Peizhi Yang

　　 　　

Peizhi Yang, Ph D, Associate Professor

Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture

E-mail: yangpeizhi@126.com

Education:

1996/09-2000/07 Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Animal Science, BS.

2000/09-2003/07 Northwest A&F University, Animal Nutrition and Feeding Science, MS.

2007/09-2012/12 Northwest A&F University, Grassland Science, Ph.D.

2007/09-2008/04 Visiting Scholar, Department of Plant, Soil and Climate, College of Agriculture, Utah State University, USA

Work Experience

2003/07-2005/06 Teaching Assistant, Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University

2005/07-2014/12 Lecturer, Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University

2015/01-2018/08 Associate Professor, Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University

2018/09-     Associate Professor, Department of Grassland Science, College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University

Research Interests:

Research interests: forage breeding; forage physiology and molecular biology under abiotic stress; forage livestock coupling system; extraction and utilization of forage natural products.

Teaching Course:

Grassland management, Forage cultivation, Forage germplasm resources and Biology. Forage abiotic stress biology, Turf science.

Grants:

Project director:

1) Understanding the molecular mechanisms of nodule-mediated stomata regulation in alfalfa through an integrative multi-omics approach (31772660), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018/01-2021/12

2) Research Station of China Agriculture Research Systems (CARS-34), Ministry of Agriculture of China, 2016/01-2020/12

3) Molecular understanding of how root nodules enhance stomatal sensitivity to ABA- a mechanism associated with improved drought tolerance in alfalfa (31572456), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016/01-2019/12

4) Mechanism and function analysis of genes involved in drought tolerance improvement in alfalfa due to symbiotic interaction with alfalfa (31372357), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014/01-2014/12

5) Abiotic stress response mechanism of grassland forages in Tibet, Science and Technology Bureau of Tibet 2011/01-2015/12

6) Differential gene analysis of nodulation enhancing alfalfa drought resistance (30901050), National Natural Science Foundation of China 2010/01-2012/12,

7) Alfalfa variety breeding and extension (2009K01-19), Science and Technology Bureau of Shaanxi Province 2009/01-2011/12

8) Forage breeding and extension- Medicago alfalfa×Medicago falcata  (2008BAD3B02) National Key Technology Support Program, 2008/01-2010/12

Project participants:

1) Drought Resistant related Genes Cloning and Function Analysis of Alfalfa Based on the Microarray Result (31272490), National Natural Science Foundation of China 2013/01-2016/12

2) Technology integration and extension of Forage effective cultivation, forage-livestock coupling in Northwest China and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, National Key Technology Support Program,2011/01-2015/12

3) Grassland livestock carrying capacity evaluation in Tibet (200903060), The agricultural special public industry of China MOA, 2009/01-2013/12

4) Forage drought/salt tolerance gene cloning and transformation collaboration between China and USA (2006DFA33630), Key Collaboration Project of China MOST, 2007/10-2009/10

5) Forage production technologies and demonstration in cultivated grassland（nyhyzx07-022）, Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest from China MOA,2007/01-2010/12

6) Breeding and extension of high yield/drought tolerant alfalfa varieties（2008BABD3B05）, National Key Technology Support Program of China MOST, 2008/01-2010/12

Professional Memberships

(1) Member of Chinese Grassland Society

(2) Member of Forage biotechnology Committee of Chinese Grassland Society

(3) Member of Forage breeding Committee of Chinese Grassland Society

Publications:

Refereed journal articles: .

