Hu Chungen

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Hu Chungen

Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Graduation School: Huazhong Agricultural University

Office: 520, South Building

My research Interests are concentrated on discovering the mechanism of short juvenility and strong cold resistance characters in trifoliate orange. For more than 20 years, we have constructed thousands of hybridization segregants using Poncirus trifoliata with other citrus plants, including F1, F2, and BC1 generations. Via genetic linkage map and GWAS analysis, we try to locate the genes controlling flower differentiation and dormancy in winter to overcome cold season in some special trifoliate oranges. Some progresses have been made, but more mysteries need to discover.

[1] 1995.9——1998.7 Huazhong Agricultural University > PhD Horticulture
[2] 1985.9——1988.7 Zhejiang Agricultural University > MS Horticulture
[3] 1981.9——1985.7 Huazhong Agricultural University > BS Agriculture

[1] 2003.12-present> Huazhong Agricultural University>Professor
[2] 2001.3-2003.3 > National Fruit Research Institute of Japan > STA Fellow
[3] 1998.1-2003.11 > Huazhong Agricultural University> Associate Professor
[4] 1992.5-1998.12 > Huazhong Agricultural University>Lecturer
[5] 1988.7-1992.4 > Administration of Wuhan East Lake Scenic Area in Hubei Province > Engineer

