Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Graduation school: Huazhong Agricultural University
Office: 512, North Building
Post-harvest biology and technology is devoted exclusively to carry out biological and technological research in the areas of post-harvest storage, treatment, quality evaluation, packaging, handling and distribution of agronomic and horticultural crops, and the post-harvest treatment of fresh product as affecting the quality of processed product will be included. These disciplines include ecology, entomology, plant physiology, plant pathology, molecular biology, chemistry, engineering, technology and economics.
Developed and facilitated adoption of technologies that are alternatives to synthetic fungicides to control postharvest decay of horticultural products. now in commercial use in China, including: 1) introduced and verified antagonistic microbe to control postharvest diseases of horticultural products; 2) Physical control, such as controlled atmosphere for horticultural products to control decay; 3) Development of edible film.
[1] 2000.7-2005.6 Huazhong Agricultural University > PhD Horticulture
[2] 1996.9-2000.6 Huazhong Agricultural University > BS Horticulture
[1] 2014.1-present Huazhong Agricultural University>Professor
[2] 2008.01-2013.12 Huazhong Agricultural University>Associate Professor
[3] 2005.7-2007.12 Huazhong Agricultural University>Research Fellow
1. Zhonghuan Tian, Chuanwu Chen, Kai Chen, Ping Liu, Qijun Fan, Juan Zhao, Chao-an Long⁎. Biocontrol and the mechanisms of Bacillus sp. w176 against postharvest green mold in citrus，Postharvest Biology and Technology. 2020，159: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2019.111022.
2. Juan Zhao, DeYao Zhang, Zhe Wang, Zhonghuan Tian, Fan Yang, XinJun Lu, Chao-an Long⁎. Genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis of Geotrichum citri-aurantii on citrus reveal the potential pathogenic- and guazatine-resistance related genes. Genomics. 2020,112:4063-4071.
3. Kai Chen#, Zhonghuan Tian#, Ping Chen, Hua He, Fatang Jiang and Chao-an Long⁎. Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of lineage-specific genes within Hanseniaspora yeasts. FEMS Microbiology Letters 2020,367(11): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaa077.
4. Kai Chen, Zhonghuan Tian, Hua He, Chao-an Long⁎, Fatang Jiang⁎. Bacillus species as potential biocontrol agents against citrus diseases. Biological Control. 2020,151: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104419.
5. Zhonghuan Tian, Yang Li, Qian Yang, Ping Liu, Yujie Du, Chuanwu Chen⁎, Chao-an Long⁎. Antifungal activities and the mechanisms of biocontrol agent WE-3 against postharvest sour rot in citrus. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 2021, 161(3): 723-733.
6. Zhonghuan Tian , Yujie Du, Fan Yang, Juan Zhao, Shuqi Liu, Deyao Zhang and Chao-an Long*. Chromosome Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptome-Based Analyses of Kloeckera apiculata 34-9 Unveil the Potential Biocontrol Mechanisms Against Citrus Green Mold. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.752529
7. Liu Shuqi, Du Yuling, Zhang Deyao, Yang Fan, He Xiang, and Long Chao-an*. Aluminum sulfate inhibits green mold by inducing chitinase activity of Penicillium digitatum and enzyme activity of citrus fruit. Food control, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108854.
8. Hui Pan, Caihong Zhong, Lungang Xia, Wenyi Li, Zupeng Wang, Lei Deng, Li Li*, Chao-an Long*. Antifungal activity of natamycin against kiwifruit soft rot caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea and potential mechanisms. Scientia Horticulturae, Available online 27 July 2022
9. Fan Yang, Lingtong Cheng, Yuling Du, Lungang Xia, Chao-an Long*，Functional identification of the DHN melanin synthesis gene cluster and its role in UV-C tolerance in citrus postharvest pathogenic fungus Penicillium digitatum. Fungal Biology, 2022, 126:566-575
10. Yujie Du, Yajuan Li, Zhonghuan Tian, Xiang He, Deyao Zhang, Chao-an Long*. Natamycin as a safe food additive to control postharvest green mold and sour rot in citrus. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022，DOI: 10.1111/jam.15769
11. Shuqi Liu, Deyao Zhang, Yuqing Wang, Fan Yang, Juan Zhao, Yujie Du, Zhonghuan Tian and Chao-an Long*. Dimethyl dicarbonate as a food additive effectively inhibits Geotrichum citri-aurantii of citrus. Foods, 2022, 11(15), 2328; doi:10.3390/foods11152328
12. Juan Zhao, Qianyi Liu, Yuqing Wang, Xinjun Lu, Hui Pan, Chao-an Long*. Curative activity of KCl treatments to control citrus sour rot. LWT – Food Science & Technology, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113853
