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Name	Wu,Pingzhi	Email	pzwu@scib.ac.cn
Post		Job Title	Associate Professor
Highest Education	Ph.D	Office	South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Xingke Road #723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, China
Tel:	8620-37252590	Zip code	510650
Academic Education & Work Career
Dr. Wu （Pingzhi Wu) received his B.S. from Hunan Normal University in 2003, M.S. from Hunan Normal University in 2006, and his Ph.D. from South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. He joined the SCBG as an assistant researcher in Energy Plant Lab in May 2010.
Research Interest
Plant physiology and biochemistry and molecular biology
Supported Projects
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Publication
YP Chen, SM Xu, L Tian, LR Liu, MC Huang, XL Xu, GY Song, PZ Wu, SS Sato, HW Jiang, GJ Wu#. The LjLAZY3 gene plays a distinct role in the positive root gravitropism in Lotus japonicus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, erz429, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz429 YH Yin, L Tian, XL Li, MC Huang, LR Liu, PZ Wu, MR Li, HW Jiang, GJ Wu, YP Chen#. The role of endogenous thiamine produced via THIC in root nodule symbiosis in Lotus japonicus. Plant Science. 2019, 283:311-320. Chen Y, Li F, Tian L, Huang M, Deng R, Li X, Chen W, Wu P, Li M, Jiang H, Wu G*. 2017. The phenylalanine ammonia lyase gene ljpal1 is involved in plant defense responses to pathogens and plays diverse roles in Lotus japonicus-Rhizobium symbioses. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 30(9):739-753 Kuang Q, Zhang S, Wu P, Chen Y, Li M, Jiang H, Wu G*. 2017. Global gene expression analysis of the response of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) to medium- and long-term nitrogen deficiency. PLoS One. 12(8):e0182700.9 Tian L, Liu L, Yin Y, Huang M, Chen Y, Xu X, Wu P, Li M, Wu G, Jiang H, Chen Y*. 2017. Heterogeneity in the expression and subcellular localization of POLYOL/MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORTER genes in Lotus japonicus. PLoS One. 12(9):e0185269. Xiong W, Wei Q, Wu P, Zhang S, Li J, Chen Y, Li M, Jiang H, Wu G*. 2017. Molecular cloning and characterization of two β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase I genes from Jatropha curcas L. J Plant Physiol. 214:152-160. Li MR., Li XX., Zhou ZJ., Wu PZ., Fang MC., Pan XP., Lin QP., Luo WB, Wu GJ* and Li HQ * Reassessment of the FourYield-related Genes Gn1a, DEP1,GS3, and IPA1 in Rice Using a CRISPR/Cas9 System Frontiers in Plant Science 2016 7: 377  Xiong, WD., Wu, PZ., Jia, YX ,. Wei, XY ., Xu, LX ., Yang, YF., Qiu, DY., Chen, YP., Li, MR., Jiang, HW and Wu, GJ* Genome-wide analysis of the terpene synthase gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) and functional identification of six terpene synthases Tree Genetics & Genomes 2016 12: 97  Qin SS, Tang YH, Chen YP, Wu PZ, Li MR, Wu GJ and Jiang HW* Overexpression of the Starch Phosphorylase-Like Gene (PHO3) in Lotus japonicus has a Profound Effect on the Growth of Plants and Reduction of Transitory Starch Accumulation Frontiers in Plant Science 2016 7: 1315 Tang YH., Qin SS., Guo YL., Chen YB., Wu PZ., Chen YP., Li MR., Jiang HW and Wu GJ* Genome-Wide Analysis of the AP2/ERF Gene Family in Physic Nut and Overexpression of the JcERF011 Gene in Rice Increased Its Sensitivity to Salinity Stress  PLOS ONE 2016 11e0150879 Wu ZY., Xu XQ., Xiong YD., Wu PZ., Chen YP., Li MR., Wu GJ and Jiang HW* Genome-Wide Analysis of the NAC Gene Family in Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.)  