Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Graduation School: Huazhong Agricultural University
Office: 413, North Building
My research interests are developmental biology and molecular biology of ornamental plants. In particular, our work mainly focus on the development of prickles, leaves and plant types in Rosa. The long-term goal is to cultivate “ideal character” roses suitable for the lightened and simplified cultivation mode through the in-depth study of the regulation mechanism of the growth and development of roses.
[1] 2003.9-2009.12. Huazhong Agricultural University. PhD. Ornamental Plants and Horticulture
[2] 1999.9-2003.6. Huazhong Agricultural University. BS. Landscape Architecture
[1] 2018.1-present. Huazhong Agricultural University. Associate Professor
[2] 2010.7-2017.12. Huazhong Agricultural University. Research Fellow
1. Huilin Zhang, Zheng Sun, Shan Feng, Junwei Zhang, Fan Zhang, Wenen Wang, Huirong Hu, Wei Zhang*, Manzhu Bao*. (2022) The C2H2-type zinc finger protein PhZFP1 regulates cold stress tolerance by modulating galactinol synthesis in Petunia hybrida. Journal of Experimental Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac274
2. Zhang, Y.#, Zhao, M.#, Zhu, W., Shi, C., Bao, M., Zhang, W*. (2021) Nonglandular prickle formation is associated with development and secondary metabolism-related genes in Rosa multiflora. Physiologia Plantarum, 173: 1147–1162
3. Wei Zhang, Huilin Zhang, Luyun Ning, Bei Li, Manzhu Bao*. (2016) Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Provides Novel Insights into Cold Stress Responses in Petunia Seedlings. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 136.
4. Bei Li, Luyun Ning, Junwei Zhang, Manzhu Bao, Wei Zhang*. (2015) Transcriptional profiling of Petunia seedlings reveals candidate regulators of the cold stress response. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6:118
5. Wei Zhang, Guogui Ning, Haiyan Lv, Liao Liao, Manzhu Bao*. (2009) Single MYB-type transcription factor AtCAPRICE: A new efficient tool to engineer the production of anthocyanin in tobacco. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 388(4): 742–747
6. Zhang, W, Fu, Q, Dai, X G, Bao, M Z*. (2008) The culture of isolated microspores of ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var.acephala) and the importance of genotype to embryo regeneration. Scientia Horticulturae, 117(1): 69–72
7. Wanhui Kim, Moussa Benhamed, Caroline Servet, David Latrasse, Wei Zhang, Marianne Delarue, Dao-Xiu Zhou*. (2009) Histone acetyltransferase GCN5 interferes with the miRNA pathway in Arabidopsis. Cell Research, 19: 899-909
8. Guangying Ma, Guogui Ning, Wei Zhang, Jing Zhan, Haiyan Lv, Manzhu Bao*. (2011) Overexpression of Petunia SOC1-like Gene FBP21 in Tobacco Promotes Flowering without Decreasing Flower or Fruit Quantity. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 29 (3): 573-581
9. Guangying Ma, Guogui Ning, Ruihua Pang, Jing Zhan, Xin Li, Wei Zhang，Manzhu Bao*. (2011) Analysis of the Petunia hybrida double flower transcriptome using suppression subtractive hybridization. Scientia Horticulturae, 127 (3): 398-404
10. Liao Liao, Guogui Ning, Caixian Liu, Wei Zhang, Manzhu Bao*. (2013) The intron from the 5′-UTR of the FBP11 gene in petunia displays promoter- and enhancer-like functions. Scientia Horticulturae, 154: 96–101
