Zhao Kaige

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Zhao Kaige

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

Office: 322, South Building

The main research interests focus on the formation mechanisms of ornamental traits, such as floral pigmentation of traditional Chinese garden plants. In recent years, the main research objects of the laboratory are Chimonanthus praecox and Nelumbo nucifera.

[1] 1999.09-2007.06 Huazhong Agricultural University > PhD Botany
[2] 1992.09-1996.06 Hunan Agricultural University > BS Ornamental Horticulture

[1] 2009.12-present> Huazhong Agricultural University> Associate Professor
[2] 2007.06-2009.11> Huazhong Agricultural University> Research Fellow
[3] 1996.10-1999.08> Nanyang City Commercial Bank> Banking staff

[1] ZHANG Qian, YANG Nan, SANG Haiyu, ZHAO Rong, SONG Xiaoxi, CHEN Longqing , XIANG Lin, ZHAO Kaige. Cloning and Functional Analysis of CpTT8 Related to Anthocyanin Synthesis in Wintersweet（Chimonanthus praecox）. Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 2021，48（10）：1945-1955
[2] Rong Zhao, Xiaoxi Song, Nan Yang, Longqing Chen, Lin Xiang, Xiu‑Qun Liu , Kaige Zhao. Expression of the subgroup IIIf bHLH transcription factor CpbHLH1 from Chimonanthus praecox (L.) in transgenic model plants inhibits anthocyanin accumulation. Plant Cell Reports, 2020, 39: 891-907
[3] Junzhong Shang , Jingpu Tian, Huihui Cheng, Qiaomu Yan, Lai Li, Abbas Jamal, Zhongping Xu, Lin Xiang, Christopher A. Saski,S huangxia Jin, Kaige Zhao, Xiuqun Liu, Longqing Chen. Genome biology, 2020, 21: 200

[1] A method used for the preparation of Chimonanthus praecox protoplasts. ZL202110773434.5