Prof. Guohua Xu’s Curriculum Vitae
As a plant and soil biologist, I have been engaged in the research of mineral nutrition of major field crops and vegetables and nutrient transport in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. I have published more than 200 research and review paper in international peer-reviewed journals and was awarded as Highly Cited Researcher 2019/2020/2021/2022 in Plant and Animal Science field by Web of Science Group (Clarivate analytic). My current research interesting is the plant molecular genetics for efficient use of major nutrients under variable environmental condition.
WoS Researcher ID: J-1840-2012; Scopus Author ID: 55726298800
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3283-2392
Education:
Ph.D., Plant Physiology, 1996-2000. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Field Crops, Vegetables and Genetics, ISRAEL
M.S., Plant Mineral Nutrition, 1985-1988. Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU), CHINA
B.S., Soil Sciences & Agro-Chemistry, 1981-1985. Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU), CHINA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Professor-in-Chief, NJAU, 2012 – Present (Zhongshan Scholar, level A)
Professor, NJAU, 2004 – Present
Director of Jiangsu provincial steering committee for graduate study in agriculture, 2018-2020
Dean of the College, NJAU, 2006 – 2018
Associate Professor, NJAU, 1995-1996
Post Doc., The Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL, 2001- 2004
Post Doc., The Agricultural Research Organization, ISRAEL, 2001
Instructor, NJAU, 1991 - 1995
Teaching & Research Assistant, NJAU, 1988 - 1990
editoral member of international journals
1. Journal of Experimental Botany
2. Seminars in Cell and Development Biology (Guest Editor)
3. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture (Associated Editor)
4. Frontiers in Plant Science
5. Scientific Reports
Ongoing key research projects (2022-; PI: guohua xu):
1. Molecular regulatory network of the phenotypic traits formation for efficient use of nutrients in rice and wheat crops. 2021-2026. Grant no. 2021YFF1000400. China National Key Research and Development Project.
2. The molecular and genetic mechanism of coordinated nitrogen regulation of developing stages, yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice. 2020-2024 (key program, grant no. 31930101). National Natural Science Foundation of China.
3. Identification of the key genes and molecular breeding for improving nitrogen use efficiency of rice and wheat. 2022-2026. The Project of Seed Industry Revitalization in Jiangsu Province (JBGS 2021-011), China.
4. Research on molecular breeding technology system of rice for improving nitrogen use efficiency. 2020-2023 (key program, grant no. BE2020339). Jiangsu Provicinal Key Research and Development Project.
5. Functional characterization of a rice sugar partitioning regulator-1 (OsSPR1) and its downstream gene OsUGP5 in maintaining the homeostasis of carbon and phosphorus nutrition. 2019-2022. Grant no. 31872165. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
6. INFEWS:US-China: Collaborative Research: Investigating the role of wet wastes in the global circular economy: sustainable conversion to products using hydrothermal carbonization. 2020-2023 (key program, grant no. 41961124005). National Natural Science Foundation of China/US National Science Foundation.
Past key research projects (end at 2021; PI: guohua xu):
7. Molecular genetics of phenotypic traits formation for efficient use of nutrients in major crops. 2016-2021. Grant no. 2016YFD0100700. China National Key Research and Development Project.
8. Functional characterization of rice OsAGPase3 gene in response to nitrogen and phosphate starvation stresses. 2015-2018. Grant no. 31471931. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
9. Dissection of the physiological role and regulatory pathway of the mycorrhiza- and Pi starvation-related transcription factor MYCF1 and PHR in tobacco. 2013-2016. Grant no. 31272225. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
10. One gene encording two nitrate transporters in rice: splicing mechanism and function. 2011-2013. Grant no. 31071839. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
11. Functional characterization and utilization of two phosphate transporters OsPT2 and OsPT6 in Pht1 family in rice. 2009-2011. Grant no. 30871582. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
12. Expression regulation and physiological function of mycorrhiza inducible plasma membrane proton-ATPase genes in plants. 2006-2008. Grant no. 30571108. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
13. Characterizing physiological functions of phosphate transporters in tomato by reverse genetics approach. 2005-2007. Grant no. 30471037. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
14. Influences of the mitrogen form on water transpiration efficiency and sensitivity towards water deficit of rice plant cultivated in dryland. 2000-2002. Grant no. 39970449. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
15. Foliar nutrition mechanism of major nutrients for grain crops during middle-late developing stages. 1995-1997. Grant no. C1511. National Natural Science Foundation of China.
16. Breeding the new rice cultivas for efficient use of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by gene transformation approaches. 2008 – 2015. Grant no. 2008ZX08001-005. Special Key Program of Gene Transformation in China.
