Qibin MA
Title：Professor
Address: Room-921, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
Contact Tel: 020-85288024
Email: maqibin@scau.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST
The molecular mechanism of soybean resistance to abiotic stresses;
Soybean biotechnology breeding in the Southern China.
EDUCATION
1988.09-1992.07 Undergraduate, Anhui Agricultural University
2000.09-2003.07 Master, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2003.09-2008.07 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1992.07-2000.08 Lecturer, Lu'an Vocational and Technical College
2008.07-2010.12 Lecturer, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
2012.12-2013.12 Visiting scholar, University of Arkansas
2011.01-2020.12 Associate professor, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
2021.01-Present Professor, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
AWARDS AND HONORS
I have presided over more than 15 projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key R&D Program of China, and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangdong Province. I have published more than 50 research papers in international journals such as The EMBO Journal, Cell Research, The Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, BMC Plant Biology, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Molecular Plant and Plant Biotechnol J. I have bred 33 new soybean varieties (including one as the first contributor). In 2023, I won one first prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Award (as the third contributor). In 2014, I won one first prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Award (as the fifth contributor). In 2012, I won one first prize of Guangdong Agricultural Science and Technology Promotion Award (as the fourth contributor).
PUBLICATIONS
[1] Ce Yang, Xiang Lu, Dan Du, Zhongyi Liang, Cheng Li, Kang Hu, Hongjie Wang, Yanbo Cheng, Tengxiang Lian, Hai Nian and Qibin Ma. (2024) GsMYB10 encoding a MYB-CC transcription factor enhances the tolerance to acidic aluminum stress in soybean. BMC Plant Biology. 24:1251.
[2] Cai Z, Xian P, Cheng Y, Yang Y, Zhang Y, He Z, Xiong C, Guo Z, Chen Z, Jiang H, Ma Q, Nian H, Ge L. (2023) Natural variation of GmFATA1B regulates seed oil content and composition in soybean. J Integr Plant Biol. 65(10):2368-2379.
[3] Liu L, Cheng L, Liu K, Yu T, Liu Q, Gong Z, Cai Z, Liu J, Zhao X, Nian H, Ma Q, Lian T.J. (2023) Transgenic soybean of GsMYB10 shapes rhizosphere microbes to promote resistance to aluminum (Al) toxicity. Hazard Mater. 455:131621.
[4] Cai Z, Xian P, Cheng Y, Zhong Y, Yang Y, Zhou Q, Lian T, Ma Q, Nian H, Ge L. (2023) MOTHER-OF-FT-AND-TFL1 regulates the seed oil and protein content in soybean.New Phytol. 239(3):905-919.
[5] Zhong Y, Wen K, Li X, Wang S, Li S, Zeng Y, Cheng Y, Ma Q, Nian H. (2023) Identification and mapping of QTLs for sulfur-containing amino acids in soybean (Glycine max L.).J Agric Food Chem. 71(1):398-410.
[6] Wang H, Li C, Wang L, Zhong H, Xu X, Cheng Y, Nian H, Liu W, Chen P, Zhang A, Ma Q. (2023) GmABR1 encoding an ERF transcription factor enhances the tolerance to aluminum stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci. 14:1125245.
[7] Hongjie Wang,Xiangli Yin,Dan Du,Zhongyi Liang,Zhenzhen Han,Hai Nian, Qibin Ma. (2022) GsMYB7 encoding a R2R3-type MYB transcription factor enhances the tolerance to aluminum stress in soybean (Glycine Max L.). BMC Genomics. 23(1): 529.
[8] Wenjiao Shu, Qianghua Zhou, Peiqi Xian, Yanbo Cheng, Tengxiang Lian, Qibin Ma, Yonggang Zhou, Haiyan Li, Hai Nian, Zhandong Cai.(2022) GmWRKY81 encoding a WRKY transcription factor enhances aluminum tolerance in soybean.International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(12): 6518.
[9] Huan Wang, Jia Jia, Zhandong Cai, Mingming Duan, Ze Jiang, Qiuju Xia, Qibin Ma, Tengxiang Lian and Hai Nian. (2022) Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and candidate genes of seed Iron and zinc content in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] BMC Genomics. 23:146.
