Education Background

 Ph.D in Genetics, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Master of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Bachelor of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Research Area

Dissecting the genetic basis of rice yield and quality and breeding high yield, good quality and multi resistance varieties.

Research Paper

1. Ying J, Qin Y #,, Zhang F #,, Duan L, Cheng P, Yin M, Wang Y, Tong X, Huang J, Li Z, Song X, Zhang J* (2024) A weak allele of TGW5 enables greater seed propagation and efficient size-based seed sorting for hybrid rice production. PLANT COMMUN 5: 100811.

2. Yin M#,, Tong X, Yang J, Cheng Y, Zhou P, Li G, Wang Y, Ying J* (2024) Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Yield Traits and Validation of a Novel Quantitative Trait Locus for Grain Width and Weight in Rice. PLANTS-BASEL 13.

3. Ma M#, Shen SY, Bai C, Wang WQ, Feng XH, Ying J, Song XJ* (2023) Control of grain size in rice by TGW3 phosphorylation of OsIAA10 through potentiation of OsIAA10-OsARF4-mediated auxin signaling. CELL REP 42: 112187

4. Shu Y#,, Zhang W, Tang L, Li Z, Liu X, Liu X, Liu W, Li G, Ying J, Huang J, Tong X, Hu H, Zhang J, Wang Y (2023) ABF1 Positively Regulates Rice Chilling Tolerance via Inducing Trehalose Biosynthesis. INT J MOL SCI 24

5. Liu, X#,., Li, Z. #,, Ying J, Shu, Y., Liu, W., Li, G., Chen, L., Luo, J., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Tong, X., Huang, J., Du H, and Zhang, J. (2023) Multi-gene Engineering Boosts Oil Content in Rice Grains. Plant Communications, 100736.

6. Li, Z.Y. #, Wei, X.J. #, Tong, X.H., Zhao, J., Liu, X.Y., Wang, H.M., Tang, L.Q., Shu, Y.Z., Li, G., Wang, Y.F., Ying J, Jiao, G.A., Hu, H.H., Hu, P.S.*, and Zhang, J.* (2022). The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice. MOL PLANT 15, 706-722.

7. Wang, H.M. #, Tong, X.H. #, Tang, L.Q. #, Wang, Y.F., Zhao, J., Li, Z.Y., Liu, X.Y., Shu, Y.Z., Yin, M., Adegoke, T.V., Liu, W.N., Wang, S., Xu, H.Y., Ying J, Yuan, W., Yao, J., and Zhang, J*. (2022). RLB (RICE LATERAL BRANCH) recruits PRC2-mediated H3K27 tri-methylation on OsCKX4 to regulate lateral branching. PLANT PHYSIOL 188, 460-476.

8. Yang J.Y. #, Bai C.#, Ding, X.H., Shen, H.F., Wang, L., Ying, J.Z.*, E Z.G.*2022. Genetic analysis and gene mapping of a male sterile mutant ms7 in rice. Chinese Journal of Rice Science 36(1): 27-34.

9. Zhang, X., Zheng, W.J., Zhang, Z.X., Zeng, R.Z., Sheng, Z.H., Ying, J.Z.*, Sui, G.M.* (2022) Development and Validation of Gene-specific DCAPS Markers for a Temperature-sensitive Gene TMS5 in Rice. Pak. J. Bot.,, 55(1): 55(1): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2023-1(40)

10. Xu, H.Y. #, Li, S.F. #, Kazeem, B.B., Ajadi, A.A., Luo, J.J., Yin, M., Liu, X.Y., Chen, L.J., Ying, J.Z., Tong, X.H., Wang, Y.F., Niu, B.X., Chen, C., Zeng, X.S.*, and Zhang, J.* (2022). Five Rice Seed-Specific NF-YC Genes Redundantly Regulate Grain Quality and Seed Germination via Interfering Gibberellin Pathway. INT J MOL SCI 23.