1) Liaoliao Ye#, Peizhi Yang#, Yinwei Zeng, Chun Li, Ni Jian, Ruihua Wang, Siyuan Huang, Rongchen Yang, Long Wei, Haiyan Zhao, Qingsong Zheng*, Huiling Gao*, Jinlong Liu*. Rhizobium symbiosis modulates the accumulation of arsenic in Medicago truncatula via nitrogen and NRT3.1-like genes regulated by ABA and linalool. Journal Of Hazardous Materials.2021, (415): 125611

2) Yuman Cao, Jinlong Liu, Yuanying Li, Jing Zhang, Shuxia Li, Yunru An, Ttianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Functional analysis of the phosphate transporter gene  MtPT6  from  Medicago truncatula .  Frontiers in Plant Science , 2021, 11: 620377

3) Xiaofang Liu, Caide Zhao,Yuqi Gao, Yao Xu, Shujin Wang, Chaoshuo Li, Yinpeng Xie, Pengxiang Chen, Peizhi Yang, Li Yuan, Xiaofeng Wang, Lili Huang, Fengwang Ma, Hao Feng, Qingmei Guan*. A multifaceted module of BRI1 ETHYLMETHANE SULFONATE SUPRESSOR1 (BES1)-MYB88 in growth and stress tolerance of apple, Plant Physiology.2021, 185,(4):1903-1923

4) Yafang Wang, Yohannes Afeworki, Sisi Geng, Praveena Kanchupati, Muyu Gu, Chidi Martins, Brady Rude, Haileselassie Tefera, Yongjun Kim, Xijin Ge, Donald Auger, Sixue Chen, Peizhi Yang, Tianming Hu*, Yajun Wu*. Hydrotropism in the primary roots of maize. The New phytologist. 2020, 226: 1796–1808

5) Yuman Cao, Zhiqiang Zhang, Tong Zhang, Jie An, Leqin Chang, Yyafang Wang, H Wu, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Overexpression of the alfalfa zeaxanthin epoxidase gene ( MsZEP ) delays seed germination in transgenic tobacco. Biologia Plantarum. 2019,  63: 627-632

6) Fu Juanjuan*, Luo Yilan, Sun Pengyue, Gao Jinzhu, Zhao Donghao, Yang Peizhi, Hu Tianming*. Effects of shade stress on turfgrasses morphophysiology and rhizosphere soil bacterial communities. BMC Plant Biology. 2020, 20:92

7) Shuxia Li#, Jinlong Liu#, Yunru An, Yuman Cao, Yushi Liu, Jing Zhang, Jincai Geng, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. MsPIP2;2, a novel aquaporin gene from Medicago sativa, confers salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis, Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2019, (165): 39-52

8) Yushi Liu, Jincai Geng, Xuyang Sha, Yixin Zhao, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Effect of Rhizobium Symbiosis on Low-Temperature Tolerance and Antioxidant Response in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019, (10):538

9) Shuxia Li, Yunru An, Shaya Hailati, Jing Zhang, Yuman Cao, Yushi Liu, Jincai Geng, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Overexpression of the Cytokinin Oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) from Medicago sativa Enhanced Salt Stress Tolerance of Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Biology. 2019, (62): 374-386

10) Yafang Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Houmei Liu, Yunru An, Bo Han, Yajun Wu, Leqin Chang,Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Overexpression of an alfalfa (Medicago sativa) gene, MsDUF, negatively impacted seed germination and response to osmotic stress in transgenic tobacco. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 2018, 132: 525-534

11) Juanjuan Fu, Jincai Geng, Yanjun Miao, Yamei Xu, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Transcriptomic analyses reveal genotype- and organ-specific molecular responses to cold stress in Elymus nutans. Biologia Plantarum. 2018, 62(4): 671-683

12) Yuman Cao, Zhiqiang Zhang, Tong Zhang, Zhang You, Jincai Geng, Yafang Wang, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Overexpression of zeaxanthin epoxidase gene from Medicago sativa enhances the tolerance to low light in transgenic tobacco. Acta Biochimica Polnica. 2018, 65(3):431-435

13) Xuezhao Wang, Xiaolin Sui, Yanyan Liu, Lei Xiang, Ting Zhang, Juanjuan Fu, Li, Airong Li*, Peizhi Yang *. N-P fertilization did not reduce AMF abundance or diversity but alter AMF composition in an alpine grassland infested by a root hemiparasitic plant. Plant Diversity.2018,40(3):117-126