17. Coordinated regulatory mechanism of nitrogen signaling transduction and utilization in crops. 2011 – 2015. Grant no. 2011CB100302. National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program).
18. Function and regulatory mechanism of key genes for efficient use of nitrogen and phosphorus in crops. 2006-2010. Grant no. 2005CB120903. National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program).
19. Identification and utilization of key genes for forming arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in crops. 2006-2009. Grant no. 2006AA10Z134. National High Technology Development Program of China (863 program).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONs since 2000 (*corresponding author)
1. Zhang YY#, Zhang SN#*, Zhang JF, Wei W, Zhu T, Qu HY, Liu Y, Xu GH*. 2023. Improving rice eating and cooking quality by enhancing endogenous expression of a nitrogen-dependent floral regulator. Plant Biotechnology Journal. In Press.
2. Peng LR, Xiao HJ, Li R, Zeng Y, Gu M, Moran N, Yu L*, Xu GH*. 2023. Potassium transporter OsHAK18 mediates potassium and sodium circulation and sugar translocation in rice. Plant Physiology. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad435.
3. Li YC, Chen Y, Fu YS, Shao JH, Liu YP, Xuan W, Xu GH, Zhang RF*. 2023. Signal communication during microbial modulation of root system architecture. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad263.
4. Zheng HX, Liu WS, Sun D, Zhu SC, Li Y, Yang YL, Liu RR, Feng HY, Cai X, Cao Y, Xu GH, Morel JL, van der Ent A, Ma LQ, Liu YG, Rylott EL, Qiu RL, Tang YT. 2023. Plasma-Membrane-Localized Transporter NREET1 is Responsible for Rare Earth Element Uptake in Hyperaccumulator Dicranopteris linearis. Environmental Science & Technology 57(17):6922-6933.
5. Guo N, Qu H, Zhi Y, Zhang Y, Cheng S, Chu J, Zhang Z, Xu GH*. 2023. Knockout of amino acid transporter gene OsLHT1 accelerates leaf senescence and enhances resistance to rice blast fungus. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(14):4143-4157. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad125
6. Gu P, Tao W, Tao J, Sun H, Hu R, Wang D, Zong G, Xie X, Ruan W, Xu G, Yi K, Zhang Y*. 2023. The D14-SDEL1-SPX4 cascade integrates the strigolactone and phosphate signalling networks in rice. New Phytologist. 239(2):673-686.
7. Wu J, Yang S, Chen N, Jiang Q, Huang L, Qi J, Xu G, Shen L, Yu H, Fan X*, Gan Y*. 2023. Nuclear translocation of OsMADS25 facilitated by OsNAR2.1 in response to nitrate signal promotes root growth by regulating the expression of OsMADS27 and OsARF7 in rice. Plant Communications. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100642
8. Li KN, Tang S, Zhang SN*, Tian YH, Qu HY, Gu M, Xu GH* 2022. Rice circadian clock regulator Nhd1 controls the expression of the sucrose transporter gene OsSUT1 and impacts carbon-nitrogen balance. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(5):1460-1474. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac494
9. Wang SC, Xu TT, Chen M, Geng LY, Huang ZY, Dai XL, Qu HY, Zhang J, Li HH, Gu M*, Xu GH. 2022. The transcription factor OsWRKY10 inhibits phosphate uptake via suppressing OsPHT1; 2 expression under phosphate-replete condition in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 74(3):1074-1089. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac456.
10. Sun HW, Guo XL, Zhu XL, Gu PY, Zhang W, Tao WQ, Wang DJ, Wu YZ, Zhao QZ, Xu GH, Fu XD*, Zhang YL*. 2023. Strigolactone and gibberellin signalling coordinately regulates metabolic adaptations to changes in nitrogen availability in rice. Molecular Plant. 16(3):588-598. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.01.009.
11. Zhang Y, Tateishi-Karimata H, Endoh T, et al., Xu GH, Herrera-Estrella LR, Fan XR*. 2022. High-temperature adaptation of an OsNRT2.3 allele is thermoregulated by small RNAs. Science Advances. 8(47): eadc9785.
12. Chen TT, Lin SJ, Chen ZP, Yang TY, Zhang SP, Zhang JS, Xu GH, Wan XC, Zhang ZL*. 2022. Theanine, a tea plant specific non-proteinogenic amino acid, is involved in the regulation of lateral root development in response to nitrogen status. Horticulture Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac267
13. Liao DH, Sun C, Liang HY, Wang Y, Bian XX, Dong C, Niu X, Yang M, Xu GH*, Chen AQ*, Wu S*. SlSPX1-SlPHR complexes mediate the suppression of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by phosphate repletion in tomato. The Plant Cell, 34(10): 4045–4065. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac212.
