottonGenetics and Breeding

03.1987 -03.1991NanjingAgricultural University

                                Nanjing

Lecturer at the same timeas aPh. D graduate in NAU

                               Education and academic activities in CottonGenetics and Breeding

09.1982 -08.1983:  Shangkang/Jinhua Agricultural Extension Station

                               Shangkang,Jinhua,Zhejiang Province,     China    

Technician

Agricultural Extension


Awards and Group Memberships

Chair of Int. Cotton Genome Initiate


Publications


2016

1. Dan Ma*, Yan Hu*, Changqing Yang*, Bingliang Liu, Lei Fang, Qun Wan, Wenhua Liang, Gaofu Mei, Lingjian Wang, Haiping Wang, Linyun Ding, Chenguang Dong, Mengqiao Pan, Jiedan Chen, Sen Wang, Shuqi Chen, Caiping Cai, Xiefei Zhu, Xueying Guan, Baoliang Zhou, Shuijin Zhu, Jiawei Wang, Wangzhen Guo, Xiaoya Chen & Tianzhen Zhang. Genetic basis for glandular trichome formation in cotton. Nature Communications 2016, 7:10456

2. Qun Wan*, Xueying Guan*, Nannan Yang, Huaitong Wu, Mengqiao Pan, Bingliang Liu, Lei Fang,Shouping Yang, Yan Hu, Wenxue Ye, Hua Zhang, Peiyong Ma, Jiedan Chen, Qiong Wang, Gaofu Mei,Caiping Cai, Donglei Yang, Jiawei Wang, Wangzhen Guo, Wenhua Zhang, Xiaoya Chen and Tianzhen Zhang. Small Interfering RNAs from Bidirectional Transcripts of GhMML3_A12 Regulate Cotton Fiber Development. New Phytologist 2016, doi:10.1111/nph.13860

3. Zhang Zhiyuan, Jun Zhao, Lingyun Ding, Li-Fang Zou, Yu-Rong Li, Gong-You Chen, Tianzhen Zhang. Constitutive expression of a novel antimicrobial protein, Hcm1, confers resistance to both Verticillium and Fusarium wilts in cotton. Scienctic Reports, 2016, 6:20773, DOI: 10.1038/srep20773

4. Shuwen  Zhang , Liuchun  Feng, Luting  Xing, Biao  Yang , Xiang  Gao , Xiefei  Zhu , Tianzhen Zhang and Baoliang Zhou. New QTLs for lint percentage and boll weight mined in introgression lines from two feral landraces into Gossypium hirsutum acc TM-1. Plant Breed, 2016, 135, 90–101



2015

1.  Jun Zhao, Zhiyuan Zhang, Yulong Gao, Lei Zhou,Lei Fang, Xiangdong Chen, Zhiyuan Ning, Tianzi Chen, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Overexpression of GbRLK, a pupative receptor-like kinase gene, improved cotton tolerence to Verticillium wilt. Scientific Reports 2015, 5: 15408

2. Zhang TZ*, Hu Y*, Jiang WK*, Fang L*, Guan XY*, Chen JD*, Zhang JB, Saski C, Scheffler BE, Stelly DM, Hulse-Kemp AM, Wan Q, Liu BL, Liu CX, Wang S, Pan MQ, Wang YK, Wang DW, Ye WX, Chang LJ, Zhang WP, Song QX, Kirkbride R, Chen XY, Dennis E, Llewellyn DJ, Peterson DG, Thaxton P, Jones DC, Wang Q, Xu XY, Zhang H, Wu HT, Zhou L, Mei GF, Chen SQ, Tian Y, Xiang D, Li XH, Ding J, Zuo QY, Tao LN, Liu YC, Li J, Lin Y, Hui YY, Cao ZS, Cai CP, Zhu XF, Jiang Z, Zhou BL, Guo WZ*, Li RQ*, Chen ZJ*.Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fibre improvement. Nature Biotechnology 2015, 33: 531-537 DOI:10.1038/nbt.3207.

