Education

Ph.D in Crop genetics and breeding, College of Crop Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 1980

Current position

Professor in crop genetics and breeding, College of Crop Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Publications (since 2013)

1. Niu, X., Gao, H., Qi, J., Chen, M., Tao, A., Xu, J., Dai, Z. and Su, J. (2016). Colletotrichum species associated with jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) anthracnose in southeastern China. Sci Rep 6: 25179.

2. Niu, X., Gao, H., Chen, Y. and Qi, J. (2016). First Report of Anthracnose on White Jute (Corchorus capsularis) Caused by Colletotrichum fructicola and C. siamense in China. Plant Disease 100 (26): 1243.

3. Niu, X., Qi, J., Zhang, G., Xu, J., Tao, A., Fang, P. and Su, J. (2015). Selection of reliable reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR gene expression analysis in Jute (Corchorus capsularis) under stress treatments. Front Plant Sci 6: 848.

4. Niu, X., Qi, J., Chen, M., Zhang, G., Tao, A., Fang, P., Xu, J., Onyedinma, S. A. and Su, J. (2015). Reference genes selection for transcript normalization in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) under salinity and drought stress. PeerJ 3: e1347.

5. Zhang, G., Zhang, Y., Xu, J., Niu, X., Qi, J., Tao, A., Zhang, L., Fang, P., Lin, L. and Su, J. (2014). The CCoAOMT1 gene from jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) is involved in lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Gene 546(2): 398-402.

6. Zhang, G., Qi, J., Xu, J., Niu, X., Zhang, Y., Tao, A., Zhang, L., Fang, P. and Lin, L. (2013). Overexpression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene could increase cellulose content in Jute (Corchorus capsularis L.). Biochem Biophys Res Commun 442(3-4): 153-158.