14. Li KN, Zhang SN*, Tang S, Zhang J, Dong HZ, Yang SH, Qu HY, Xuan W, Gu M, Xu GH*. 2022. Rice transcription factor Nhd1 regulates root growth and nitrogen uptake by activating nitrogen transporters. Plant Physiology. 189(3):1608-1624. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac178.
15. Dai CR, Dai XL, Qu HY, Men Q, Liu J, Yu L, Gu M*, Xu GH. 2022. The rice phosphate transporter OsPHT1; 7 plays a dual role in phosphorus redistribution and anther development. Plant Physiology. 188 (4), 2272-2288. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac030. (Highly cited)
16. Chen X, Chen JD, Liao DH, Ye HH, Li C, Luo ZZ, Yan AN, Zhao QC, Xie K, Li YT, Wang DS, Chen J, Chen AQ*, Xu GH*. 2021. Auxin‐mediated regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: A role of SlGH3. 4 in tomato. Plant Cell & Environment 45(3): 955-968.
17. Sun YF, Song K, Liu L, Sun LJ, Qin Q, Jiang TT, Zhou B, Zhu CH, Xu GH, Sun SB*, Xue Y*. 2021. Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol synthase 1 impairs glycolipid accumulation and photosynthesis in phosphate-deprived rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 72(18), 6510–6523.
18. Zhang MX, Wang Y, Chen X, Xu FY, Ding M, Ye WX, Kawai Y, Toda Y, Hayashi Y, Suzuki T, Zeng HQ, Xiao L, Xiao X, Xu J, Guo SW, Yan F, Shen QR, Xu GH, Kinoshita T* & Zhu YY*. 2021. Plasma membrane H+-ATPase overexpression increases rice yield via simultaneous enhancement of nutrient uptake and photosynthesis. Nature Communications 12: 735. (Highly cited)
19. Shunan Zhang, Yuyi Zhang, Kangning Li, Ming Yan, Jinfei Zhang, Ming Yu, Shuo Tang, Luyang Wang, Hongye Qu, Le Luo, Wei Xuan, Guohua Xu*. 2021. Nitrogen mediates flowering time and nitrogen use efficiency via floral regulators in rice. Current Biology 31(4):671-683 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.095.
20. Zhang J, Gu M*, Liang RSH, Shi XY, Chen LL, Hu X, Wang SC, Dai XL, Qu HY, Li, HH, Xu GH. 2020. OsWRKY21 and OsWRKY108 Function Redundantly to Promote Phosphate Accumulation Through Maintaining the Constitutive Expression of OsPHT1;1 under Phosphate-Replete Conditions. New Phytologist 229(3): 1598-1614. doi: 10.1111/nph.16931.
21. Meng Q, Zhang WQ; Hu X; Shi XY, Chen LL, Dai XL, Qu HY, Xia YW, Liu W, Gu M*; Xu GH. 2020. Two ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase Subunits, OsAGPL1 and OsAGPS1, Modulate Phosphorus Homeostasis in Rice. The Plant Journal 104(5): 1269-1284. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14998
22. Jia L, Xie Y, Wang Z, Luo L, Zhang C, Pélissier PM, Parizot B, Qi W, Zhang J, Hu Z, Motte H, Le L, Xu G, Beeckman T, Xuan W*. 2020. Rice plants respond to ammonium-stress by adopting a helical root growth pattern. The Plant Journal 104(4): 1023-1037. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14978.
23. Hou MM, Luo FF, Wu DX, Zhang XH, Lou MM, Shen DF, Yan M, Mao CZ, Fan XR, Xu GH, Zhang YL*. 2020. OsPIN9, an auxin efflux carrier, is required for the regulation of rice tiller bud outgrowth by ammonium. New Phytologist 229(2): 935-949. doi: 10.1111/nph.16901.
24. Shang Pan, Yang Wang, Yunpeng Qiu, Dima Chen, Lin Zhang, Chenglong Ye, Hui Guo, Weixing Zhu, Aiqun Chen, Guohua Xu, Yi Zhang*, Yongfei Bai*, Shuijin Hu*. 2020. Nitrogen-induced acidification, not N nutrient, dominates suppressive N effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Global Change Biology 26(11): 6568-6580. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15311.
