Center for Signal Transduction and Metabolomics
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanxincun 20, Fragrant Hill
Beijing 100093, China
Tel: +86-10-62836671; Fax: +86-10-82599701
Email: xqi@ibcas.ac.cn
http://cstm.ibcas.ac.cn/en/eyjz3.asp
Area of expertise: Disease resistance; barley; cereal crops; AFLP; terpene; phytochemistry
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Mugford ST, Qi X, Bakht S, Hill L, Wegel E, Hughes RK, Papadopoulou K, Melton R, Philo M, Sainsbury F, Lomonossoff GP, Deb Roy A, Goss RJM, Osbourn A (2009) A serine carboxypeptidase-like acyltransferase is required for synthesis of antimicrobial compounds and disease resistance in oats. Plant Cell 21, 2473-2484.
• Zhao S, Qi X (2008) Signaling in Plant Disease Resistance and Symbiosis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 799-807.
• Mylona P, Owatworakit A, Papadopoulou K, Jenner H, Qin B, Findlay K, Hill L, Qi X, Bakht S, Melton R, Osbourn A (2008) Sad3 and Sad4 are required for saponin biosynthesis and root development in oat. Plant Cell 20, 201-212.
• Qi X, Bakht S, Qin B, Leggett M, Hemmings A, Mellon F, Eagles J, Werck-Reichhart D, Schaller H, Lesot A, Melton R, Osbourn A (2006) A different function for a member of an ancient and highly conserved cytochrome P450 family: from essential sterol to plant defense. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 18848-18853.
• Bakht S, Qi X (2005) Ligation-mediated rolling-circle amplification-based approaches to single nucleotide polymorphism detection. Expert Rev. Mol. Diagn.  5, 111-116.
• Qi X, Pittaway TS, Lindup S, Liu H, Waterman E, Padi FK, Hash CT, Zhu J, Gale MD, Devos KM (2004) An integrated genetic map and a new set of simple sequence repeat markers for pearl millet. Theor. Appl. Genet. 109, 1485-1493.
• Qi X, Bakht S, Leggett M, Maxwell C, Melton R, Osbourn A (2004) A gene cluster for secondary metabolism in oat: Implications for the evolution of metabolic diversity in plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 8233-8238.  
• Osbourn AE, Qi X, Townsend B, Qin B (2003) Dissecting plant secondary metabolism - constitutive chemical defences in cereals. New Phytol. 159, 101-108.
• Haralampidis K, Bryan G, Qi X, Papadopoulou K, Bakht S, Melton R, Osbourn A (2001) A new class of oxidosqualene cyclases directs synthesis of antimicrobial phytoprotectants in monocots. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 13431-13436.  
• Qi X, Lindup S, Pittaway TS, Allouis S, Gale MD and Devos KM (2001)  Development of simple sequence repeat markers from bacterial artificial chromosomes without subcloning. Biotechniques 31, 358-362.  
• Qi X, Bakht S, Devos KM, Gale MD, Osbourn A (2001) L-RCA (ligation-rolling circle amplification): a general method for genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Nucl. Acids Res. 29, E116.
• Allouis S, Qi X, Lindup S, Gale MD, Devos KM (2001) Construction of a BAC library of pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102, 1200-1205.  
• Qi X, Fufa F, Sijtsma D, Niks RE, Lindhout P, Stam P (2000) The evidence for abundance of QTLs for partial resistance to Puccinia hordei on the barley genome. Mol. Breed. 6, 1-9.  
• Qi X, Jiang G, Chen W, Niks RE, Stam P, Lindhout P (1999) Isolate-specific QTLs for partial resistance to Puccinia hordei in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99, 877-884.  
• Qi X, Stam P, Lindhout P (1998) Use of locus-specific AFLP markers to construct a high-density molecular map in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96, 376-384.  
• Qi X, Niks RE, Stam P, Lindhout P (1998) Identification of QTLs for partial resistance to leaf rust (Puccinia hordei) in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96, 1205-1215.
• Shen D, Qi X (1998) Short- and long-term effects of ultra-drying on germination and growth of vegetable seeds. Seed Sci. Res. Suppl.No.1, 47-53.
• Schut JW, Qi X, Stam P (1997) Association between relationship measures based on AFLP markers, pedigree data and morphological traits in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet.  95, 1161-1168.
• Qi X, Lindhout P (1997) Development of AFLP markers in barley. Mol. Gen. Genet. 254, 330-336.
• Qi X, Stam P, Lindhout P (1996) Comparison and integration of four barley genetic maps. Genome 39, 379-394.