Plant molecular breeding, Abiotic stress tolerance in Plant

Degrees: 07.1997-Ph.D South China Institute of Botany, CAS, Guangzhou, China, Plant Physiology

               07.1991-M.S. South China Institute of Botany, CAS, Guangzhou, China, Plant Physiology

               07.1988-B.S. South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China, Biology

   

01.2009-now Research Fellow at South China Botanic Garden, CAS

09.2002-12.2008 Associated Research Fellow at South China Botanical Garden, CAS

08.1994-08.2002 Assistant Research Fellow at South China Institute of Botany, CAS

07.1991-07.1994 Research Intern at South China Institute of Botany, CAS

09.2003-10.2004 Visiting Scientist at JIRCAS, JAPAN

11.1999-11.2000 Visiting Scientist at National Institute for Basic Biology, JAPAN

(1) Maichun Fang#, Zejiao Zhou#, Xusheng Zhou, Huiyong Yang, Meiru Li*, Hongqing Li*, Overexpression of OsFTL10 induces early flowering and improves drought tolerance in Oryza sativa L. Peer J,2019,7:e6422 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6422

(2) Qiupeng Lin, Zejiao Zhou, Wanbin Luo, Maichun Fang, Meiru Li*, Hongqing Li*, Screening of Proximal and Interacting Proteins in Rice Protoplasts by Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:749, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00749

(3) Meiru Li #, Xiaoxia Li #, Zejiao Zhou, Pingzhi Wu, Maichun Fang, Xiaoping Pan, Qiupeng Lin, Wanbin Luo, Guojiang Wu*, Hongqing Li *, Reassessment of the Four Yield-related Genes Gn1a, DEP1, GS3, and IPA1 in Rice Using a CRISPR/Cas9 System. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, Mar 30; 7:377. doi:0.3389/fpls.2016.00377

(4) Jie Xu #, Li Meiru#, Lei Chen, Guojiang Wu, Hongqing Li*, Rapid generation of rice mutant via the dominant negative suppression of the mismatch repair protein OsPMS1, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2012, 125:975-986

(5) Meiru Li, Yan Li, Hongqing Li, Guojiang Wu*, Improvement of paper mulberry tolerance to abiotic stresses by ectopic expression of tall fescueFaDREB1, Tree Physiology, 2012, 32,104-113

(6) Meiru Li, Yan Li, Hongqing Li, Guojiang Wu, Overexpression of AtNHX5 improves tolerance to both salt and drought stress in Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent, Tree Physiology, 2011, 31:349-357

(7) Meiru Li, Xiaojie Lin, Hongqing Li, Xiaoping Pan, Wu Guojiang, Overexpression of AtNHX5 improves tolerance to both salt and water stress in rice (Oryza Sativa L.), Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 2011, 107: 283-293

(8) Meiru Li, YaLi n, Hongqing Li, Guojiang Wu, Ectopic Expression of FaDREB2 Enhances Osmotic Tolerance in Paper Mulberry, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 53 (12), 2011, 951–960

(9) Meiru Li, Hongqing Li, Xiaoying Hu, Xiaoping Pan, Guojiang Wu, Genetic transformation and overexpression of a rice Hd3a induces early flowering inSaussurea involucrata Kar. et Kir. ex Maxim, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 2011, 106, 363-371

(10) Meiru Li, Hongqing Li, Xiaoying Hu, Xiaoping Pan, Guojiang Wu, Establishment of an Agrobacteriuim tumefaciens-mediated callus-type transformation method for Zoysia tenuifolia, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 102(3):321-327

(11) Meiru Li, Hongqing Li, Huawu Jiang, Xiaoping Pan, Guojiang Wu, Establishment of an Agrobacterium-mediated cotyledon disc transformation method for Jatropha curcas, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 2008, 92:173-181

(12) Meiru Li, Hongqing Li, Huawu Jiang, Guojiang Wu, Establishment of an Agrobacterium-mediated leaf disc transformation method for Broussonetia papyrifera, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 2008, 93:249-255

(13) Leyi Shi, Hongqing Li Xiaoping Pan, Guojiang Wu, Meiru Li*, Improvement of Torenia fournieri salinity tolerance by expression of Arabidopsis AtNHX5, Functional Plant Biology, 2008, 35: 185-192

(14) Hongqing Li, Jie Xu, Lei Chen, Meiru Li*, Establishment of an efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated leaf disc transformation of Thellungiella halophile,Plant Cell Reports, 2007, 26:1785-1789

(15) Hongqing Li, Peijing Kang, Meilan Li, Meiru Li*, Genetic transformation of Torenia flurnieri using the PMI/mannose selection system, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 2007, 90:103-109

(16) Jun Li, Meiru Li, Pingzhi Wu, ChanenTian, Huawu Jiang, Guojiang Wu, Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a gene encoding a putative beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) synthase III (KAS III) from Jatropha curcas, Tree Physiology, 2008, 28(6):921-927

(17) Huawu Jiang, Meiru Li, Naiting Liang, Hongbo Yang, Yubo Wei, Xinlan Xu, Jian Liu, Zhifang Xu, Fan Chen, Guojiang Wu, Molecular cloning and function analysis of the stay green gene in rice, Plant Journal, 2007, 52(2):197-209

Rice molecular breeding

South China Normal Univeristy

已指导学生

高喜乐  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

曾玲  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

赵茜茜  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

唐跃辉  硕士研究生  430139-生物工程  

韩金莉  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

李凤姣  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

杨秀敏  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

现指导学生

郑田勇  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程