25. Guohua Xu*, Hideki Takahashi*. 2020. Improving nitrogen use efficiency: from cells to plant systems. Journal of Experimental Botany 71 (15), 4359-4364.
26. Zhizhong Gong†, Liming Xiong†, Huazhong Shi†, Shuhua Yang†, Luis R. Herrera-Estrella†, Guohua Xu†, Dai-Yin Chao†, Jingrui Li, Peng-Yun Wang, Feng Qin, Jijang Li, Yanglin Ding, Yiting Shi, Yu Wang, Yongqing Yang, Yan Guo* and Jian-Kang Zhu*. 2020. Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences 63, doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1683-x († equal contribution). (Highly cited)
27. Shuangshuang Wang, Aiqun Chen*, Kun Xie, Xiaofeng Yang, Zhenzhen Luo, Jiadong Chen, Dechao Zeng, Yuhan Ren, Congfan Yang, Lingxiao Wang, Huimin Feng, Damar Lizbeth Lopez-Arredondo, Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella*, Guohua Xu* (徐国华)*. 2020. Functional analysis of the OsNPF4.5 nitrate transporter reveals a conserved mycorrhizal pathway of nitrogen acquisition in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (28) 16649-16659. (Highly cited)
28. Nan Guo, Jinqi Hu, Ming Yan, Le Luo, Hongye Qu, Mechthild Tegeder*, Guohua Xu*. 2020. Oryza sativa Lysine-Histidine-type Transporter 1 functions in root uptake and root-to-shoot allocation of amino acids in rice. The Plant Journal 103(1): 395-411. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14742.
29. Miaoquan Song, Xiaorong Fan, Jingguan Chen, Hongye Qu, Le Luo, Guohua Xu*. 2020. Characterization of OsNAR2.1 interaction with OsNIT1 and OsNIT2 in rice uncovers their different critical roles in mediating root growth response to nitrate and ammonium. Plant Physiology 183(1):289-303.
30. Ai H, Cao Y, Jain A, Wang XW, Hu Z, Zhao GM, Hu SW, Shen X, Yan Y, Liu XL, Sun YF, Lan XX, Xu GH, Sun SB*. 2020. The ferroxidase LPR5 functions in the maintenance of phosphate homeostasis and is required for normal growth and development of rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 71:4828-42.
31. Le Luo, Yali Zhang, Guohu Xu*. 2020. How does nitrogen shape plant architecture? Journal of Experimental Botany 71: 4415-27. (Highly cited)
32. Huimin Feng, Xiaorong Fan, Anthony J Miller, Guohua Xu*. 2020. Plant nitrogen uptake and assimilation: regulation of cellular pH homeostasis. Journal of Experimental Botany 71: 4380-92. (Highly cited)
33. Junli Liu, Jiadong Chen, Kun Xie, Yuan Tian, Anning Yan, Jianjian Liu, Yujuan Huang, Shuangshuang Wang, Yiyong Zhu, Aiqun Chen*, Guohua Xu*. 2020. A mycorrhiza‐specific H+-ATPase is essential for arbuscule development and symbiotic phosphate and nitrogen uptake. Plant Cell & Environment 43:1069-83.
34. Yafei Sun, Ajay Jain, Yong Xue, Xiaowen Wang, Gengmao Zhao, Lu Liu, Zhi Hu, Siwen Hu, Xing Shen, Xiuli Liu, Hao Ai, Guohua Xu, Shubin Sun*. 2020. OsSQD1 at the crossroads of phosphate and sulfur metabolism affects plant morphology and lipid composition in response to phosphate deprivation. Plant Cell & Environment 43:1669--90.
35. Tianyuan Yang, Huimin Feng, Song Zhang, Huojun Xiao, Qingdi Hu, Guang Chen, Wei Xuan, Nava Moran, Angus Murphy, Ling Yu*, Guohua Xu*. 2020. The potassium transporter OsHAK5 alters rice architecture via ATP-dependent transmembrane auxin fluxes. Plant Communications. 1: 300052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100052.
36. Liu XL, Wang L, Wang XW, Yan Y, Yang XL, Xie MY, Hu Z, Shen X, Ai H, Lin HH, Xu GH, Yang J*, Sun SB*. 2020. Mutation of the chloroplast-localized phosphate transporter OsPHT2;1 reduces flavonoids accumulation and UV tolerance in rice. The Plant Journal 102:53-67.