3. Wang Sen*Jiedan Chen*, Wenpan Zhang, Yan HuLijing ChangLei Fang, Qun Wan, Qiong Wang, Wenhua Liang, Gaofu Mei, Mengqiao Pan, Shuqi ChenCaiping Cai, Xiefei Zhu, Baoliang Zhou, Wangzhen Guo, and Tianzhen ZhangStructure variations and evolution of allopolyploidy cotton genomesGenome Biology 2015, 16:108; DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0678-1

4. Wang Qiong*, Lei Fang*, Jiedan Chen, Yan Hu, Zhanfeng Si, Sen Wang, Lijing ChangWangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Genome-Wide Mining, Characterization and Development of Microsatellites Marker in Gossypium Species. Scientific Reports 2015, 5:10638 

5. Wang Yangkun, Zhiyuan Ning, Yan Hu, Jiedan Chen, Rui Zhao, Hong Chen, Nijiang Ai, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Molecular Mapping of Restriction-site Associated DNA Markers in Allotetraploid Upland Cotton. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(4):e0124781. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124781

6. Liu BL, YC Zhu;,Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. R3-MYB Gene GhCPC Negatively Regulates the Fiber Development. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(2):e0116272. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.011627

7. Guizhen Liu, Hongxian Mei, Sen Wang, Xinghe Li, Xiefei Zhu, Tianzhen Zhang. Association Mapping of Seed Oil and Protein Contents in Upland Cotton. Euphytica, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s10681-015-1450-z

8.  Xia Liu*, Bo Zhao*, Hua-Jun Zheng*, Yan Hu*, Gang Lu, Chang-Qing Yang, Jiedan Chen, Jun-Jian Chen, Dian-Yang Chen, Liang Zhang, Yan Zhou, Ling-Jian Wang, Wang-Zhen Guo, YuLin Bai, JuXin Ruan, Xiao-Xia Shangguan, YingBo Mao, ChunMin Shan, Jian-Ping Jiang, Yongqiang Zhu, Lei Jin, Hui Kang, Shu-Ting Chen, XuLin He, Rui Wang, Yuezhu Wang, Jie Chen, Lijun Wang, Shu-Ting Yu, Bi-Yun Wang, Jia Wei, Si-Chao Song, Xinyan Lu, Zhengchao Gao, Wenyi Gu, Xiao Deng, Dan Ma, Sen Wang, Wenhua Liang, Lei Fang, Cai-Ping Cai, Xie-Fei Zhu, Bao-Liang Zhou, Z. Jeffrey Chen, Shu-Hua Xu, Yu-Gao Zhang, Sheng-Yue Wang, Tian-Zhen Zhang, Guo-Ping Zhao, Xiao-Ya Chen. Gossypium barbadense genome sequence provides insight into the evolution of extra-long staple fiber and specialized metabolites. Scientific reports 2015, 5: 14139.

9. Wenhua Liang, Lei Fang, Dan Xiang, Yan Hu, Hao Feng, Lijing Chang, Tianzhen Zhang. Transcriptome Analysis of Short Fiber Mutant Ligon lintless-1 (Li1) Reveals Critical Genes and Key Pathways in Cotton Fiber Elongation and Leaf Development. PLoS ONE 2015, 10: e0143503.




Previours:

  1. Shan Chun-Min, Xiao-Xia Shangguan, Bo Zhao, Xiu-Fang Zhang, Lumen Chao, Xue-Ying Guan, Z. Jeffrey Chen, Chang-Qing Yang, Ling-Jian Wang, Hua-Yu Zhu, Yan-Da, Zeng, Wang-Zhen Guo, Bao-Liang Zhou, Jonathan F. Wendel,Tian-Zhen Zhangand Xiao-Ya Chen. Control of cotton fiber elongation by a homeodomain transcription factor, GhHOX3.Nature Communications, 2014,5:5519 DOI:10.1038/ncomms6519

  2. Zhang Wenpan, Yujie Cao, Kai Wang, Ting Zhao, Jiedan Chen, Mengqiao Pan, Qiong Wang, Shouli Feng, Wangzhen Guo, Baoliang Zhou,Tianzhen Zhang. Identification of centromeric regions on the linkage map of cotton using centromere-related repeats.Genomics, 2014