[10] Zhenzhen Han, Jinyu Wang, Xinxin Wang, Xijia Zhang, Yanbo Cheng, Zhandong Cai, Hai Nian, Qibin Ma. (2022) GmWRKY21, a Soybean WRKY Transcription Factor Gene, Enhances the Tolerance to Aluminum Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci. 13:833326.
[11] Lu Li, Xingang Li, Ce Yang, Yanbo Cheng, Zhandong Cai, Hai Nian, Qibin Ma.. (2022) GsERF1 enhances Arabidopsis thaliana aluminum tolerance through an ethylene-mediated pathway. BMC Plant Biology. 22(1):258.
[12]Qian Zhou,Bingzhi Jiang, Yanbo Cheng,Qibin Ma,Qiuju Xia, Ze Jiang,Zhandong Cai,Hai Nian. (2022) Fine mapping of an adult-plant resistance gene to powdery mildew in soybean cultivar Zhonghuang 24.The Crop Journal.
[13] Ke Wen, Huanting Pan, Xingang Li, Rong Huang,Qibin Ma, Hai Nian. (2021) Identification of an ATP-binding cassette transporter implicated in aluminum tolerance in wild soybean (Glycine soja).International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(24): 13264.
[14] Zhandong Cai, Peiqi Xian, Yanbo Cheng, Qibin Ma, Tengxiang Lian, Hai Nian, Liangfa Ge. (2021) CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing of GmJAGGED1 increased yield in the low-latitude soybean variety Huachun 6. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(10):1898-1900.
[15] Jia J, WANG H, Cai Z, Wei R, Huang, Xia Q, Xiao X, Ma Q, Nian H, Cheng Y. (2021) Fine mapping and genetic analysis of resistance genes, Rsc18, against soybean mosaic virus. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.
[16] Liu S, Cheng Y, Ma Q, Li M, Jiang Z, Xia Q, Nian H. (2021) Identification and validation of stable and novel quantitative trait loci for pod shattering in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 20(0):2-11.
[17] Fang X, Han Y, Liu M, Jiang J, Li X, Lian Q, Xie X, Huang Y, Ma Q, Nian H, Qi J, Yang C, Wang Y. (2021) Modulation of evening complex activity enables north-to-south adaptation of soybean. Sci China Life Sci. 64(2):179-195.
[18] Shi Q, Jin J, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Cai Z, Ma Q, Cheng Y, Wen R, Nian H, Lian T*. (2020) High Aluminum drives different Rhizobacterial communities between Aluminum-tolerant and Aluminum-sensitive wild soybean. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:1996.
[19] Xian P, Cai Z, Cheng Y, Lin R, Lian T, Ma Q, Nian H*. (2020) Wild soybean oxalyl-coA synthetase degrades oxalate and affects the tolerance to cadmium and Aluminum stresses. Int J Mol Sci. 21(22): 8869.
[20] Cai Z, Xian P, Wang H, Lin R, Lian T, Cheng Y, Ma Q, Nian H. (2020) Transcription factor GmWRKY142 confers cadmium resistance by up-regulating the cadmium tolerance 1-like genes. Front Plant Sci. 11:724.
[21] Huang J, Ma Q, Cai Z, Xia Q, Li S, Jia J, Chu L, Lian T, Nian H, Cheng Y. (2020) Identification and mapping of stable QTLs for seed oil and protein content in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. J Agric Food Chem. 68(23):6448-6460.
[22] Xiao Zhang, Lu Li, Ce Yang, Yanbo Cheng, Zhenzhen Han, Zandong Cai, Hai Nian, Qibin Ma*. (2020) GsMAS1 encoding a MADS-box transcription factor enhances the tolerance to aluminum stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci. 21(6). pii: E2004.
[23] Zhandong Cai, Peiqi Xian, Rongbin Lin, Yanbo Cheng, Tengxiang Lian, Qibin Ma, Hai Nian. (2020) Characterization of the soybean GmIREG family genes and the function of GmIREG3 in conferring tolerance to aluminum stress. Int J Mol Sci. 21(2). pii: E497.
[24] Yuantai Liu, Qihan Shi, Hejie Cao, Qibin Ma, Hai Nian, Xiuxiang Zhang. (2020) Heterologous Expression of a Glycine soja C2H2 zinc finger gene improves aluminum tolerance in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci. 21(8). pii: E2754.