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Director of State Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Crop Gene Resources in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University
211 HuiminRoad, Wenjiang District
Chengdu 611130, China
Tel.: +86-28-86290950
Fax: +86-28-86290948
E-mail: xwchen88@163.com
Area of expertise: Plant-biotic interactions; molecularplant-microbe interactions; crop disease resistance; resistance resource identification; molecular breeding
Selected Publications:
He, M., Su, J., Xu, Y., Chen, J., Chern, M., Lei, M., Qi, T., Wang, Z., Ryder, L.S., Tang, B., Osés-Ruiz, M., Zhu, K., Cao, Y., Yan, X., Eisermann, I., Luo, Y., Li, W., Wang, J., Yin, J., Lam, S.M., Peng, G., Sun, X., Zhu, X., Ma, B., Wang, J., Liu, J., Qing, H., Song, L., Wang, L., Hou, Q., Qin, P., Li, Y., Fan, J., Li, D., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Jiang, L., Shui, G., Xia, Y., Gong, G., Huang, F., Wang, W., Wu, X., Li, P., Zhu, L., Li, S., Talbot, N.J., and Chen, X. (2020). Discovery of broad-spectrum fungicides that block septin-dependent infection processes of pathogenic fungi. Nat. Microbiol. 5: 1565–1575.
Li, W., Wang, K., Chern M., Liu, Y., Zhu, Z., Liu, J., Zhu, X., Yin, J., Ran, L., Xiong, J., He, K., Xu, L., He, M., Wang, J., Liu, J., Bi, Y., Qing, H., Li, M., Hu, K., Song, L., Wang, L., Qi, T., Hou, Q., Chen, W., Li, Y., Wang, W., and Chen, X. (2020). Sclerenchyma cell thickening through enhanced lignification induced by OsMYB30 prevents fungal penetration of rice leaves. New Phytol. 226: 1850–1863.
Li, W., Chern, M., Yin, J., Wang, J., and Chen, X. (2019). Recent advances in broad-spectrum resistance to the rice blast disease. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 50: 114–120.
He, M., Xu, Y., Chen, J., Luo, Y., Lv, Y., Su, J., Kershaw, M.J., Li, W., Wang, J., Yin, J., Zhu, X., Liu, X., Chern, M., Ma, B., Wang, J., Qin, P., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Wang, W., Ren, Z., Wu, X., Li, P., Li, S., Peng, Y., Lin, F., Talbot, N.J., and Chen, X. (2019). MoSnt2-dependent deacetylation of histone H3 mediates MoTor-dependent autophagy and plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Autophagy 14: 1543–1561.
Zhou, X., Liao, H., Chern, M., Yin, J., Chen, Y., Wang, J., Zhu, X., Chen, Z., Yuan, C., Zhao, W., Wang, J., Li, W., He, M., Ma, B., Wang, J., Qin, P., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Qian, Y., Wang, W., Wu, X., Li, P., Zhu, L., Li, S., Ronald, P.C., and Chen, X. (2018). Loss of function of a rice TPR-domain RNA-binding protein confers broad-spectrum disease resistance. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 115: 3174–3179.
Wang, J., Zhou, L., Shi, H., Chern, M., Yu, H., Yi, H., He, M., Yin, J., Zhu, X., Li, Y., Li, W., Liu, J., Wang, J., Chen, X., Qing, H., Wang, Y., Liu, G., Wang, W., Li, P., Wu, X., Zhu, L., Zhou, J.M., Ronald, P.C., Li, S., Li, J., and Chen, X. (2018). A single transcription factor promotes both yield and immunity in rice. Science 361: 1026–1028.
Chen, Z., Zhao, W., Zhu, X., Zou, C., Yin, J., Chern, M., Zhou, X., Ying, H., Jiang, X., Li Y., Liao, H., Cheng, M., Li, W., He, M., Wang, J., Wang, J., Ma, B., Wang, J., Li, S., Zhu, L., and Chen, X. (2018). Identification and characterization of rice blast resistance gene Pid4 by a combination of transcriptomic profiling and genome analysis. J. Genet. Genomics 45: 663–672.
Li, W., Zhu, Z., Chern, M., Yin, J., Yang, C., Ran, L., Cheng, M., He, M., Wang, K., Wang, J., Zhou, X., Zhu, X., Chen, Z., Wang, J., Zhao, W., Ma, B., Qin, P., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Wang, W., Wu, X., Li, P., Wang, J., Zhu, L., Li, S., and Chen, X. (2017). A natural allele of a transcription factor in rice confers broad-spectrum blast resistance. Cell 170: 114–126.
Zhu, X., Yin, J., Liang, S., Liang, R., Zhou, X., Chen, Z., Zhao, W., Wang, J., Li, W., He, M., Yuan, C., Miyamoto, K., Ma, B., Wang, J., Qin, P., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Wang, W., Wu, X., Yamane, H., Zhu, L., Li, S., and Chen, X. (2016). The multivesicular bodies (MVBs)-localized AAA ATPase LRD6-6 inhibits immunity and cell death likely through regulating MVBs-mediated vesicular trafficking in rice. PLoS Genetics 12: e1006311.
Zhou, X., Wang, J., Peng, C., Zhu, X., Yin, J., Li, W., He, M., Wang, J., Chern, M., Yuan, C., Wu, W., Ma, W., Qin, P., Ma, B., Wu, X., Li, S., Ronald, P., and Chen, X. (2016). Four receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases regulate development and immunity in rice. Plant Cell Environ. 39: 1381–1392.
Li, W., Liu, Y., Wang, J., He, M., Zhou, X., Yang, C., Yuan, C., Wang, J., Chern, M., Yin, J., Chen, W., Ma, B., Wang, Y., Qin, P., Li, S., Ronald, P., and Chen, X. (2016). The durably resistant rice cultivar Digu activates defence gene expression before the full maturation of Magnaporthe oryzae appressorium. Mol. Plant Pathol. 17: 354–368.
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