  3. Fang Lei, Ruiping Tian, Xinghe Li, Jiedan Chen, Sen Wang, Peng Wang, andTianzhen Zhang. Cotton fiber elongation network revealed by expression profiling of longer fiber lines introgressed with different Gossypium barbadense chromosome segments.BMC Genomics, 2014, 2014, 15:838, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-838

  4. Wang C, YD Lv, WT Xu,TZ Zhang, WZ Guo. Aberrant phenotype and transcriptome expression during fiber cell wall thickening caused by the mutation of the Im gene in immature fiber (im) mutant inGossypium.BMC Genomics, 2014,15:94

  5. Wan Qun, Hua Zhang, Wenxue Ye, Huaitong Wu andTianzhen Zhang. Genome-wide transcriptome profiling of fuzz initial development inGossypium hirsutum. L.PLoS ONE, 2014,9(5):e97313. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097313

  6. Fang Lei, Ruiping Tian, Jiedan Chen, Sen Wang, Xinghe Li, Peng Wang, andTianzhen Zhang. Transcriptomic Analysis of Fiber Strength in Upland Cotton Chromosome Introgression Lines Carrying DifferentGossypium barbadenseChromosomal Segments.PLoS ONE, 2014, 9(4):e94642.  doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0094642

  7. Cao Zhibin,Peng Wang,Hong Chen, Xiefei Zhu,Tianzhen Zhang. Microsatellite-assisted improvement of fiber qualities inGossypium hirsutumusingG. barbadenseintrogressed lines.Theor Appl Genet, 2014,127:587–594

  8. Chen Yu, Yingying Wang; Kai Wang; Xiefei Zhu; Wangzhen Guo;Tianzhen Zhang, Baoliang Zhou. Construction of a complete set of alien chromosome addition lines from Gossypium australe inGossypium hirsutum: morphological, cytological, and genotypic characterization.Theor Appl Genet, 2014,127:11051121

  9. Cai CP, Ye WX,TZ Zhang, WZ Guo. Association analysis of fiber quality traits and exploration of elite alleles in Upland cotton cultivars/accessions (Gossypium hirsutum L.).J Integ Plant Biol,2014,56(1):51-62

  10. Ning Zhiyuan, Rui Zhao, Hong Chen, Jun Zhao, Hongxian Mei,Tianzhen Zhang. Molecular tagging of QTLs for fiber quality and yield in Acala-Prema in Upland cotton.Euphytica, 2014,195:143-156 (DOI: 10.1007/s10681-013-0990-3)

  11. Mei Hongxian, Nijiang Ai, Xin Zhang, Zhiyuan Ning,Tianzhen Zhang.QTLsConferring FOV 7 Resistance Detected by Linkage and Association Mapping in Upland Cotton.Euphytica, 2014,197:237–249

  12. Liu Renzhong, Ai Nijiang, Zhu Xinxia, Liu Fengju, Guo Wangzhen,Zhang Tianzhen. Genetic Analysis of Plant Height by Using Two Immortalized Populations of “CRI12 × J8891” inGossypium hirsutumL.Euphytica, 2014,196:51-61

  13. Saeed M, WZ Guo,TZ Zhang. Association mapping for salinity tolerance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL.) germplasm from US and diverse regions of     China     .Aus J Crop Sci, 2014, 8:3338-346

  14. Wajad Nazeer, Saghir Ahmad, Khalid Mahmood, Abdul Latif Tipu, Abid Mahmood, Baoliang Zhou. Introgression of genes for cotton leaf curl virus resistance and increased fiber strength fromGossypium stocksiiinto upland cotton (G. hirsutum).Genetics and Mol Res,2014,

  15. Wang Peng, Ning Zhiyuan, Lin Ling, Chen Hong, Mei Hongxian, Zhao Jun, Liu Bingliang, Zhang Xin, Guo Wangzhen,Zhang Tianzhen. Genetic dissection of tetraploid cotton resistance toVerticilliumwilt using inter-specific chromosome segment introgression lines.Crop J, 2014,2:278-28810.1016/j.cj.2014.06.007

