About
Education
Ph.D. in Botany, Hainan University, September 2011 - June 2015
M.Sc. in Ecology, Jishou University, September 2008 - June 2011
B.Sc. in Biology Teacher Education, Jishou University, September 2004 - June 2008
Work Experience
Associate Researcher, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, October 2024 - Present
Associate Researcher, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, January 2023 - October 2024
Assistant Researcher, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, April 2016 - December 2022
Research Assistant, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, July 2015 - March 2016
Research interests
High-yield and stress-resistant rubber tree breeding and the biology of rubber-producing plants
Articles
Zhang SX, Wu SH, Chao JQ, Yang SG, Bao J, Tian WM*.Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of MYC Transcription Factor Family Genes in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.). Forests, 2022, 13:531.
Wu SH#, Zhang SX#, Chao JQ, Li Y, Yang SG, Deng XM, Shi MJ, Tian WM*. Differential miRNA expression profiling reveals a correlation between hbr-miR156 and laticifer differentiation in rubber trees. Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 192: 116067.
Zhang SX, Wu SH, Tian WM*. The secondary laticiferdifferentiation in rubber tree is induced by trichostatin A, an inhibitor ofhistone acetylation, Frontiers of Agricultural Science and engineering, 2016, 3(4):357-362.
Zhang SX, Wu SH, Chen YY, Tian WM*. Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Coronatine-Induced Laticifer Differentiation in the Rubber Tree by Subtractive Hybridization Suppression. PLoS One. 2015, 10(7):e0132070.
Zhang SX, Wu SH, Tian WM*. Cross talk between cytokinin and jasmonates inregulating the secondary laticifer differentiation in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.). Journal of Rubber Research, 2015, 18(1): 38-48
Chao JQ#, Wu SH#, Shi MJ#, Xu X#, Gao Q, Du HL, Gao B, Guo D, Yang SG, Zhang SX, Li Y, Fan XL, Hai CY, Kou LQ, Zhang J, Wang ZW, Li Y, Xue WB, Xu J, Deng XM, Huang X, Gao X, Zhang XF, Hu YS, Zeng X, Li WG, Zhang LS, Peng SQ, Wu JL, Hao BZ, Wang XC, Yu H, Li JY*, Liang CZ*, Tian WM*. Genomic insight into domestication of rubber tree. Nature Communications, 2023, 14: 4651.
Li Y, Yang SG, Shi MJ, Zhang SX, Wu SH, Chen YY, Li WG, Tian WM*. HbARF2 and HbARF16.3 function as negative regulators for the radial trunk growth of rubber tree. Industrial Crops and Products, 2020, 158: 112978.
Deng XM, Wang JX, Li Y, Wu SH, Yang SG, Chao JQ, Chen YY, Zhang SX, Shi MJ, Tian WM*. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals phytohormone signalings, heat shock module and ROS scavenger mediate the cold-tolerance of rubber tree. Scientific reports. 2018, 8(1):4931.
Li TT, Li GJ, Lu QJ, Zhou JN, Li M, Zhang SX, Li JN. Characterization of Tectona grandis Extractives by GC-MS and IR and their infusion into Rubberwood to modify dimensional stability. Bioresources, 2017,12(3):4500-4514.
Wu SH, Zhang SX, Chao JQ, Deng XM, Chen YY, Shi MJ, Tian WM*. Transcriptome Analysis of the Signalling Networks in Coronatine-Induced Secondary Laticifer Differentiation from Vascular Cambia in Rubber Trees. Scientific reports. 2016, 6:36384.
Chao JQ, Zhang SX, Chen YY, Tian WM*. Isolation and characterization of a plastidic glutamine synthetase (GS) gene in laticifers of Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum,2016, 38(4):90.
Chao JQ, Zhang SX, Chen YY, Tian WM*. Cloning, heterologous expression and characterization of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) gene in laticifer cells of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.). Plant physiology and biochemistry. 2015, 97:331-338.
Tian WM*, Yang SG, Shi MJ, Zhang SX, Wu JL. Mechanical wounding-induced laticifer differentiation in rubber tree: An indicative role of dehydration, hydrogen peroxide, and jasmonates. Journal of plant physiology. 2015, 15;182:95-103.
Wang XC, Shi MJ, Wang D, Chen YY, Cai FG, Zhang SX, Wang L, Tong Z, Tian WM. Comparative proteomics of primary and secondary lutoids reveals that chitinase and glucanase play a crucial combined role in rubber particle aggregation in Hevea brasiliensis. Journal of Proteome Research. 2013, 12(11):5146-5159.
