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Professor
College of Agriculture, Shihezi University in Shihezi
College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University in Wuhan
China
E-mail: lfzhu@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Website: http://cotton.hzau.edu.cn
Area of expertise: Cotton, soil-borne disease, plant-microbe interactions, Verticillium dahliae, broad-spectrum disease resistance, genomic design breeding
Speciality AreaPlant Biotic Interactions
Selected Publications:
Zhang, X., Liu, S., Wu, P., Xu, W., Yang, D., Ming, Y., Xiao, S., Wang, W., Ma, J., Nie, X., Gao, Z., Lv, J., Wu, F., Yang, Z., Zheng, B., Du, P., Wang, J., Ding, H., Kong, J., Aierxi, A., Yu, Y., Gao, W., Lin, Z., You, C., Lindsey, K., Štajner, N., Wang, M., Wu, J., Jin, S., Zhang, X., and Zhu, L. (2025). A panoramic view of cotton resistance to Verticillium dahliae: From genetic architectures to precision genomic selection. iMeta 4: e70029.
Zeng, M., Qiu, P., Ouyang, H., Sun, Y., Chen, Z., Cheng, Y., Zhang, M., Ye, Y., Wang, L., Zheng, Z., Wang, H., Liu, T., Zhao, W., Duan, K., Wang, Y., Zhu, L., and Wang, Y. (2025). The receptor-like protein RXEG1 confers broad-spectrum resistance in soybean and cotton by recognizing microbial glycoside hydrolase 12 proteins. Plant Biotechnol. J. 23: 3417-3430.
Qiu, P., Zheng, B., Yuan, H., Yang, Z., Lindsey, K., Wang, Y., Ming, Y., Zhang, L., Hu, Q., Shaban, M., Kong, J., Zhang, X., and Zhu, L. (2024). The elicitor VP2 from Verticillium dahliae triggers defence response in cotton. Plant Biotechnol. J. 22: 497-511.
Xiao, S., Ming, Y., Hu, Q., Ye, Z., Si, H., Liu, S., Zhang, X., Wang, W., Yu, Y., Kong, J., Klosterman, S.J., Lindsey, K., Zhang, X., Aierxi, A., and Zhu, L. (2023). GhWRKY41 forms a positive feedback regulation loop and increases cotton defence response against Verticillium dahliae by regulating phenylpropanoid metabolism. Plant Biotechnol. J. 21: 961-978.
Huang, C., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Jiang, L., Hua, X., Ye, J., Yang, W., Song, P., and Zhu, L. (2023). A novel intelligent system for dynamic observation of cotton Verticillium Wilt. Plant Phenomics 5: 0013.
Qiu, P., Li, J., Zhang, L., Chen, K., Shao, J., Zheng, B., Yuan, H., Qi, J., Yue, L., Hu, Q., Ming, Y., Liu, S., Long, L., Gu, J., Zhang, X., Lindsey, K., Gao, W., Wu, H., and Zhu, L. (2023). Polyethyleneimine-coated MXene quantum dots improve cotton tolerance to Verticillium dahliae by maintaining ROS homeostasis. Nature Commun. 14: 7392.
Ma, H., Wu, Y., Lv, R., Chi, H., Zhao, Y., Li, Y., Liu, H., Ma, Y., Zhu, L., Guo, X., Kong, J., Wu, J., Xing, C., Zhang, X., and Min, L. (2022). Cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase CYP703A2 plays a central role in sporopollenin formation and ms5ms6 fertility in cotton. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64: 2009-2025.
Xi, H., Zhang, X., Qu, Z., Yang, D., Alariqi, M., Yang, Z., Nie, X., and Zhu, L. (2021). Effects of cotton-maize rotation on soil microbiome structure. Mol. Plant Pathol. 22: 673-682.
Xiao, S., Hu, Q., Zhang, X., Si, H., Liu, S., Chen, L., Chen, K., Berne, S., Yuan, D., Lindsey, K., Zhang, X., and Zhu, L. (2021). Orchestration of plant development and defense by indirect crosstalk of salicylic acid and brassinosteorid signaling via transcription factor GhTINY2. J. Exp. Bot. 72: 4721-4743.
Liu, S., Zhang, X., Xiao, S., Ma, J., Shi, W., Qin, T., Xi, H., Nie, X., You, C., Xu, Z., Wang, T., Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., Li, J., Kong, J., Aierxi, A., Yu, Y., Lindsey, K., Klosterman, S.J., Zhang, X., and Zhu, L. (2021). A single-nucleotide mutation in a GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE gene confers resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Gossypium hirsutum. Adv. Sci. (Weinh) 8: 2002723.
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