Ye Junli

She is currently associate professor and Master Supervisor of Huazhong Agricultural University. Her research focuses mainly on molecular and biochemical regulation of secondary metabolites including coumarins, carotenoids, etc. for improving fruit quality and health promoting properties of citrus. She has contributed more than 60 research papers to peer reviewed journals including The Plant Journal, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Postharvest Biology and Technology, etc. She has been awarded the first prize of Science Award from the Ministry of Education（the third accomplisher），the first prize of the National Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Harvest Award（the third accomplisher），the first prize of Scientific Research achievements of Shennong China Agricultural Science and Technology Award（the fifth accomplisher）

[1] 2004.09-2011.06 Huazhong Agricultural University > PhD pomology
[2]2000.09-2004.06 Huazhong Agricultural University > BS Horticulture

1. Kaijie Zhu, Danni Yan, Yun Wang, Feng Zhu, Lixin Cao, Shunde Xiang, Yunliu Zeng, Lijun Chai, Yunjiang Cheng, Junli Ye*, Xiuxin Deng*. Chlorophyll retention reduces storability and pathogen defense in a novel citrus brown flavedo mutant. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2022, 192: 112006
2. Yin Zhang, Yingzi Zhang, Quan Sun, Suwen Lu, Lijun Chai, Junli Ye*, Xiuxin Deng*. Citrus transcription factor CsHB5 regulates abscisic acid biosynthetic genes and promotes senescence. The Plant Journal, 2021, 108 (1): 151-168. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15431
3. Cuihua Liu, Haipeng Zhang, Min He, Xi Liu, Shilin Chen, Zhenyu He, Junli Ye*, Juan Xu*. Lycopene Accumulation in Cara Cara Red-flesh Navel Orange Is Correlated with Weak Abscisic Acid Catabolism. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69: 8236-8246
4. Li Zhang, Xiyi Kou, Xue Huang, Guohuai Li, Junwei Liu*, Junli Ye*. Peach-gum: a promising alternative for retarding the ripening and senescence in postharvest peach fruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2020, 161: 111088 doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2019.111088
5. Xiyi Kou#, Li Zhang#, Shuzhen Yang, Guohuai Li, Junli Ye*. Selection and validation of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR analysis in peach fruit under different experimental conditions. Scientia Horticulturae, 2017, 225: 195-203
6. Junli Ye, Andan Zhu, Nengguo Tao, Juan Xu, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng*. Comprehensive analysis of expressed sequence tags （ESTs） from the pulp of the red mutant ‘Cara Cara’ navel orange （Citrus sinensis Osbeck）. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2010, 52（10）：856-867
7. Wang N, Song XT, Ye JL, Zhang SQ, Cao Z, Zhu CQ, Hu JB, Zhou Y, Huang Y, Cao S, Liu ZJ, Wu XM, Chai LJ, Guo WW, Xu Q, Brandon S. Gaut, Anna M.G. Koltunow, Zhou YF, Deng XX*. Structural variation and parallel evolution of apomixis in citrus during domestication and diversification. National Science Review, 2022, accepted
8. Qihang Jiang, Junli Ye, Kaijie Zhu, Fangfang Wu, Lijun Chai, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng*. Transcriptome and co-expression network analyses provide insights into fruit shading that enhances carotenoid accumulation in pomelo(Citrus grandis). Horticultural Plant Journal, 2021, 8（4）: 438-449
9. Kaijie Zhu, Hongyan Chen, Yingzi Zhang, Yun Liu, Xiongjie Zheng, Juan Xu, Junli Ye, Xiuxin Deng*. Carotenoid extraction, detection, and analysis in citrus. Methods in Enzymology, 2022, (https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2022.01.006)
10. Suwen Lu, Junli Ye, Kaijie Zhu, Yin Zhang, Mengwei Zhang, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng*. A fruit ripening-associated transcription factor CsMADS5 positively regulates carotenoid biosynthesis in citrus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab045
11. Suwen Lu, Junli Ye, Kaijie Zhu, Yin Zhang, Mengwei Zhang, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng*. A Citrus Phosphate Starvation Response Factor CsPHL3 Negatively Regulates Carotenoid Metabolism. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2021, 62（3）：482-493，doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcab007
12. Kaijie Zhu, Quan Sun, Hongyan Chen, Xuehan Mei, Suwen Lu, Junli Ye, Lijun Chai, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng. Ethylene activation of carotenoid biosynthesis by a novel transcription factor CsERF061. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021, 72(8): 3137-3154, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab047
13. Mou J, Zhang Z, Qiu H, Lu Y, Zhu X, Fan Z, Zhang Q, Ye J, Fernie AR, Cheng Y, Deng X* and Wen W*. Multi-omics based dissection of citrus flavonoid metabolism using a Citrus reticulata × Poncirus trifoliata population. Hortic Res.2020, 8:56
14. Kaijie Zhu, Xiongjie Zheng, Junli Ye, Yue Huang, Hongyan Chen, Xuehan Mei, Zongzhou Xie, Lixin Cao, Yunliu Zeng, Robert M Larkin, Qiang Xu, Estela PerezRoman, Manuel Talon, Cecilia ZumajoCardona, Eleanore T Wurtzel*, Xiuxin Deng*. Regulation of carotenoid and chlorophyll pools in hesperidia, anatomically unique fruits found only in Citrus. Plant Physiology, 2021, 187(2): 829-845
15. Quan Sun, Yizhong He, Junli Ye, Xiongjie Zheng, Cong Zhou, Ang Fu, Ranran Wei, Yingzi Yin, Lijun Chai, Qiang Xu, Yunjiang Cheng and Xiuxin Deng*. Storage with apple fruit to improve peel color and maintain freshness of Newhall navel orange. Scientia Horticulturae, 2021, 287: 110246. doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110246

1. 2020.06 Citrus engineering cell models accumulating β-citraurinene by multi-gene metabolic engineering and its application, granted as a patent by State Intellectual Property Office, the fifth accomplisher
2. 2019.12 ‘Zongcheng’ navel orange, granted and protected as a new variety by the Ministry of Agriculture, the eighth accomplisher