37. Gao Z, Wang Y, Chen G, Zhang A, Yang S, Shang L, Wang D, Ruan B, Liu C, Jiang H, Dong G, Zhu L, Hu J, Zhang G, Zeng D, Guo L, Xu GH, Teng S, Harberd NP*, Qian Q*. 2019. The indica nitrate reductase gene OsNR2 allele enhances rice yield potential and nitrogen use efficiency. Nature Communication 10(1):5207. (Highly cited)
38. Dan Sun, Hua-Yuan Feng, Xin-Yuan Li, Hao Ai, Shubin Sun, Yanshan Chen, Guohua Xu, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Yue Cao, Lena Q Ma*. 2019. Expression of New Pteris vittata Phosphate Transporter PvPht1; 4 Reduces Arsenic Translocation from the Roots to Shoots in Tobacco Plants. Environmental Science & Technology 54(2), 1045-1053.
39. Xie Y, Wang J, Zheng L, Wang Y, Luo L, Ma M, Zhang C, Han Y, Beeckman T, Xu G, Cai Q, Xuan W*. 2019. Cadmium stress suppresses lateral root formation by interfering with the root clock. Plant Cell & Environment 42 (12), 3182-3196.
40. Dong C, Li F, Yang T, Feng L, Zhang S, Li F, Li W, Xu G, Bao S, Wan X, Lucas WJ, Zhang Z*. 2019. Theanine transporters identified in tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.). The Plant Journal 101 (1), 57-70. (Highly cited)
41. Liu J, Liu J, Liu J, Cui M, Huang Y, Tian Y, Chen A*, Xu G. 2019. The potassium transporter SlHAK10 is involved in mycorrhizal potassium uptake. Plant Physiology 180 (1), 465-479.
42. Cao Y, Feng H, Sun D, Xu G, Rathinasabapathi B, Chen Y, Ma LQ*. 2019. Heterologous Expression of Pteris vittata Phosphate Transporter PvPht1;3 Enhances Arsenic Translocation to and Accumulation in Tobacco Shoots. Environmental Science & Technology 53(18):10636-10644.
43. Huang S, Liang Z, Chen S, Sun H, Fan X, Wang C, Xu GH, Zhang YL*. 2019. A Transcription Factor, OsMADS57, Regulates Long-Distance Nitrate Transport and Root Elongation. Plant Physiology 180(2):882-895.
44. Chang MX, Gu M*, Xia YW, Dai XL, Dai CR, Zhang J, Wang SC, Qu HY, Yamaji N, Ma JF, Xu GH*. 2019. Rice Phosphate Transporter OsPHT1;3 Mediates Uptake, Translocation and Remobilization of Phosphate under Extremely Low Phosphate Regime. Plant Physiology 179(2):656-670. (Highly cited)
45. Luo L*, Takahashi M, Kameoka H, Qin R, Shiga T, Kanno Y, Seo M, Ito M, Xu GH, Kyozuka J*. 2019. Developmental analysis of the early steps in strigolactone-mediated axillary bud dormancy in rice. The Plant Journal 97 (6), 1006-1021 doi: 10.1111/tpj.14266.
46. Chen L, Qin L, Zhou L, Li X, Chen Z, Sun L, Wang W, Lin Z, Zhao J, Yamaji N, Ma JF, Gu M, Xu GH, Liao H*. 2019. A nodule-localized phosphate transporter GmPT7 plays an important role in enhancing symbiotic N2 fixation and yield in soybean. New Phytologist 221(4):2013-2025.
47. Wei J, Zheng Y, Feng HM, Qu HY, Fan XR, Yamaji N, Ma JF, Xu GH*. 2018. Rice OsNRT2.4 gene encodes a dual-affinity nitrate transporter and functions in nitrate-regulated root growth and nitrate distribution. Journal of Experimental Botany 69: 1095-1107.
48. Cao Y, Sun D, Chen JX, Mei H, Ai H, Xu G, Chen Y, LQ Ma*. 2018. Phosphate transporter PvPht1; 2 enhances phosphorus accumulation and plant growth without impacting arsenic uptake in plants. Environmental Science & Technology 52: 3975-3981.
49. Zeng Y, Li Q, Wang HY, Zhang J, Du J, Feng HM, Blumwald E, Yu L*, Xu GH*. 2018. Two NHX-type transporters from Helianthus tuberosus improve the tolerance of rice to salinity and nutrient deficiency stress. Plant Biotechnology Journal 16: 310-321.
50. Guohua Xu*. 2018. Sensing and transport of nutrients in plants. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 74: 78-79.
51. Chen AQ*, Gu M, Wang SS, Chen J, Xu GH*. 2018. Transport properties and regulatory roles of nitrogen in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 74: 80-88.