  16. Zhao Jun, Yulong Gao, Zhiyuan Zhang, Tianzi Chen, Wangzhen Guo,Tianzhen Zhang.A receptor-like kinase gene (GbRLK) fromGossypium barbadenseenhances salinity and drought-stress tolerance inArabidopsis.BMC Plant Biol., 2013,13:110

  17. Mei Hongxian, XFZhu,Tianzhen Zhang.Favorable QTL Alleles for Yield and Its Components Identified by Association Mapping in Chinese Upland Cotton Cultivars. PLoS ONE, 2013,8:

  18. Wang Kai, Wenpan Zhang, and Tianzhen Zhang. Systematic application of DNA fiber-FISH technique in cotton. PLoS ONE, 2013,8(9): e75674

  19. Zhang Tianzhen, Neng Qin, Xiefei Zhu, Hong Chen, Sen Wang, Hongxian Mei, Yuanming Zhang. Variations and transmission of QTL alleles for yield and fiber qualities in Upland cotton cultivars developed in     China     . PLoS ONE, 2013,8(2):e57220. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057220

  20. Zhang Hua, Qun Wan, Yuanda Lv, Huaitong Wu, Wangzhen Guo andTianzhen Zhang. A genome-wide analysis of small RNA and novel microRNA expressed during the initial development of fibers and seeds in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). PLoS ONE, 2013,8(7): e69743

  21. Tao Tao, Liang Zhao, Yuanda Lv, Jiedan Chen, Yan Hu,Tianzhen Zhang, Baoliang Zhou*.Transcriptome Sequencing and Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Delayed Gland Morphogenesis in Gossypium australe during Seed Germination. PLoS ONE, 2013,8(9):

  22. Xian Guo, Yuping Guo, Jun Ma, Fang Wang, Mizhen Sun, Lijuan Gui, Jiajia Zhou, Xianliang Song, Xuezhen Sun,Tianzhen Zhang. Mapping heterotic loci for yield and agronomic traits using chromosome segment introgression lines in cotton. J Integ Plant Biol, 2013,55(8):759-774

  23. Zhou Lei, Jun Zhao, Wangzhen Guo andTianzhen Zhang. Functional analysis of autophagy genes via agrobacterium-mediated transformation in the vascular wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2013, 40:421-431 DOI information: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.04.006

  24. Ning Zhiyuan, Rui Zhao, Hong Chen, Nijiang Ai, Xin Zhang, Jun Zhao, Hongxian Mei, Peng Wang, Wangzhen Guo,Tianzhen Zhang. Molecular tagging of a major QTL for broad-spectrum resistance to Verticillium wilt in Prema in Upland cotton. Crop Sci, 2013,53(6): 2304-2312

  25. Lv Yuanda, Liang Zhao, Xiaoyang Xu, Lei Wang, Cheng Wang,Tianzhen Zhangand Wangzhen Guo. Characterization of expressed sequence tags from developing fibers ofGossypium barbadenseand evaluation of insertion-deletion variation in tetraploid cultivated cotton species. BMC Genomics, 2013,14:170

  26. Cai Caiping, Xiangchao Tong, Fengju Liu, Fenni Lv, Haihai Wang,Tianzhen Zhang, Wangzhen Guo. Discovery and identification of a novel Ligon lintless-like mutant (Lix) similar to the Ligon lintless (Li1) in allotetraploid cotton. Theor Appl Genet, 2013, 126:963–970

  27. Wang Cheng,Zhang Tianzhen, Guo Wangzhen. Theimmutant gene negatively affects many aspects of fiber quality traits and lint percentage in cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL.). Crop Sci, 2013,53(1): 27-37