11. Cheng, Y.C. #, Li, G. #, Yin, M., Adegoke, T.V., Wang, Y.F., Tong, X.H., Zhang, J.*, and Ying, J.Z.* (2021). Verification and dissection of one quantitative trait locus for grain size and weight on chromosome 1 in rice. Sci Rep 11, 18252.

12. Li, G. #, Cheng, Y.C. #, Yin, M., Yang, J.Y., Ying, J.Z.*, and Zhu, C.L.* (2021). Detection of QTLs for panicle-related traits using an indica x japonica recombinant inbred line population in rice. PEERJ 9, e12504.

13. Tang, L.Q. #, Xu, H.Y. #, Wang, Y.F., Wang, H.M., Li, Z., Liu, X.Y., Shu, Y.Z., Li, G., Liu, W.N., Ying, J.Z., Tong, X.H., Yao, J.L., Xiao, W.F, Tang, S.Q.*, Ni, S., and Zhang, J.* (2021). OsABF1 Represses Gibberellin Biosynthesis to Regulate Plant Height and Seed Germination in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). INT J MOL SCI 22.

14. Wang, S. #, Liu, W.N. #, He, Y., Adegoke, T.V., Ying, J.Z., Tong, X.H., Li, Z.Y., Tang, L.Q., Wang, H.M., Zhang, J., Tian, Z.H., and Wang, Y.F. * (2021). bZIP72 promotes submerged rice seed germination and coleoptile elongation by activating ADH1. Plant Physiol Biochem 169, 112-118.

15. Adegoke, T.V., Wang, Y.F., Chen, L.J., Wang, H.M., Liu, W.N., Liu, X.Y., Cheng, Y.C., Tong, X.H., Ying, J.Z., and Zhang, J*. (2021). Posttranslational Modification of Waxy to Genetically Improve Starch Quality in Rice Grain. INT J MOL SCI 22.

16. Wu, Y.B. #, Li, G. #, Zhu, Y.J., Cheng, Y.C., Yang, J.Y., Chen, H.Z., Song, X.J., and Ying, J.Z.* (2020). Genome-Wide Identification of QTLs for Grain Protein Content Based on Genotyping-by-Resequencing and Verification of qGPC1-1 in Rice. INT J MOL SCI 21.

17. Wang, G.J., Wang, Y., Ying, J.Z., and Song, X.J.* (2020). Identification of qLG2, qLG8, and qWG2 as novel quantitative trait loci for grain shape and the allelic analysis in cultivated rice. PLANTA 252, 18.

18. Zhu, Y.J., Sun, Z.C., Niu, X.J., Ying, J.Z., Fan, Y.Y., Mou, T.M., Tang, S.Q., and Zhuang, J.Y. * (2019). Dissection of three quantitative trait loci for grain size on the long arm of chromosome 10 in rice (Oryza sativa L.). PEERJ 7, e6966.

19. Ying, J.Z. #, Ma, M. #, Bai, C. #, Huang, X.H., Liu, J.L., Fan, Y.Y., and Song, X.J.* (2018). TGW3, a Major QTL that Negatively Modulates Grain Length and Weight in Rice. MOL PLANT 11, 750-753.

20. Qin, Y.B., Cheng, P., Cheng, Y.C., Feng, Y., Huang, D.R., Huang, T.X., Song, X.J.*, and Ying, J.Z.* (2018). QTL-Seq Identified a Major QTL for Grain Length and Weight in Rice Using Near Isogenic F-2 Population. RICE SCI 25, 121-131.

21. Chen, J.Y., Zhang, H.W., Zhang, H.L., Ying, J.Z., Ma, L.Y., and Zhuang, J.Y.* (2018). Natural variation at qHd1 affects heading date acceleration at high temperatures with pleiotropism for yield traits in rice. BMC PLANT BIOL 18, 112.

