Education
Ph.D. in Crop Genetics and Breeding, National Key laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, HAU, 2012
Current position
Postdoctor in Cotton Biotechnology Group, CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories (Plant Industry), Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
Research interest: Improvement of cotton fiber quality; Cell wall biology and bioenergy; Secondary metabolic engineering; Plant development and biotechnology; Signaling transduction and crosstalk
Publications
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Tan, J.,
Wang, M., Tu, L., Nie, Y., Lin, Y. and Zhang, X. (2013). The flavonoid pathway
regulates the petal colors of cotton flower. PLoS
One 8(8): e72364.
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Tan, J.,
Tu, L., Deng, F., Hu, H., Nie, Y. and Zhang, X. (2013). A genetic and
metabolic analysis revealed that cotton fiber cell development was retarded by
flavonoid naringenin. Plant Physiol 162(1):
86-95.
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Tan, J.,
Tu, L., Deng, F., Wu, R. and Zhang, X. (2012). Exogenous
jasmonic acid inhibits cotton fiber elongation. Journal
of Plant Growth Regulation 31(4): 599-605.
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Hao, J.,
Tu, L., Hu, H., Tan, J., Deng, F., Tang, W., Nie, Y. and Zhang, X. (2012). GbTCP, a cotton TCP transcription factor, confers fibre elongation
and root hair development by a complex regulating system. J Exp Bot 63(17): 6267-6281.
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Deng, F.,
Tu, L., Tan, J., Li, Y., Nie, Y. and Zhang, X. (2012). GbPDF1 is involved in cotton fiber initiation via the core
cis-element HDZIP2ATATHB2. Plant Physiol 158(2): 890-904.
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Munis, M.
F., Tu, L., Deng, F., Tan, J., Xu, L., Xu, S., Long, L. and Zhang, X. (2010). A thaumatin-like protein
gene involved in cotton fiber secondary cell wall development enhances
resistance against Verticillium dahliae and other stresses in transgenic tobacco. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 393(1): 38-44.
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Zhu, H.,
Tu, L., Jin, S., Xu, L., Tan, J., Deng, F. and Zhang, X. (2008). Analysis
of genes differentially expressed during initial cellular dedifferentiation in
cotton. Chinese Science Bulletin 53(23): 3666-3676.
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Tu, L. L.,
Zhang, X. L., Liang, S. G., Liu, D. Q., Zhu, L. F., Zeng, F. C., Nie, Y. C.,
Guo, X. P., Deng, F. L., Tan, J. F. and Xu, L. (2007). Genes expression analyses
of sea-island cotton (Gossypium
barbadense L.) during fiber development. Plant Cell Rep 26(8):
1309-1320.
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Tu, L.,
Zhang, X., Liu, D., Jin, S., Cao, J., Zhu, L., Deng, F., Tan, J. and Zhang, C.
(2007). Suitable
internal control genes for qRT-PCR normalization in cotton fiber development
and somatic embryogenesis. Chinese Science Bulletin 52(22):
3110-3117.