1. Zhou H, Zeng R-F, Liu T-J, Ai X-Y, Ren M-K, Zhou J-J, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Drought and low temperature-induced NF-YA1 activates FT expression to promote citrus flowering. Plant, Cell & Environment 2022:doi.org/10.1111/pce.14442.
2. Zeng R-F, Fu L-M, Deng L, Liu M-F, Gan Z-M, Zhou H, Hu S-F, Chun-Gen H*, Zhang J-Z*: CiKN1 and CiKN6 are involved in leaf development in citrus by regulating CimiR164. The Plant Journal 2022, n/a(n/a).
3. Xu Y-Y, Zeng R-F, Zhou H, Qiu M-Q, Gan Z-M, Yang Y-L, Hu S-F, Zhou J-J, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Citrus FRIGIDA cooperates with its interaction partner dehydrin to regulate drought tolerance. The Plant Journal 2022, 111(1):164-182.
4. Wu Y-M, Ma Y-J, Wang M, Zhou H, Gan Z-M, Zeng R-F, Ye L-X, Zhou J-J, Zhang J-Z*, Hu C-G*: Mobility of FLOWERING LOCUS T protein as a systemic signal in trifoliate orange and its low accumulation in grafted juvenile scions. Horticulture Research 2022, 9:uhac056.
5. Li-Xia Ye Y-MW, Jin-Xia Zhang, Jin-Xin Zhang, Huan Zhou, Ren-Fang Zeng, Wei-Xuan Zheng, Mei-Qi Qiu, Jing-Jing Zhou, Zong-Zhou Xie, Chun-Gen Hu, Jin-Zhi Zhang*: A bZIP transcription factor (CiFD) regulates drought and low temperature induced flowering by alternative splicing in citrus. J Integr Plant Biol 2022, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology:DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13390.
6. Khan FS, Gan Z-M, Li E-Q, Ren M-K, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Transcriptomic and physiological analysis reveals interplay between salicylic acid and drought stress in citrus tree floral initiation. Planta 2022, 255(1):24.
7. Zeng R-F, Zhou H, Fu L-M, Yan Z, Ye L-X, Hu S-F, Gan Z-M, Ai X-Y, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Two citrus KNAT-like genes, CsKN1 and CsKN2, are involved in the regulation of spring shoot development in sweet orange. Journal of Experimental Botany 2021, 72(20):7002-7019.
8. Xu Y-Y, Liu S-R, Gan Z-M, Zeng R-F, Zhang J-Z*, Hu C-G*: High-density genetic map construction and identification of QTLs controlling leaf abscission trait in Poncirus trifoliata. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22(11):5723.
9. Shafique Khan F, Zeng R-F, Gan Z-M, Zhang J-Z*, Hu C-G*: Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the WOX gene family in citrus sinensis and functional analysis of a CsWUS member. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22(9):4919.
10. Ma Y-J, Li P-T, Sun L-M, Zhou H, Zeng R-F, Ai X-Y, Zhang J-Z*, Hu C-G*: HD-ZIP I transcription factor (PtHB13) negatively regulates citrus flowering through binding to FLOWERING LOCUS C promoter. Plants 2020, 9(1).
11. Zeng R-F, Zhou J-J, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Transcriptome-wide identification and functional prediction of novel and flowering-related circular RNAs from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Planta 2018, 247(5):1191-1202.
12. Liu T-J, Zhou J-J, Chen F-Y, Gan Z-M, Li Y-P, Zhang J-Z*, Hu C-G*: Identification of the genetic variation and gene exchange between Citrus trifoliata and Citrus clementina. Biomolecules 2018, 8(4):182.
13. Liu TJ, Li YP, Zhou JJ*, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ: Genome-wide genetic variation and comparison of fruit-associated traits between kumquat (Citrus japonica) and Clementine mandarin (Citrus clementina). Plant Molecular Biology 2018, 96(4-5):493-507.
14. Wang CY, Liu SR, Zhang XY, Ma YJ, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ*: Genome-wide screening and characterization of long non-coding RNAs involved in flowering development of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Scientific Reports 2017, 7:43226.
15. Zhang JZ, Liu SR, Hu CG*: Identifying the genome-wide genetic variation between precocious trifoliate orange and its wild type and developing new markers for genetics research. DNA Research 2016, 23(4):403-414.
16. Sun L-M, Zhang J-Z, Hu C-G*: Characterization and expression analysis of PtAGL24, a SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE/AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 (SVP/AGL24)-type MADS-box gene from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoIlata L. Raf.). Front Plant Sci 2016, 10(7):823.
17. Ai X-Y, Zhang J-Z, Liu T-J, Hu C-G*: PtFCA from precocious trifoliate orange is regulated by alternative splicing and affects flowering time and root development in transgenic Arabidopsis. Tree Genetics & Genomes 2016, 12(5):85.
18. Li S-B, OuYang W-Z, Hou X-J, Xie L-L, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Genome-wide identification, isolation and expression analysis of auxin response factor (ARF) gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Front Plant Sci 2015, 6:119.
19. Zhang J-Z, Zhao K, Ai XY, Hu CG*: Involvements of PCD and changes in gene expression profile during self-pruning of spring shoots in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). BMC Genomics 2014, 15:892.
20. Zhang JZ, Mei L, Liu R, Khan MR, Hu CG*: Possible involvement of locus-specific methylation on expression regulation of LEAFY homologous gene (CiLFY) during precocious trifoliate orange phase change process. PLoS ONE 2014, 9(2):e88558.
21. Sun LM, Zhang J-Z, Mei L, Hu CG*: Molecular cloning, promoter analysis and functional characterization of APETALA 1-like gene from precocious trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Scientia Horticulturae 2014, 178 (23):95-105.
22. Liu SR, Khan M, Li YP, Zhang JZ, Hu CG*: Comprehensive analysis of CCCH-type zinc finger gene family in citrus (Clementine mandarin) by genome-wide characterization. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 2014, 289(5):855-872.
23. Liu SR, Li WY, Long D, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ*: Development and characterization of genomic and expressed SSRs in citrus by genome-wide analysis. PLoS ONE 2013, 8(10):e75149.
24. Hou X-J, Liu S-R, Khan M, Hu C-G*, Zhang J-Z*: Genome-wide identification, classification, expression profiling, and SSR marker development of the MADS-Box gene family in citrus. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 2013, 32(1):28-41.
25. Zhang J-Z, Ai X-Y, Guo W-W, Peng S-A, Deng X-X, Hu C-G*: Identification of miRNAs and their target genes using deep sequencing and degradome analysis in trifoliate orange [Poncirus trifoliate (L.) Raf]. Molecular Biotechnology 2012, 51(1):44-57.
26. Sun LM, Ai XY, Li WY, Guo WW, Deng XX, Hu CG*, Zhang JZ*: Identification and comparative profiling of miRNAs in an early flowering mutant of trifoliate orange and its wild type by genome-wide deep sequencing. PLoS ONE 2012, 7(8):e43760.