Training and Conference Platform
Platform name
Training and Conference Platform
Platform Leader
Platform Objectives
Provide services for national and global academic change, technical Training and Conference, in the fields of marker-assisted selection, genomic selection and prediction, molecular design, transgene, genome editing, and omics-assisted breeding, to support the innovation and development of Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (PKU-IAAS)
Team members
Dr. Xingping Zhang , consultant and training instructor
Dr. Xing Wang Deng , consultant and training instructor
Research Projects
Development and application of speed breeding technology in maize (2024-2028), Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (KQTD20230301092839007)
Senior principal investigator project for the Provincial Technology Innovation Program of Shandong, a grant for the Peking University of Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China (2023-2028)
Trait discovery for Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) resistance (2020-2024). Syngenta Biotechnology (China) Co., Ltd Collaborative Project (ZKSXZD202002)
Selected Publications
Yunbi Xu, Feng Qin, Chengcai Chu, Rajeev K. Varshney. 2023. Abiotic stress tolerance: genetics, genomics, and breeding. The Crop Journal 11: 969–974.
Xianwen Zhu, Yingxiong Hu, Hongjian Zheng, Xingping Zhang, Yunbi Xu. 2023. Molecular breeding in specialty maize: progress and prospects. Acta Agriculturae Shanghai 39(5): 1-12.
Xu Y., Zhang X., Li H., Zheng H., Zhang J., Olsen M.S., Varshney R.K., Prasanna B.M., and Qian Q. (2022). Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction. Molecular Plant 15: 1664–1695.
Deng, Y., S. Liu, Y. Zhang, J.Tan, X. Li, X. Chu, B. Xu, Y.Tian, Y. Sun, B. Li, Y. Xu, X. W. Deng, H. He, X. Zhang. 2022. A telomere-to-telomere gap-free reference genome of watermelon and its mutation library provide important resources for gene discovery and breeding. Molecular Plant 15: 1268-1284.
Zhu X, Xu Y, Li J, Zhang X. 2022. Establishment of heterosis groups for hybrid wheat breeding (in Chinese). Chin Sci Bull 67:3152-3164.