PLOS ONE 2015 ？DOI: 10.1371 Zhou CP., Chen YB., Wu ZY., Lu WJ., Han JL., Wu PZ., Chen YP., Li MR., Jiang HW and Wu GJ* Genome-wide analysis of the MYB gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) Gene 2015 Pingzhi Wu et al Integrated genome sequence and linkage map of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.), a biodiesel plant Plant J 2015 810–821 Zhang C, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhu S, Wu PZ, Chen YP, Li MR, Jiang HW, Wu GJ* Global analysis of gene expression profiles in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) seedlings exposed to drought stress BMC Plant Biology 2015, 15:17 Chen W , Li XL, Tian L, Wu PZ., Li MR., Jiang HW, Chen YP* and Wu GJ Knockdown of LjALD1, AGD2-like defense response protein 1, influences plant growth and nodulation in Lotus japonicus  Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2014 56 1034–1041 Zhang L., Zhang C., Wu PZ., Chen YP, Li MR, Jiang HW and Wu GJ * Global Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles in Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) Seedlings Exposed to Salt Stress PLoS ONE 2014 9(5): e97878  Chen YP, Chen W, Li XL, Jiang HW, Wu PZ, Xia KF, Yang YL, and Wu GJ * Endogenous cytokinins influence nodule development in Lotus japonicus  Plant Cell Physiol 2014 183-193 Rong H, Tang YY, Zhang H, Wu PZ, Chen YP, Li MR, Wu GJ and Jiang HW * The Stay-Green Rice like (SGRL) gene regulates chlorophyll degradation in rice Journal of Plant Physiology, 170, 2013, 1367-1373 Wu PZ, Zhang S, Zhang L, Chen YP, Li MR, Jiang HW and Wu GJ * Functional characterization of two microsomal fatty acid desaturases from Jatropha curcas L. Journal of Plant Physiology, Volume 170, 2013, 1360-1366  20.    Jiang HW, Wu PZ, Zhang S, Song C, Jia YX, Chen YP, Li MR, Fang XH, Chen F and Wu GJ. 2012. Global analysis of gene expression profiles in developing physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) seeds. PLoS One. 7:e36522.  21.    Wei Q, Li J, Zhang L, Wu PZ, Chen YP, Li MR, Jiang HW and Wu GJ. 2012. Cloning and characterization of a ?-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II from Jatropha curcas. J Plant Physiol. 169:816-824.  22.    Tang Y, Li M, Chen Y, Wu P, Wu G, and Jiang H. 2011. Knockdown of OsPAO and OsRCCR1 cause different plant death phenotypes in rice. J Plant Physiol. 168: 1952–1959.  23.    Wu PZ, Li J, Wei Q, Zeng L, Chen YP, Li MR, Jiang HW and Wu GJ. 2009. Cloning and functional characterization of an acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase (JcFATB1) from Jatropha curcas. Tree Physiol. 29: 1299–1305.  24.    Li J, Li MR, Wu PZ, Tian CE, Jiang HW and Wu GJ. 2008. Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a gene encoding a putative β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) synthase III (KAS III) from Jatropha curcas. Tree Physiol. 28: 921–927. 25.    曾玲, 吴平治, 魏倩, 姜华武, 吴国江, 李美茹. 2010. 麻疯树JcFAD7 基因启动子克隆及植物表达载体构建. 广东农业科学. 9: 177–180.  26.    李军, 吴平治, 李美茹, 吴国江. 2007. 能源植物的研究进展及其发展趋势. 自然杂志. 29: 21–25.  27.    吴平治, 陈键, 栾升, 李东屏. 2006. 拟南芥CDF家族基因AtMTP6编码一个锌离子转运蛋白. 生命科学研究. 10: 244–247. 28.    吴平治, 栾升, 李东屏. 2006. 拟南芥中MATE 基因家族的研究进展. 遗传. 28: 906-910.