  28. Andrew H. Paterson, Jonathan F. Wendel, Heidrun Gundlach, Hui Guo, Jerry Jenkins, Dianchuan Jin, Danny Llewellyn, Kurtis C. Showmaker, Shengqiang Shu, Joshua Udall, Mi-jeong Yoo, Robert Byers, Wei Chen, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Mary V. Duke, Lei Gong, Jane Grimwood, Corrinne Grover, Kara Grupp, Guanjing Hu, Tae-ho Lee, Jingping Li, Lifeng Lin, Tao Liu, Barry S. Marler, Justin T. Page, Alison W. Roberts, Elisson Romanel, William S. Sanders, Emmanuel Szadkowski, Xu Tan, Haibao Tang, Chunming Xu, Jinpeng Wang, Zining Wang, Dong Zhang, Lan Zhang, Hamid Ashfari, Frank Bedon, John E. Bowers, Curt L. Brubaker, Peng W. Chee, Sayan Das, Alan R. Gingle, Candace H. Haigler, David Harker, Lucia V. Hoffmann, Ran Hovav, Donald C. Jones, Cornelia Lemke, Shahid Mansoor, Mehboob ur Rahman, Lisa N. Rainville, Aditi Rambani, Umesh K. Reddy, Jun-kang Rong, Yehoshua Saranga, Brian E. Scheffler, Jodi A. Scheffler, David M. Stelly, Barbara A. Triplett, Allen Van Deynze, Maite F.S. Vaslin, Vijay N. Waghmare, Sally-Ann Walford, Robert J. Wright, Essam  A. Zaki,Tianzhen Zhang, Elizabeth S. Dennis, Klaus F. X. Mayer, Daniel G. Peterson, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Xiyin Wang, Jeremy Schmutz. Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibers. Nature, 2012, 492:423-427

  29. Jiang Yanjie, Wangzhen Guo, Huayu Zhu, Yong-Ling Ruan, andTianzhen Zhang. Overexpression ofGhSusA1increases plant biomass and improves cotton fiber yield and quality. Plant Biotech J, 2012, 10:301-312

  30. Chen Xiangdong, Wangzhen Guo, Bingliang Liu, Yuanming Zhang, Xianliang Song, Yu Cheng, Lili Zhang,Tianzhen Zhang. Molecular mechanisms for differential fiber qualities inG. barbadenseandG. hirsutumby integration of expression and genetic quantitative Trait Loci. PLoS one, 2012,7(1): e30056

  31. Wang P, YJ Zhu, XL Song, ZB Cao,YZ Ding, BL Liu, XF Zhu, S Wang, WZ Guo,TZ Zhang. Genetic dissection of long staple fiber qualities inGossypium barbadenseusing inter-specific chromosome segment introgression lines. Theor Appl Genet, 2012,124:1415-1428

  32. Wang K, WP Zhang, YJ Cao, ZX Zhang, DW Zheng, XW Niu, YJ Jiang, XD Chen, BL Zhou, WZ Guo, andTZ Zhang. Localization of high level of sequence conservation and divergence regions in cotton. Theor Appl Genet, 2012,124:1173-1182

  33. Liu Renzhong, Baohua Wang, Wangzhen Guo, Yongsheng Qin, Liguo Wang,Yuanming Zhang,Tianzhen Zhang. QTL mapping for yield and its components by using two immortalized populations of ‘CRI12×J8891’ inGossypium hirsutumL. Mol Breed, 2012, 29:297–311. DOI 10.1007/s11032-011-9547-0

  34. Zhao Liang, Yuanda Lv, Caiping Cai, Xiangchao Tong, Xiangdong Chen, Wei Zhang, Hao Du, Xiuhua GuoWangzhen Guo. Toward allotetraploid cotton genome assembly: integration of a high-density molecular genetic linkage map with DNA sequence information. BMC Genomics, 2012,13: 539 

  35. Han Xiaoyong, Xiaoyang Xu, David Fang,Tianzhen Zhang, Wangzhen Guo. Cloning and expression analysis of novel Aux/IAA family genes in Gossypium hirsutum. Gene, 2012503, 83-91.

