Tomato Functional Genomics and Precision Breeding
Team name
Tomato Functional Genomics and Precision Breeding
Principal Investigator
Research Objectives
Tomato germplasm innovation and molecular breeding, using multi-omics approaches to highlight industry driven traits such as high-quality fruit, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, investigate key genes and mechanisms for aforementioned traits and eventually develop novel genetic resources and varieties.
Team members
l Sidra Tul Muntha, PhD in olericulture, asst. researcher, tomato fruit development under thermal stress
l Xin Shu, PhD candidate in olericulture, molecular mechanism of secondary metabolites in tomato leaves
l Junqiang Wang, PhD candidate in olericulture, regulatory mechanisms involved in the development of tomato trichomes
l Lin Wang, PhD candidate in olericulture, regulatory mechanisms involved in tomato trichome morphogenesis
l Wenli Zhang, MS in olericulture, tomato breeding
l Liepeng Dong, MS in olericulture, mechanisms involved in tomato fruit development
l Jiaojiao Zhao, MS in agronomy and seed industry, research assistant, cherry tomato breeding
l Congying Sun, MS in biology and medicine, research assistant, resistance against mechanism in biotic tomato
l Shaoli Han, MS in facility horticulture, research assistant, construction of tomato mutant library
l Junbo Li, MS in crop genetics and breeding, research assistant, identification of tomato fruit development
l Xiaohui Wang, MS in forestry, research assistant, transcriptome map of tomato single cell
l Bingru Li, MS in food engineering, research assistant, discovery of tomato fruit quality genes and molecular mechanism research
l Hongming Zhang, MS in agronomy and seed industry, research Assistant, metabolite pathway in tomato
l Shenghao Liao, MS in developmental biology, research assistant,salt tolerance mechanism of tomato
l Liujialin, Ph.D. in crop genetics and breeding, visiting scholar, genes related to tomato male reproductive development
Research Projects
l Mechanisms of type VI trichome formation and methylketone and terpene synthesis in tomato (2022.10-2025.10), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory Major Project
l Exploration of key genes for biological resistance and their regulatory mechanisms and evolution in tomato (2021.12-2026.11), National Key Research and Development Program of China
l Molecular Mechanism of trichome Formation controlled by Ln Gene in Tomato, (2021.01-2024.12), National Science Foundation of China.
l Molecular mechanism of tomato fruit wax synthesis controlled by HW (2019.01-2022.12), National Science Foundation of China.
l Mapping and cloning of genes controlling tomato fruit size (2021.12-2026.11), National Key Research and Development Program of China