52. Li WH, Xu GH, Alli A. Yu L*. 2018. Plant HAK/KUP/KT K+ transporters: function and regulation. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 74: 133-141.
53. Zhan X*, Zhu M, Shen Y, Yue L, Li J, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Xu G. 2018. Apoplastic and symplastic uptake of phenanthrene in wheat roots. Environmental Pollution 233, 331-339
54. Jia H, Zhang S, Wang L, Yang Y, Zhang H, Cui H, Shao H*, Xu GH*. 2017. OsPht1;8, a phosphate transporter, is involved in auxin and phosphate starvation response in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 5057-5068.
55. Yue Cao, Dan Sun, Hao Ai, Hanyi Mei, Xue Liu, Shubin Sun, Guohua Xu, Yungen Liu, Yanshan Chen, and Lena Q. Ma*. 2017. Knocking out OsPht1;4 gene decreases arsenic uptake by rice plants and inorganic arsenic accumulation in rice grains. Environmental Science & Technology 51: 12131-12138.
56. Xuan W, Beeckman T, Xu GH*. 2017. Plant nitrogen nutrition: sensing and signaling. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 39: 57-65. (Highly cited)
57. Gu M, Zhang J, Li HH, Meng DQ, Li R, Dai XL, Wang SC, Liu W, Qu HY, Xu GH*. 2017. Maintenance of phosphate homeostasis and root development are coordinately regulated by MYB1, an R2R3-type MYB transcription factor in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 3603-3615.
58. Guo H, Zhou H, Zhang J, Guan W, Xu S, Shen W, Xu GH, Xie Y*, Foyer C. 2017. L-cysteine desulfhydrase-related H2S production is involved in OsSE5-promoted ammonium tolerance in roots of Oryza sativa. Plant Cell & Environment 40: 1777-1790.
59. Chen J, Fan XR, Qian K, Zhang Y, Song M, Liu Y, Xu GH, Fan XR*. 2017. pOsNAR2.1:OsNAR2.1 expression enhances nitrogen uptake efficiency and grain yield in transgenic rice plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 15: 1273-1283.
60. Fan XR; Naz M; Fan XR; Xuan W; Miller AJ; Xu GH* 2017. Plant nitrate transporters: from gene function to application. Journal of Experimental Botany 68(10): 2463–2475. (Highly cited)
61. Wang PT, Zhang WW, Mao CZ, Xu GH, Zhao FJ*. 2016. The role of OsPT8 in arsenate uptake and varietal difference in arsenate tolerance in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 67: 6051-6059.
62. Fan XR, Tang Z, Tan YW, Zhang Y, Luo BB, Yang M, Lian XM, Shen QR, Miller AJ*, Xu GH*. 2016. Overexpression of a pH-sensitive nitrate transporter in rice increases crop yields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113: 7118-7123. (Highly cited)
63. Chen JG, Zhang Y, Tan YW, Zhang M, Zhu LL, Xu GH, Fan XR*. 2016. Agronomic nitrogen-use efficiency of rice can be increased by driving OsNRT2.1 expression with the OsNAR2.1 promoter. Plant Biotechnology Journal 14(8):1705-1715.
64. Sun HW, Bi Y, Tao JY, Huang SJ, Hou MM, Xue R, Ling ZH, Gu PY, Yoneyama K, Xie XN, Shen QR, XU GH, Zhang YL*. 2016. Strigolactones are required for nitric oxide to induce root elongation in response to nitrogen- and phosphate-deficiency in rice. Plant Cell & Environment 39: 1473-84.
65. Gu M, Chen AQ, Sun SB, Xu GH*. 2016. Complex Regulation of Plant Phosphate Transporters and the Gap Between Molecular Mechanisms and Practical Application: What Are Missing? Molecular Plant 9(3): 396-416. (Highly cited)
66. Guang Chen, Qingdi Hu, Le Luo, Tianyuan Yang, Song Zhang, Yibing Hu, Ling Yu*, Guohua Xu*. 2015. Rice potassium transporter OsHAK1 is essential for maintaining potassium mediated growth and functions in salt tolerance over low and high potassium concentration ranges. Plant Cell & Environment 38(12):2747-65. (Highly cited)
67. Xinhua Zhan*, Xiu Yi, Le Yue, Xiaorong Fan, Guohua Xu, and Baoshan Xing. 2015. Cytoplasmic pH-Stat during Phenanthrene Uptake by Wheat Roots: A Mechanistic Consideration. Environmental Science & Technology 49(10):6037-44.
