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Assistant Professor
Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research &
Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland, College Park
9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Tel: 240-314-6480; Fax: 240-314-6255
E-mail: xiao@umd.edu
https://agnr.umd.edu/about/directory/shunyuan-xiao
Area of expertise: Broad-spectrum disease resistance; plant-fungal interaction; powdery mildew pathogenesis
Selected Publications:
Liu, J., Liu, M., Tan, L., Huai, B., Ma, X., Pan, Q., Zheng, P., Wen, Y., Zhang, Q., Zhao, Q., Kang, Z., and Xiao, S. (2021). AtSTP8, an endoplasmic reticulum-localised monosaccharide transporter from Arabidopsis, is recruited to the extrahaustorial membrane during powdery mildew infection. New Phytol. (DOI: 10.1111/nph.17347)
Zhao, Z.X., Feng, Q., Liu, P.Q., He, X.R., Zhao, J.H., Xu, Y.J., Zhang, L.L., Huang, Y.Y., Zhao, J.Q., Fan, J., Li, Y., Xiao, S., and Wang, W.M. (2021). RPW8.1 enhances the ethylene-signaling pathway to feedback-attenuate its mediated cell death and disease resistance in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 229: 516–531.
Zheng, X., Zhu, K., Sun, Q., Zhang, W., Wang, X., Cao, H., Tan, M., Xie, Z., Zeng, Y., Ye, J., Chai, L., Xu, Q., Pan, Z., Xiao, S., Fraser, P.D., and Deng, X. (2019). Natural variation in CCD4 promoter underpins species-specific evolution of red coloration in citrus peel. Mol. Plant 12: 1294–1307.
Zhang, Q., Berkey, R., Blakeslee, J.J., Lin, J., Ma, X., King, H., Liddle, A., Guo, L., Munnik, T., Wang, X., and Xiao, S. (2018). Arabidopsis phospholipase Dalpha1 and Ddelta oppositely modulate EDS1- and SA-independent basal resistance against adapted powdery mildew. J. Exp. Bot. 69: 3675–3688.
Berkey, R., Zhang, Y., Ma, X., King, H., Zhang, Q., Wang, W., and Xiao, S. (2017). Homologues of the RPW8 resistance protein are localized to the extrahaustorial membrane that is likely synthesized de novo. Plant Physiol. 173: 600–613.
Ma, X., Wang, W., Bittner, F., Schmidt, N., Berkey, R., Zhang, L., King, H., Zhang, Y., Feng, J., Wen, Y., Tan, L., Li, Y., Zhang, Q., Deng, Z., Xiong, X., and Xiao, S. (2016). Dual and opposing roles of xanthine dehydrogenase in defense-associated reactive oxygen species metabolism in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 28: 1108–1126.
Wang, W., Zhang, Y., Wen, Y., Berkey, R., Ma, X., Pan, Z., Bendigeri, D., King, H., Zhang, Q., and Xiao, S. (2013). A comprehensive mutational analysis of the Arabidopsis resistance protein RPW8.2 reveals key amino acids for defense activation and protein targeting. Plant Cell 25: 4242–4261.
Wang, W.M., Ma, X.F., Zhang, Y., Luo, M.C., Wang, G.L., Bellizzi, M., Xiong, X.Y., and Xiao, S.Y. (2012). PAPP2C interacts with the atypical disease resistance protein RPW8.2 and negatively regulates salicylic acid-dependent defense responses in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 5:1125–1137.
Wang, W., Wen, Y., Berkey, R., and Xiao, S. (2009). Specific targeting of the Arabidopsis resistance protein RPW8.2 to the interfacial membrane encasing the fungal Haustorium renders broad-spectrum resistance to powdery mildew. Plant Cell 21: 2898–2913.
Wang, W., Yang, X., Tangchaiburana, S., Ndeh, R., Markham, J.E., Tsegaye, Y., Dunn, T.M., Wang, G.L., Bellizzi, M., Parsons, J.F., Morrissey, D., Bravo, J.E., Lynch, D.V., and Xiao, S. (2008). An inositolphosphorylceramide synthase is involved in regulation of plant programmed cell death associated with defense in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20: 3163–3179.
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