14) Jie An, Peizhi Yang*, Yuman Cao, Jincai Geng, Penghui Ren, Zhang You, Yafang Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jieyu Yang. Cloning and expression analysis of a novel Glutathione S-transferase gene, MsGST, from alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 2017, 77(3): 394-399

15) Yafang Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Pan Zhang, Yuman Cao, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Rhizobium symbiosis contribution to short-term salt stress tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Plant and Soil. 2016, 402: 247-261

16) Zhiqiang Zhang, Linhui Shao, Leqin Chang, Yuman Cao, Tong Zhang, Yafang Wang, Yushi Liu, Pan Zhang, Xiaoqin Sun, Yajun Wu, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. Effect of rhizobia symbiosis on lignin levels and forage quality in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2016, 233: 55-59

17) Juanjuan Fu, Yanjun Miao, Linhui Shao, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang*. De novo transcriptome sequencing and gene expression profiling of Elymus nutans under cold stress. BMC Genomics. 2016, 17: 870

18) Zhang Zhiqiang, WangYafang, Chang Leqin, Zhang Tong, An Jie, LiuYushi,  CaoYuman, Zhao Xia, ShaXuyang, HuTianming*, Yang Peizhi*. MsZEP, a novel zeaxanthin epoxidase gene from alfalfa (Medicago sativa), confers drought and salt tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Plant Cell Reports. 2016, 35(2): 439-453

19) Pan Zhang, Chengqun Yu, Peizhi Yang, Shehui Cao, Tianming Hu*. Karyotype analysis of five wild Elymus species of Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 2015,75(1): 140-144（SCI, IF="0.19）

20) Pan Zhang, Peizhi Yang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Bo Han,Weidong Wang, Yafang Wang, Yuman Cao, Tianming Hu*. Isolation and characterization of a buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) dehydration responsive element binding transcription factor, BdDREB2. Gene. 2014,536(1): 123-128

21) Yang Peizhi, Zhang Pan, Li Bing, Hu Tianming*. Effect of nodules on dehydration response in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2013,86: 29-34

22) Bo Han, Tianming Hu*, Peizhi Yang, Weize Sun. Evaluation of eight alfalfa varieties for their production, quality, and persistence on the Loess Plateau. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 2013, 7(8): 1093-1099

23) Yang Peizhi, Zheng Hongmei, Larson Steven, Miao Yanjun, Hu Tianming*. Phylogenetic relationships of eleven Kobresia accessions from the Tibetan plateau. African Journal of Biotechnology. 2010, 9(33): 59-67

24) Yang Peizhi, Wang Quanzhen, Hu Tianming*. Dynamic relationship between flowering habits and podding of 7 alfalfa cultivars. Multifunctional GrassLands in a Changing World. VolumeⅡ. Guangdong People’s publishing house. July, 2008: 570

Book chapters:

[1] Li Haiying,Long Mingxiu(Editor in Chief),Xu Yuefei and Yang Peizhi(sub-editor), Forage cultivation, processingand storage, NorthwestA & F University Publishing Company, 2011

[2]Zhang Yingjun(Editor in Chief),Yang Peizhi , Arid grassland production technical manual - modern grassland animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia ,Gansu and Ningxia, China Agricultural Publishing Company, Beijing, 2012

Awards:

[1] Agricultural science and technology award of China (1^st Grade) “Research and Demonstration of Efficient and Quality Industrialization Technology System on Cows”, Issued in 2011.

[2] Science and Technology Awards of Shaanxi Province (2^nd Grade): “Research of Varieties Screening and Efficient Cultivation Technology of Pasture and Forage Crop” Issued in 2007

Patent:

(1) China. Patent No. ZL. 200910219354.4–The liquid culture medium of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi in vitro pollen germination and the Method for determination of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi pollen vitality. Issued 2011.04

(2) China, ZL: 201210024784.2- A cultivating method for increasing the number and activity of Alfalfa nodule. Issued 2012.01

(3) China, ZL：201210596033.8- A kind of Alfalfa salt tolerance and drought resistance gene. Issued 2012.12