Biao Ma
Title：Professor
Address: Room 112, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
Contact Tel: 020-38812569
Email: mabiao@scau.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST
The long-term and extensive use of chemical fertilizers has caused severe damage to the natural environment. Developing new crop varieties with high fertilizer-use efficiency is key to addressing this issue. Plant hormones play a significant role in the efficient utilization of fertilizers. Our research mainly focusses on nitrogen-hormone crosstalk, to decipher the molecular circuitry which rice optimizes N acquisition and utilization in waterlogged soils.
EDUCATION
1987.09-1991.07 B.S., Hebei Agricultural University
1995.09-1998.07 M.S., China Agricultural University
1998.10-2001.09 Ph.D., Osaka Prefecture University (Japan)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1991.07-1995.08 Research Fellow, Institute for Cereal and Oil Crops, HAAFS
2001.10-2002.03 Postdoctoral Researcher, Osaka Prefecture University (Japan)
2002.04-2006.12 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tsukuba (Japan)
2007.01-2018.05 Associate Professor, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS
2018.06-2021.05 Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing
2021.06-Present Professor, South China Agricultural University
PUBLICATIONS
1.Ma B#, Ma T, Xian WH, Hu B, Chu CC* (2023) Interplay between ethylene and nitrogen nutrition: How ethylene orchestrates nitrogen responses in plants. J Integr Plant Biol, 65: 399-407. (# first authors, * corresponding authors)
2.Huang YH#, Han JQ#, Ma B#, Cao WQ, Li XK, Xiong Q, Zhao H, Zhao R, Zhang X, Zhou Y, Wei W, Tao JJ, Zhang WK, Qian WF, Chen SY, Yang C*, Yin CC*, Zhang JS* (2023) A translational regulator MHZ9 modulates ethylene signaling in rice. Nat Commun, 14: 4674.
3.Hou QC#, An XL#, Ma B#, Wu SW#, Wei X, Yan TW, Zhou Y, Zhu TT, Xie K, Zhang DF, Li ZW, Zhao LN, Niu CF, Long Y, Liu C, Zhao W, Ni F, Li JP, Fu D, Yang ZN and Wan XY (2023) ZmMS1/ZmLBD30-orchestrated transcriptional regulatory networks precisely control pollen exine development. Mol Plant, 16: 1321-1338.
4.Liu C#, Ma T#, Yuan DY, Zhou Y, Long Y, Li ZW, Dong ZY, Duan MJ, Yu D, Jing YZ, Bai XY, Wang YB, Hou QC, Liu SS, Zhang JS, Chen SY, Li DY, Liu X, Li ZK, Wang WS, Li JP, Wei X, Ma B*, Wan XY* (2022) The OsEIL1-OsERF115-target gene regulatory module controls grain size and weight in rice. Plant Biotechnol J, 20: 1470-1486.
5.Zhou Y#, Ma B#, Tao JJ, Yin CC, Hu Y, Huang YH, Wei W, Xin PY, Chu JF, Zhang WK, Chen SY*, Zhang JS* (2022) Rice EIL1 interacts with OsIAAs to regulate auxin biosynthesis mediated by the tryptophan aminotransferase MHZ10/OsTAR2 during root ethylene responses. Plant Cell, 34: 4366-4387.
6.An XL#, Ma B#, Duan MJ, Dong ZY, Liu R, Yuan DY, Hou QC, Wu SW, Zhang DF, Liu DC, Yu D, Zhang YW, Xie K, Zhu TT, Li ZW, Zhang SM, Tian YH, Liu C, Li JP, Yuan LP* and Wan XY* (2020) Molecular regulation of ZmMs7 required for maize male fertility and development of a dominant male-sterility system in multiple species. PNAS 117: 23499-23509.
7.Zhao H#, Ma B#, Duan KX, Li XK, Lu X, Yin CC, Tao JJ, Wei W, Zhang WK, Xin PY, Lam SM, Chu JF, Shui GH, Chen SY* and Zhang JS* (2020) The GDSL lipase MHZ11 modulates ethylene signaling in rice roots. Plant Cell, 32: 1626–1643.
