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Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lanhei Road 132
650201 Kunming
China
Tel: +86-871-65229552
E-mail: wujianqiang@mail.kib.ac.cn
http://groups.kib.cas.cn/epb/wjq/
Area of expertise: Jasmonic acid biosynthesis and signaling; plant-herbivore interactions; mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling; calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) signaling; chemical ecology; stress-induced responses
Selected Publications:
Li, S., Zhang, J., Liu, H., Liu, N., Shen, G., Zhuang, H., and Wu, J. (2020). Dodder-transmitted mobile signals prime host plants for enhanced salt tolerance. J. Exp. Bot. 71: 1171–1184.
Zhang, C., Lei, Y., Lu, C., Wang, L., and Wu, J. (2020). MYC2, MYC3, and MYC4 function additively in wounding-induced jasmonic acid biosynthesis and catabolism. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62: 1159–1175.
Shen, G., Liu, N., Zhang, J., Xu, Y., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2020). Cuscuta australis (dodder) parasite eavesdrops on the host plants’FT signals to flower. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117: 23125–23130.
Liu, N., Shen, G., Xu Y., Liu, H., Zhang, J., Li, S., Li, J., Zhang, C., Qi, J., Wang, L., Wu, J. (2019) Extensive inter-plant protein transfer between Cuscuta parasites and their host plants. Molecular Plant 13:573–585.
Malook, S., Qi, J., Hettenhausen, C., Xu, Y., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Lu, C., Li, J., Wang, L., and Wu, J. (2019). The oriental armyworm (Mythimna separata) feeding induces systemic defense responses within and between maize leaves. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B. 374: 20180307.
Sun, G., Xu, Y., Liu, H., Sun, T., Zhang, J., Hettenhausen, C., Shen, G., Qi, J., Qin, Y., Li, J., Wang, L., Chang, W., Guo, Z., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2018). Large-scale gene losses underlie the genome evolution of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis. Nat. Commun. 9: 2683.
Zhuang, H., Li, J., Song, J., Hettenhausen, C., Schuman, M., Sun, G., Zhang, C., Li, J., Song, D., Wu, J. (2018). Aphid (Myzus persicae) feeding on the parasitic plant dodder (Cuscuta australis) activates defense responses in both the parasite and soybean host. New Phytol. 218:1586–1596.
Wu, J. (2018). miRNAs as a secret weapon in the battlefield of haustoria, the interface between parasites and host plants. Mol. Plant 11: 354–356.
Hettenhausen, C., Li, J., Zhuang, H., Sun, H., Xu, Y., Qi, J., Zhang, J., Lei, Y., Qin, Y., Sun, G., Wang, L., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2017). The stem parasitic plant Cuscuta australis (dodder) transfers herbivory-induced signals among plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114: E6703–E6709.
Qi, J., Sun, G., Wang, L., Zhao, C., Hettenhausen, C., Schuman, M.C., Baldwin, I.T., Li, J., Song, J., Liu, Z., Xu, G., Lu, X., and Wu, J. (2016). Oral secretions from Mythimna separata insects specifically induce defense responses in maize as revealed by high-dimensional biological data. Plant Cell Environ. 39: 1749–1766.
Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2013). Nicotiana attenuata MPK4 suppresses a novel JA signaling-independent defense pathway against the specialist insect Manduca sexta but is not required for the resistance to the generalist Spodoptera littoralis. New Phytol. 199: 787–799.
Yang, D.H., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J. (2013). Silencing brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 impairs herbivory-elicited accumulation of jasmonic acid-isoleucine and diterpene glycosides, but not jasmonic acid and trypsin proteinase inhibitors in Nicotiana attenuata. J. Integr. Plant. Biol. 55: 514–526
Heinrich, M., Hettenhausen, C., Lange, T., Wünsche, H., Fang, J., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2013). High levels of jasmonic acid antagonize the biosynthesis of gibberellins and inhibit the growth of Nicotiana attenuata stems. Plant J. 73: 591–606.
Yang, D.H., Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2012). Silencing Nicotiana attenuata calcium-dependent protein kinases, CDPK4 and CDPK5, strongly upregulates wound- and herbivory-induced jasmonic acid accumulations. Plant Physiol. 159: 1591–607.
Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2012). Silencing MPK4 in Nicotiana attenuata enhances photosynthesis and seed production but compromises abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure and guard cell-mediated resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Plant Physiol. 158: 759–776.
Shi, C., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2012). Arabidopsis nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factors, UPF1, UPF2, and UPF3, are involved in plant development and wounding- and pathogen-induced responses. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 54: 99–114.
Heinrich, M., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2011). Two mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases, MKK1 and MEK2, are involved in wounding- and specialist lepidopteran herbivore Manduca sexta-induced responses in Nicotiana attenuata. J. Exp. Bot. 62: 4355–4365.
Wünsche, H., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2011). S-Nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) mediates resistance of Nicotiana attenuata to the specialist insect herbivore Manduca sexta. J. Exp. Bot. 62: 4605–4616.
Meldau, S., Baldwin, I.T., and Wu, J. (2011). SGT1 regulates wounding- and herbivory-induced jasmonic acid accumulation and Nicotiana attenuata's resistance to the specialist lepidopteran herbivore Manduca sexta. New Phytol. 189: 1143–1156.
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