Ms. Xia Zheng

Associate Professor

Institute of Bast Fiber Crops (IBFC)

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Address: No.348, West Xianjiahu Rd., Changsha 410205, Hunan  province, P.R. China

Phone: +86-731-88998578

Fax:  +86-731-88998504

E-mail: zhengxia@caas.cn

Website: www.ippcaas.cn

Education Background:

Ph.D. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, 2008

M. S. (Crop Genetics and Breeding)

Henan Agricultural University, China, 2003

B. S. (Agronomy)

Henan Agricultural University, China, 2000

Research Interest:

1) Cultivation and utilization of high-protein forage in South China.

2) The mechanism of legume plant, such as alfalfa and barrel medic response to high temperature, waterlogging and other adverse environmental stresses.

3) Plant-microbe interaction, focus on the effect of water stress on rhizobium and other rhizosphere microorganisms of alfalfa and Medicago truncatula.

Selected Publications:

Zhenping Hou^#, Xia Zheng^#, Xuelei Zhang, Li Yan, Qing Chen, Duanqin Wu. Dynamic profiles of fermentation quality and microbial community of Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) ensiled with sucrose. Agronomy. 2022, 12, 1853.

Zhenping Hou, Xia Zheng, Xuelei Zhang, Qing Chen, Duanqin Wu. Effects of urea supplementation on the nutritional quality and microbial community of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) silage.Archives of Microbiology. 2022, 204:414.

Xia Zheng^#, Shouwei Tang^#, Siyuan Zhu, Qiuzhong Dai, Touming Liu. Identification of an NAC Transcription Factor Family by Deep Transcriptome Sequencing in Onion (Allium cepa L.). PLOS ONE. 2016, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0157871.

Xia Zheng, Siyuan Zhu,Shouwei Tang, Touming Liu. Identification of drought, cadmium and root-lesion nematode infection stress-responsive transcription factors in ramie. Open Life Sci. 2016; 11: 191–199.