8.Zhao H#, Duan KX#, Ma B#*, Yin CC, Hu Y, Tao JJ, Huang YH, Cao WQ, Chen H, Yang C, Zhang ZG, He SJ, Zhang WK, Wan XY, Lu TG, Chen SY* and Zhang JS* (2020) Histidine kinase MHZ1/OsHK1 interacts with ethylene receptors to regulate root growth in rice. Nature Communications, 11: 518.
9.Chen H#, Ma B#, Zhou Y, He SJ, Tang SY, Lu X, Xie Q, Chen SY*, Zhang JS* (2018) E3 ubiquitin ligase SOR1 regulates ethylene response in rice root by modulating stability of Aux/IAA protein. PNAS, 115: 4513-4518.
10.Ma B#, Zhou Y#, Chen H#, He SJ, Huang YH, Zhao H, Lu X, Zhang WK, Pang JH, Chen SY* and Zhang JS* (2018) Membrane protein MHZ3 stabilizes OsEIN2 in rice by interacting with its Nramp-like domain.PNAS,115:2520-2525.
11.Xiong Q#, Ma B# *, Lu X, Huang YH, He SJ, Yang C, Yin CC, Zhao H, Zhou Y, Zhang WK, Wang WS, Li ZK, Chen SY* and Zhang JS*. (2017) Ethylene-inhibited jasmonic acid biosynthesis promotes mesocotyl/coleoptile elongation of etiolated rice seedlings. Plant Cell,29: 1053-1072.
12.Ma B# and Zhang JS* (2017) Analysis of growth and molecular responses to ethylene in etiolated rice seedlings.Methods in Molecular Biology 1573: 237–243.
13.Yin CC#, Ma B#*, Collinge D, Pogson B, He SJ, Xiong Q, Duan KX, Chen H, Yang C, Lu X, Wang YQ, Zhang WK, Chu CC, Sun XH, Fang S, Chu JF, Lu TG, Chen SY*, Zhang JS* (2015) Ethylene responses in rice roots and coleoptiles are differentially regulated by a carotenoid isomerase-mediated abscisic acid pathway.Plant Cell,27: 1061–1081.
14.Yang C#, Ma B#, He SJ, Xiong Q, Duan KX, Yin CC, Chen H, Lu X, Chen SY*, Zhang JS* (2015) MAOHUZI6/ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3-LIKE1 and ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3- LIKE2 regulate ethylene response of roots and coleoptiles and negatively affect salt tolerance in rice. Plant Physiology,169: 148–165.
15.Ma B#, Yin CC#, He SJ, Lu X, Zhang WK, Lu TG, Chen SY, Zhang JS (2014) Ethylene-induced inhibition of root growth requires abscisic acid function in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings. PLoS Genetics, 10: e1004701.
16.Ma B#, Chen H, Chen SY, Zhang JS* (2014) Roles of ethylene in plant growth and responses to stresses. In: Tran L-SP, Pal S, editors. Phytohormones: A window to metabolism, signaling and biotechnological applications. Springer Science+Business Media New York. pp. 81–118.
17.Ma B#, He SJ, Duan KX, Yin CC, Chen H, Yang C, Xiong Q, Song QX, Lu X, Chen HW, Zhang WK, Lu TG, Chen SY, Zhang JS* (2013) Identification of rice ethylene-response mutants and characterization of MHZ7/OsEIN2 in distinct ethylene response and yield trait regulation.Molecular Plant,6: 1830–1848.
18.Ma B#, Chen SY, Zhang JS* (2010) Ethylene signaling in rice. Chinese Science Bulletin 55: 2204-2210.
19.Ma B#, Cui M, Sun H, Takada K, Mori H, Kamada H, Ezura H* (2006) Subcellular localization and membrane topology of the melon ethylene receptor CmERS1. Plant Physiology,141: 587-597.