Head of the Group: Prof. Dr. Li Qingjun

E-mail: qjli@xtbg.ac.cn

Tel: 86 691 8715471

 MAJOR FIELD OF RESEARCH:

The research field is focus on the reproductive characteristics of tropical plants, especially the plants of ginger family (Zingiberaceae). Study areas:

Tropical plant pollination biology.

Diversity and evolution of plant breeding system.

The mechanism of co-evolution and its ecological effects.

PROJECTS:

1. Adaptive significance of intra-inflorescence sex allocation in Hosta ventricosa

(Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI: G-X Cao, 2009-2011, RMB 250,000).

2. Study on plant adaptive radiation and speciation on Himalayan area (Supported

by the Ministry of Science and Technology, PI: Li Qingjun, 2007-2011, RMB 200,000).

3. The Fund for Top One Hundred Young Scientists of Chinese Academy of

Sciences (PI: Li Qingjun, 2007-2010, RMB 1,000,000).

4. The Scientific Fund for National Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation (Supported by

the Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI: Li Qingjun, 2006-2008, RMB 400,000).

5. The effects of floral longevity on the fitness and its evolutionary significance in

genus Hedychium (Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,

PI: Gao Jiangyun, 2002-2004, RMB 220,000).

6. The Scientific Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists of National Natural Science

Foundation (PI: Li Qingjun, 2003-2006, RMB 1,000,000).

7. Study on the flexistyly outcrossing mechanism and the evolution of plant breeding systems (Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, PI: Li Qingjun, 2002-2004, RMB 1,100,000).

8. Study on the pollination biology and the breeding system of Alpinia ginger plants

(Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI: Li Qingjun,

2002-2004, RMB 200,000).　　

9. The mechanism of co-evolution and its ecological effects (Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI: Li Qingjun, 2002-2005, RMB 600,000).