Xiangdong Liu
Title：Professor
Address: Room 817, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
Contact Tel: 020-85280205
Email: xdliu@scau.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST
Rice germplasm enhancement; Rice genomics; Rice reproductive biology; Autotetraploid rice and neo-tetraploid rice; Wild rice
EDUCATION
1992.9-1995.6 Ph.D. in Agronomy. College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
1988.9-1991.6 M.Sc. in Agronomy. Fujian Agricultural University
1981.9-1985.6 B.S. in Agronomy. South China Agricultural University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2000.12-Present Professor, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
1995.7-2000.11 Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
1985.7-1995.6 Assistant Researcher and Lecturer, Fujian Agricultural University
PUBLICATIONS
[1] Sun LX, Ghouri F, Jin JC, Zhong MH, Huang WC, Lu ZJ, Wu JW, Liu XD and Shahid MQ. Interspecific hybridization enhanced tolerance to salinity and cadmium stress through modifying biochemical, physiological, and resistance gene levels, especially in polyploid rice: a sustainable way for stress-resilient rice. Rice, 2025, 18:19.
[2] Zhu LJ, Chen R, Huang Y, Liang GB, Wu JW, Guo HB, Liu XD and Lu ZJ. MORE FLORET1 interacts with c-type replication protein a complex and regulates male meiosis in rice. Rice, 2025, 18:30.
[3] Lu ZJ, Zhu LJ, Liang GB, Li XX, Li QH, Li YJ, He SB, Wu JW, Liu XD, Zhang JY. MORE FLORET1 negatively regulates key tapetal genes to control anther development in diploid and tetraploid rice. Plant Physiology, 2024, 195; 1981–1994.
[4] Zhao CC, Li QH, Ge Q, Chen R, Yu H, Wu JW, Liu XD, and Lu ZJ. Lectin receptor-like protein kinase osnrfg6 is required for embryo sac development and fertilization in neo-tetraploid rice. Rice, 2024,17:41
[5] Huang J, Qiao Z, Yu H, Lu Z, Chen W, Lu J, Wu J, Bao Y, Shahid MQ, Liu X. OsRH52A, a DEAD-box protein, regulates functional megaspore specification and is required for embryo sac development in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024, 75(16): 4802-4821
[6] Liu S, Liu J, Wang W, Yan Y, Wang T, Wu J, Liu X, Wu J, Zeng Y. Comparative field evaluation and transcriptome analysis reveals that chromosome doubling enhances sheath blight resistance in rice. Rice, 2024,17(1): 42
[7] Lu Z, Huang W, Ge Q, Liang G, Sun L, Wu J, Ghouri F, Shahid MQ, Liu X. Seed development-related genes contribute to high yield heterosis in integrated utilization of elite autotetraploid and neo-tetraploid rice. Froniter in plant sciences, 2024, 15:1421207.
[8] Bai F, Ma HJ, Cai YC, Shahid MQ, Zheng YB, Lang C, Chen ZX, Wu JW, Liu XD and Wang L. Natural allelic variation in grain size and weight 3 of wild rice regulates the grain size and weight. Plant Physiology, 2023:1-17.
[9] Chen Y, Shahid MQ, Wu IW, Deng RL, Chen ZX, Wang L, Liu GQ, Zhou H and Liu XD. Thermo-sensitive genic male sterile lines of neo-tetraploid rice developed through gene editing technology revealed high levels of hybrid vigor. Plants. 2022, 11(11):1390.
[10] Yu H, Li QH, Li YD, Yang HJ, Lu ZJ, Wu JW, Zhang ZM, Shahid MQ and Liu XD. Genomics analyses reveal unique classification, population structure and novel allele of neo-tetraploid rice. Rice, 2021, 14:16.