Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Graduation School: Huazhong Agricultural University
Office: 226, South Building
Main field: Citrus quality biology and regulation & Sensory evaluation of horticultural products and consumer experience.
[1] Citrus quality biology and regulation. Studying the flavor and health quality caused by flavonoid metabolic differences; Exploring the key structural genes and regulatory factors controlling flavonoid metabolic diversity, and apply them to quality improvement.
[2] Sensory evaluation of horticultural products and consumer experience. Using the fruits, vegetables, flowers, tea and their processing products to carry out sensory evaluation and consumer experience study. The research interests including appearance, color, flavor and some other sensory qualities, and providing related technical training, technical advice and laboratory construction technology, etc.
[1] 2011.9-2017.12 Huazhong Agricultural University > PhD Horticulture
[2] 2007.9-2011.6 Qingdao Agricultural University> BS Agriculture
[1] 2022.1-present> Huazhong Agricultural University>Associate professor
[2]2018.1-2021.12> Huazhong Agricultural University and Plant & Food Research Limited (New Zealand, 2 years)>Postdoctor
1. Jiajing Chen, Sumathi Tomes, Andrew P. Gleave, Wendy Hall, Zhiwei Luo, Juan Xu, Jia-Long
Yao*. Significant improvement of apple transgenic plant production by pre-transformation with a Baby Boom transcription factor. Horticulture Research, 2021, uhab014.
2. Jiajing Chen, Gu Li, Haipeng Zhang, Ziyu Yuan, Wenyun Li, Zhaoxin Peng, Meiyan Shi, Wenyu
Ding, Huixian Zhang, Yunjiang Cheng, Jia-Long Yao*, Juan Xu*. Primary bitter taste of Citrus is
linked to a functional allele of 1,2-rhamnosyltransferase gene originated from Citrus grandis.
Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69(34): 9869-9882.
3. Wenyun Li#, Gu Li#, Ziyu Yuan, Mingyue Li, Xiuxin Deng, Meilian Tan, Yuhua Ma, Jiajing Chen*, Juan Xu*. Illustration of the variation in the content of flavanone rutinosides in various citrus germplasms from genetic and enzymatic perspectives. Horticulture Research, 2021, uhab017.
4. Zhaoxin Peng, Haipeng Zhang, Wenyun Li, Ziyu Yuan, Zongzhou Xie, Hongyan Zhang, Yunjiang Cheng, Jiajing Chen*, Juan Xu*. Comparative profiling and natural variation of polymethoxylated flavones in various citrus germplasms. Food Chemistry, 2021, 354: 129499.
5. Jiajing Chen#, Ziyu Yuan#, Haipeng Zhang, Wenyun Li, Meiyan Shi, Zhaoxin Peng, Mingyue Li, Jing Tian, Xiuxin Deng, Yunjiang Cheng, Cecilia Deng, Zongzhou Xie, Jiwu Zeng, Jialong Yao*, Juan Xu*. Cit1,2RhaT and two novel CitdGlcTs participate in flavor-related flavonoid metabolism during citrus fruit development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(10): 2759-2771.
6. Jiajing Chen, Hongyan Zhang, Yibo Pang, Yunjiang Cheng, Xiuxi Deng, Juan Xu*. Comparative study of flavonoid production in lycopene-accumulated and blonde-flesh sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis) during fruit development. Food Chemistry, 2015, 184: 238-246.
7. Jiajing Chen, Shaojie Li, Juan Xu*, Fan Ding, Zhuang Wang, Yunjiang Cheng, Xiuxin Deng .
Concentration and distribution of main bitter compounds in fruit tissues of ‘Oroblanco’ (Citrus
grandis L.× Citrus paradisi Macf.). Scientia Horticulturae, 2015, 193: 84-89.
1. Jiajing Chen, Juan Xu, Jing Tian, Ziyu Yuan, Gu Li. A molecular marker related to the primary
bitterness phenotype of citrus fruits and its application, ZL201810811804.8, China, Mar. 30, 2021.
2. Juan Xu, Xiaoqin Mo, Jiajing Chen, Gu Li, Ziyu Yuan, Jiwu Zeng, Youwu Jiang. Molecular
marker for distinguishing the hairy and hairless material plants and its application,
ZL201911001504.4, China, Jun. 11, 2021.
3. Juan Xu, Haipeng Zhang, Cuihua Liu, Mingyue li, Jiajing Chen, Jing Tian. Application of a
cytochrome P450 enzyme, ZL201910568394.3, China, Dec. 1, 2020.