68. Huwei Sun, Jiao Li, Wenjing Song, Jinyuan Tao, Shuangjie Huang, Si Chen, Mengmeng Hou, Guohua Xu and Yali Zhang*. 2015. Nitric oxide generated by nitrate reductase increases nitrogen uptake capacity by inducing lateral root formation and inorganic nitrogen uptake under partial nitrate nutrition in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 66(9): 2449-2459.
69. Guang Chen, Huimin Feng, Qingdi Hu, Hongye Qu, Aiqun Chen, Ling Yu, Guohua Xu*. (2015) Improving rice tolerance to potassium deficiency by enhancing OsHAK16p:WOX11 controlled root development. Plant Biotechnology Journal 13(6): 833-848.
70. Zhang F, Sun Y, Pei W, Jain A, Sun R, Cao Y, Wu X, Jiang T, Zhang L, Fan X, Chen A, Xu G, Sun S*. (2015) Involvement of OsPht1;4 in phosphate acquisition, and mobilization facilitates embryo development in rice. The Plant Journal 82(4), 556-569.
71. Xiudong Xia, Xiaorong Fan, Jia Wei, Huimin Feng, Hongye Qu, Dan Xie, Anthony J Miller, Guohua Xu* (2014) Rice Nitrate Transporter OsNPF2.4 Functions in Low Affinity Acquisition and Long Distance Transport. Journal of Experimental Botany 66 (1), 317-331.
72. Yang TY, Zhang S, Hu YB, Wu FC, Hu QD, Chen G, Cai J, Wu T, Moran N, Yu L*, Xu GH*. (2014) The role of OsHAK5 in potassium acquisition and transport from roots to shoots in rice at low potassium supply levels. Plant Physiology 166 (2), 945–959. (Highly cited)
73. Liu X, Huang D, Tao J, Miller AJ, Fan X*, Xu G. (2014) Identification and functional assay of the interaction motifs in the partner protein OsNAR2.1 of the two-component system for high-affinity nitrate transport. New Phytologist 204(1):74-80.
74. Xie YJ, Mao Y, Xu S, Zhou H, Duan XL, Cui W, Zhang J, Xu GH*. (2014) Heme-heme oxygenase1 system is involved in ammonium tolerance by regulating antioxidant defense in Oryza sativa. Plant Cell & Environment 38 (1), 129-143.
75. Yang HB, Zhang X, Gaxiola RA, Xu GH, Peer WA, Murphy AS*. (2014) Over-expression of the Arabidopsis proton-pyrophosphatase AVP1 enhances transplant survival, root mass, and fruit development under limiting phosphorus conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(12):3045-53.
76. Li YT, Gu M, Zhang X, Zhang J, Fan HM, Li PP, Li ZF, Xu GH* (2014) Engineering a sensitive visual tracking reporter system for real-time monitoring phosphorus deficiency in tobacco. Plant Biotechnology Journal 12 (6), 674-684.
77. Deinlein U, Stephan1 AB, Horie T, Luo W, Xu GH, Schroeder JI*. (2014) Plant Salt-tolerance Mechanisms. Trends in Plant Science 19(6): 371-379. (Highly cited)
78. Wang M, Shen Q, Xu GH, Guo S*. 2014. New insight into the strategy for nitrogen metabolism in plant cells. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. 310:1-37.
79. Sun HW, Tao JY, Liu SJ, Huang SJ, Chen S, Xie XN, Yoneyama K, Zhang YL*, XU GH (2014) Strigolactones are involved in phosphate and nitrate deficiency-induced root development and auxin transport in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 65 (22), 6735-6746. (Highly cited)
80. Ping Wu*, Huixia Shou, Guohua Xu, Xinming Lian (2013) Improvement of phosphorus efficiency in rice on the basis of understanding phosphate signaling and homeostasis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16: 205-212. (Highly cited)
81. Zhong Tang, Xiaorong Fan, Qing Li, Huimin Feng, Anthony J. Miller, Qirong Shen, Guohua Xu* (2012) Knock Down of a Rice Stelar Nitrate Transporter Alters Long Distance Translocation but not Root Influx. Plant Physiology 160:2052-2063. (Highly cited)
82. Lu Q, Zhao J, Tian J, Chen L, Sun Z, Guo Y, Lu X, Gu M, Xu G, Liao H*. 2012. The high-affinity phosphate transporter GmPT5 regulates phosphate transport to nodules and nodulation in soybean. Plant Physiology 159: 1634-1643.