  36. Zhu Huayu, Hong Lv, Liang Zhao, Xiangchao Tong, Biaoliang Zhou,Tianzhen Zhang, WZ Guo. Molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis of genes related to cotton fibers development from wild and domesticated cotton species inGossypium. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2012, 63:589–597

  37. Saeed M, AHA Dahab, WZ Guo,TZ Zhang. A cascade of recently discovered molecular mechanisms involved in abiotic stress tolerance of plants. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. 2012,16

  38. Zhang TZ, TZ Chen.Chapter 20: Cotton pistil drip transformation method. In Dunwell JM & AC Wettened. “Transgenic Plants Methods and Protocols”, Humana press, 2012, p237-243

  39. Zhang TZ, SJ Wu. Chapter 21: EnhancedAgrobacterium-mediated transformation of embryogenic calli of Upland cotton. In Dunwell JM & AC Wetten ed. “Transgenic Plants, Methods and Protocols”, Humana press, 2012, p245-253

  40. Liu Zhi, Zhen Zhu,Tianzhen Zhang. Development of transgenicCryIA(c)+GNAcotton plantsviapollen tube pathway method confers resistance toHelicoverpa armigeraandAphis gossypiiGlover.In Zhang BH ed. “Transgenic Cotton”,Humana press, 2012, p199-210

  41. Zhang Baolong, Wangzhen Guo, andTianzhen Zhang.Inheritance of transgenes in transgenic Bt lines resistance toHelicoerpa armigerain Upland cotton.In Zhang BH ed. “Transgenic Cotton”,Humana press, 2012, p165-178

  42. Huayu Zhu, Xiaoyong Han, Junhong Lv, Liang Zhao, Xiaoyang Xu, Tianzhen Zhang, Wangzhen Guo. Structure, expression differentiation and evolution of duplicated fiber developmental genes inGossypium barbadenseandG. hirsutum. BMC Plant Biology 2011, 11:40

  43. He Xiao-Hong, HongDe QIN, TianZhen Zhang, Yuan-Ming Zhang. Mapping Epistatic Quantitative Trait Loci in Four-Way Crosses. Theor Appl Genet, 2011,122:33-48

  44. Liu Renzhong, Baohua Wang, Wangzhen Guo, Liguo Wang, Tianzhen Zhang. Differential gene expression and associated QTL mapping for cotton yield based on a cDNA-AFLP transcriptome map in an immortalized F2. Theor Appl Genet,2011123:439-454 DOI 10.1007/s00122-011-1597-5

  45. Zhu Xinxia, Ainijiang, Yuanming Zhang, Wangzen Guo, Tian-Zhen Zhang. Relationships Between Differential Gene Expression and Heterosis in Cotton Hybrids Developed from the Foundation Parent CRI-12 and its Pedigree Derived Lines. Plant Sci.2011,180:221-227

  46. Muhammed Saeed, Wangzhen Guo, Ihsan Ullah, Nabila Tabbasam, Yusuf Zafar, Mehboob-ur-Rahman, Tianzhen Zhang. IDENTIFICATION AND QTL MAPPING OF A PLANT HEIGHT QTL ASSOCIATED WITH DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN COTTON. Elc. J Biothech, 2011,14,3 DOI: 10.2225/vol14-issue3-fulltext-3

  47. Hu Yan, Yamin Lu, Kai Wang, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Construction and use of a BAC library inG. arboretum.J Biomed Biotech , 2011,457137

  48. Chen XD, WZ Guo, TZ Zhang.Cotton Omics in     China     . Plant Omics, 2011,4:278-287

  49. Liu, K, Han, ML, Zhang, CJ, Yao, LY, Sun, J, Zhang, TZ. Comparative proteomic analysis reveals the mechanisms governing cotton fiber differentiation and initiation. JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS,2011,75: 845-856

  50. Wang Kai, Zaijie Yang, Changshen Shu, Jing Hu, Qiuyun Lin, Wenpan Zhang, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Variation of genome structure, and size between A12 and D12 homoeologous chromosomes in allotetraploid cotton. Chromosoma, 2010,119: 255-266

  51. Wang Hai-Hai, Ying Guo, Feng-Ni Lv, Hua-Yu Zhu, Shen-Jie Wu, Liang Zhao, Yan-Jie Jia, Fei-Fei Li, Wang-Zhen Guo, Tian-Zhen Zhang. TheGhPELgene, encoding a pectate lyase, plays an essential role in cell wall loosening by depolymerizing the de-esterified pectin during the fiber elongation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Plant Mol Biol,2010,72:397-406

  52. Zhang Dayong, Tianzhen Zhang, Wangzhen Guo. Effect of H2O2on Fiber Initiation Using Fiber Retardation Initiation Mutants in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) . J Plant Physiol, 2010,167:393-399 (doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.005