22. Ying, J.Z.#, Zhao, J.#, Hou, Y.X., Wang, Y.F., Qiu, J.H., Li, Z.Y., Tong, X.H., Shi, Z.M., Zhu, J., and Zhang, J*. (2017). Mapping the N-linked glycosites of rice (Oryza sativa L.) germinating embryos. PLOS ONE 12, e173853.

23. Zhu, Y.J., Fan, Y.Y., Wang, K., Huang, D.R., Liu, W.Z., Ying, J.Z., and Zhuang, J.Y.* (2017). Rice Flowering Locus T 1 plays an important role in heading date influencing yield traits in rice. Sci Rep 7, 4918.

24. Zhu, Y.J., Huang, D.R., Fan, Y.Y., Zhang, Z.H., Ying, J.Z., and Zhuang, J.Y. * (2016). Detection of QTLs for Yield Heterosis in Rice Using a RIL Population and Its Testcross Population. INT J GENOMICS 2016, 2587823.

25. Wang, K., Zhuang, J.Y., Huang, D.R., Ying, J.Z., and Fan, Y.Y*. (2015). Genome-wide polymorphisms between the parents of an elite hybrid rice and the development of a novel set of PCR-based InDel markers. Genet Mol Res 14, 3209-3222.

26. Ying, J.Z., Chen, Y.Y., Zhang, H.W.. 2014. Functional Characterization of Genes/QTLs for Increasing Rice Yield Potential.

27. Chen, J.Y., Guo, L., Ma, H., Chen, Y.Y., Zhang, H.W., Ying, J.Z., and Zhuang, J.Y. * (2014). Fine mapping of qHd1, a minor heading date QTL with pleiotropism for yield traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.). THEOR APPL GENET 127, 2515-2524.

28. Ying, J.Z., Shan, J.X., Gao, J.P., Zhu, M.Z., Shi, M., and Lin, H.X.* (2012). Identification of quantitative trait Loci for lipid metabolism in rice seeds. MOL PLANT 5, 865-875.

29. Ying, J.Z., Gao, J.P., Shan, J.X., Zhu, M.Z., Shi, M., and Lin, H.X.* (2012). Dissecting the genetic basis of extremely large grain shape in rice cultivar 'JZ1560'. J GENET GENOMICS 39, 325-333

30. Deng, Y.D.,Ying, J.Z., Shi, Y.Y., Xiao, C.L., and Zhang, H.Q. 2010. Mapping of QTLs for percentage of exserted stigma in rice. Journal of Hunan Agricultural University 36(4): 373-376.

31. Ying, J.Z., Shi, Y.F., E, Z.G., Zeng, R.Z., Chen, J., Zhu, Z.W., and Zhuang, J.Y.* (2007). Construction and Testing of a Primary Microsatellite Database of Major Rice Varieties in China. RICE SCI 14, 247-255.

32. Ying, J.Z., Shi, Y.F, Zhuang, J.Y., and Xue, Q.Z.* (2007). Microsatellite marker evaluation on genetic diversity of the major commercial rice varieties in China. Scientia Agricultura Sinica 40(4): 649-654.

33. Ying, J.Z., Shi, Y.F., Zhuang, J.Y., and Xue, Q.Z.* (2006). Assessment of uniformity of major rice varieties in China using microsatellite markers. Chinese Journal of Rice Science 20(4): 367-371.

34. Shi, Y.F., Ying, J.Z., Wang, L., Zhu, Z.W., and Zhuang, J.Y. *(2005). Screening SSR markers for rice variety identification. Chinese Journal of Rice Science 19(3): 195-201.

35. Shen, B., Zhuang, J.Y., Fan, Y.Y., Ying, J.Z., Yang, J., Sun, L.X., Fei, J.H., and Zheng, K.L.* (2005). Genetic analysis of starch branching enzyme activity in rice grain. Zhi Wu Sheng Li Yu Fen Zi Sheng Wu Xue Xue Bao 31, 631-636.