83. Shubin Sun, Mian Gu, Yue Cao, Xinpeng Huang, Xiao Zhang, Penghui Ai, Jianning Zhao, Xiaorong Fan, Guohua Xu*. 2012. A constitutive expressed phosphate transporter, OsPht1;1, modulates phosphate uptake and translocation in Pi-replete rice. Plant Physiology 159：1571-1581. (Highly cited)
84. Xu GH*, Fan XR, Miller AJ. 2012. Plant Nitrogen Assimilation and Use Efficiency. Annual Review of Plant Biology 63: 153-182. (Highly cited)
85. Lixuan Ren*, Yunsheng Lou, Ning Zhang, Xudong Zhu, Wenya Hao, Shubin Sun, Qirong Shen, Guohua Xu. 2012. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal network in carbon and phosphorus transfer between plants. Biology and Fertility of Soils 49: 3-11.
86. Yingnan Chen, Xiaorong Fan, Wenjing Song, Yali Zhang, Guohua Xu*. 2012. Over-expression of OsPIN2 leads to increased tiller numbers, angle and shorter plant height through suppression of OsLAZY1. Plant Biotechnology Journal 10(2):139-49.
87. Hongfang Jia, Hongyan Ren, Mian Gu, Jianning Zhao, Shubin Sun, Xiao Zhang, Jieyu Chen, Ping Wu, Guohua Xu*. 2011. Phosphate transporter gene, OsPht1;8, is involved in phosphate homeostasis in rice. Plant Physiology 156: 1164-1175. (Highly cited)
88. Yan M, Fan XR, Feng HM, Miller AJ, Shen QR*, Xu GH*. 2011. Rice OsNAR2.1 interacts with OsNRT2.1, OsNRT2.2 and OsNRT2.3a nitrate transporters to provide uptake over high and low concentration ranges. Plant Cell & Environment. 34:1360-1372. (Highly cited)
89. Huimin Feng, Ming Yan, Xiaorong Fan, Baozhen Li, Qirong Shen, Anthony J Miller, Guohua Xu*. 2011. Spatial expression and regulation of rice high-affinity nitrate transporters by nitrogen and carbon status. Journal of Experimental Botany 62: 2319-2332. (Highly cited)
90. Aiqun Chen, Mian Gu, Shubin Sun, Lingling Zhu, Shuai Hong, Guohua Xu*. 2011. Identification of two conserved cis-acting elements, MYCS and P1BS, involved in the regulation of mycorrhiza-activated phosphate transporters in eudicot species. New Phytologist 189:1157-1169.
91. Miller AJ*, Shen QR, Xu GH. 2009. Freeways in the plant: transporters for N, P and S and their regulation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 284-290.
92. Penghui Ai, Shubin Sun, Jianning Zhao, Xiaorong Fan, Weijie Xin, Qiang Guo, Ling Yu, Qirong Shen, Ping Wu, A.J. Miller, Guohua Xu*. 2009. Two rice phosphate transporters, ORYsa;Pht1;2 and ORYsa;Pht1;6, have different functions and kinetic properties in uptake and translocation. The Plant Journal 57: 798-809. (Highly cited)
93. Zhu Y, DI T, Xu G, Chen X, Zeng H, Yan F, Shen Q*. 2009. Adaptation of plasma membrane H+-ATPase of rice roots to low pH as related to ammonium nutrition. Plant Cell & Environment 32(10): 1428-1440.
94. Chang CR, Hu YB, Sun SB, Zhu YY, Ma GJ, Xu GH*. 2009. Proton pump OsA8 is linked to phosphorus uptake and translocation in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 60: 557-565.
95. Xu GH, Chague V, Melamed-Bessudo C, Kapulnik Y, Jain A, Raghothama KG, Levy AA, Silbere A*. 2007. Functional characterization of LePT4: a phosphate transporter in tomato with mycorrhiza-enhanced expression. Journal of Experimental Botany 58(10): 2491-501.
96. Aiqun Chen, Jiang Hu, Shubin Sun, Guohua Xu*. 2007. Conservation and divergence of both phosphate- and mycorrhiza- regulated physiological responses and expression patterns of phosphate transporters in Solanaceous species. New Phytologist 173: 817-831.
97. Nagy R, Karandasho V, Chague V, Kalinkevich K, Xu GH, Jakobsen I, Levy AA, Amrhein N, Bucher M*. 2005. The characterization of novel mycorrhiza-specific phosphate transporters from Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum tuberrosum uncovers functional redundancy in symbiotic phosphate transport in solanaceous species. The Plant Journal 42: 236-250.
98. Guohua Xu*, Hillel Magen, Jorge Tarchitzky, and Uzi Kafkafi. 2000. Advances in Chloride Nutrition of Plants. Advances in Agronomy 68: 97-150.
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