  53. Yang Luming, Huayu Zhu, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Molecular cloning and characterization of five genes encoding pentatricopeptide repeat proteins (PPR) from upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL.). Mol Biol Rep,2010,37:801-808

  54. Wang Li-Ke, XiaoWei Niu, YanHui Lv, Tian-Zhen Zhang, Wang-Zhen Guo. Molecular cloning and localization of a novel cotton annexin gene expressed preferentially during fiber development. Mol Biol Rep. 201037: 3327–3334

  55. Chen TZ, Zhang TZ. Pistil drip following pollination: a simple in planta Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in cotton. Biotech Letter, 201032547-555

  56. Song Xian-Liang, ZHANG Tian-Zhen. Molecular Mapping of QTLs Controlling Chlorophyll Content at Different Developmental Stages in Tetraploid Cotton. Plant Breed., 2010,129533-540

  57. Chen Hong, Qian Neng, Wangzhen Guo, Qingping Song, Baocheng Li, Fujun Deng, Cunguang Dong, Tianzhen Zhang. Using three selected overlapping RILs to fine-map the yield component QTL on chro.24 in Upland cotton. Euphytica, 2010,176:321-329

  58. Gui Yijie; Yan Zhou; Yu Wang; Sheng Wang; Shengyue Wang; Yan Hu; Shiping Bo; Huan Chen; Changping Zhou; Naixun Ma; Tianzhen Zhang. Insights into the bamboo genome: Syntenic relationships to rice and sorghum. JIPB,2010,52:1008-1015

  59. Song Li, Wangzhen Guo,Tianzhen Zhang. Interaction of Novel Dobzhansky-Muller Type Genes for the Induction of Hybrid Lethality betweenG. hirsutumandG. barbadensecv. Coastland R4-4. Theor Appl Genet, 2009,119:33-41

  60. Chen Hong, Neng Qian, Wangzhen Guo, Qingping Song, Baocheng Li, Fujun Deng, Cunguang Dong, Tianzhen Zhang. Using three overlapped RILs to dissect genetically clustered QTL for fiber strength on chro.24 in Upland cotton. Theor Appl Genet, 2009,119: 605-612DOI 10.1007/s00122-009-1070-x

  61. Wang Peizheng,Li Su,Li Qin,Baomin Hu,Wangzhen Guo,Tianzhen Zhang. Identification and Molecular Mapping of a Fusarium Wilt Resistant Gene in Upland Cotton. Theor Appl Genet,2009,119: 733-739DOI 10.1007/s00122-009-1084-4

  62. Wang Kai, Zaijie Yang, Changshen Shu, Jing Hu, Qiuyun Lin, Wenpan Zhang, Wangzhen Guo, Tianzhen Zhang. Higher resolution and sensitivity pachytene fluorescence in situ hybridization protocol in tetraploid cotton. Chromosome Res. 2009, 17:1041–1050

  63. Zhu Huayu, Tianzhen Zhang, Luming Yang, Wangzhen Guo.EST-SSR Sequences Revealed the Relationship of D Genome in Diploid and Tetraploid Species inGossypium.Plant Sci,2009,176:397-405

  64. Meng Chaomin, Caiping Cai, Tianzhen Zhang, Wangzhen Guo. Characterization of six novel NAC genes and their responses to abiotic stresses inGossypium hirsutumL.Plant Sci,2009,176:352-259

  65. Song Xianliang, Tianzhen Zhang. Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Plant Architectural Traits in Cotton. Plant Sci,2009,177:317-323

  66. Li Fei-Fei,Wu Shen-Jie,Chen Tian-Zi,Zhang Jie, Wang Hai-Hai,Guo Wang-Zhen and Zhang Tian-Zhen.Agrobacterium-mediated co-transformationof multiple genes in Upland cotton.Plant, Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, 2009,97:225-235

  67. Li C.Q., D.Y. Zhang, W.Z. Guo, T.Z. Zhang. Fiber initiation development in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL.) cultivars varied in lint percentage. Euphytica,2009,165:223-230

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