Name：Qiong LUO
Professional title：Professor
Research focus：Molecular Genetics in Plant Development and Disease Resistance
Contact Tel No.：86-13769133718
E-mail address：qiongbf@aliyun.com
Education
1998-2001, Ph.D., Crop Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
1987-1990, M.S., Crop Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
1983-1987, B.S, Agronomy major, Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
Working Experience
2005-Now, Professor, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China.
2001-2005,Postdoc., Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Beijing, China.
1990-2001, Research Associate, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
Research Work
My research focuses on genetic dissection and underlying mechanisms of plant immunity and development. In particular, disease resistance has been a major target of breeding to ensure crop production and low input of fungicides in an environmentally friendly agriculture. Our research interests include functional genomics, mechanisms and application of plant disease resistance in particular broad-spectrum disease resistance to fungal pathogens in rice, pathogen-host interaction. The overall goals of our lab are to identify genes in disease resistance, genes and developmental processes of important yield-related traits, and pathogenicity variation of Magnaporthe oryzae. Our research will facilitate crop molecular breeding for broad-spectrum disease resistance with high yield potential.
Awards / Honors
― 2021, Second Prize of Yunnan Natural Science Award
― 2014, Second Prize of Yunnan Natural Science Award
Research Projects
― the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1302261, 31960568, 1360260, 31160223, 30760100, 30370797);
― the National Key Research Development Program of China (2016YFD0100600);
― the Ministry of Sciences and Technology of China (2014ZX0800939B).
Publications
1. Jinlu Li, Hui Zhang, Rui Yang, Qianchun Zeng, Guangyu Han, Yunlong Du, Jing Yang, Genhua Yang,Qiong Luo*(2021). Identification of miRNAs Contributing to the Broad-Spectrum and Durable Blast Resistance in the Yunnan Local Rice Germplasm. Frontiers of Plant Science, doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.749919.
2. Zhang, F., Shen, Y., Miao, C., Cao, Y., Shi, W., Du, G., Tang, D., Li, Y., Luo, Q. * and Cheng, Z. * (2020). OsRAD51D promotes homologous pairing and recombination by preventing nonhomologous interactions in rice meiosis. New Phytol 227: 824-839
3. Ren, L., Zhao, T., Zhang, L., Du, G., Shen, Y., Tang, D., Li, Y., Luo, Q. * and Cheng, Z. * (2020). Defective Microspore Development 1 is required for microspore cell integrity and pollen wall formation in rice. Plant J 103: 1446-1459
4. Zhigang Wu, Dongming Fang, Rui Yang, Fei Gao, Jinlu Li, Xiaoxuan Zhuo, Yafei Li, Chuandeng Yi, Tao Zhang, Chengzhi Liang, Peng Cui*, Zhukuan Cheng*, Qiong Luo*(2018). De novo genome assembly of Oryza granulata reveals rapid genome expansion and adaptive evolution. Conmmunications Biology, doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0089-4.
5. Zhigang Wu, Ding Tang, Kai Liu, Chunbo Miao, Xiaoxuan Zhuo, Yafei Li, Xuelin Tan, Mingfa Sun, Qiong Luo* and Zhukuan Cheng* (2018). Characterization of a new semi-dominant dwarf allele of SLR1 and its potential application in hybrid rice breeding. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69（20）: 4703–4713.
6. Rui Yang, Jing Li, Hui Zhang, Fei Yang, Zhigang Wu, Xiaoxuan Zhuo, Xingyu An, Zaiquan Cheng,Qianchun Zeng, Qiong Luo* (2018). Transcriptome analysis and functional identification of Xa13 and Pi-ta orthologs in Oryza granulata. Plant Genome, 11:170097. doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.11.0097.
7. Rui Yang, Yafei Li, Yan Su, Yi Shen, Ding Tang, Qiong Luo* and Zhukuan Cheng*(2016). A functional centromere lacking CentO sequences in a newly formed ring chromosome in rice. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 43:694-701.
8. Zhigang Wu, Jianhui Ji, Ding Tang, Hongjun Wang, Yi Shen, Wenqing Shi, Yafei Li, Xuelin Tan, Zhukuan Cheng* and Qiong Luo*(2015).OsSDS is essential for DSB formation in rice meiosis. Frontiers of Plant Science, 6:1-10.
9. Qiong Luo, Yafei Li, Yi Shen, Zhukuang Cheng (2014). Ten Years of Gene Discovery for Meiotic Event Control in Rice. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 41:125-137.
10. Qiong Luo, Ding Tang, Mo Wang, Weixiong Luo, Lei Zhang, Baoxiang Qin, Yi Shen, Kejian Wang, Yafei Li, Zhukuang Cheng (2013). The role of OsMSH5 in crossover formation during rice meiosis. Molecular Plant, 6:729-742.
11. Tian Shao, Qian Qian, Ding Tang, Chen Jun, Zhukuang Cheng* and Qiong Luo * (2012). A novel gene IBF1 is required for the inhibition of brown pigments deposition in rice hull furrows. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 125:381-390.
12. Yun Jin #, Qiong Luo #, Hongning Tong#, Aiju Wang, Zhijun Cheng, Jinfu Tang, Dayong Li, Xianfeng Zhao, Xiaobing Li, Jianmin Wan, Yuling Jiao, Chengcai Chu, Lihuang Zhu (2011). An AT-hook gene is required for palea formation and floral organ number control in rice. Developmental Biology, 359: 277–288.
13. Qiong Luo, Kaida Zhou, Xianfeng Zhao, Qianchun Zeng, Hongai Xia, Weixue Zhai, Jicheng Xu, Xianjun Wu, Hongsong Yang, Lihuang Zhu* (2005). Identification and fine mapping of a mutant gene for palealess spikelet in rice. Planta, 221:222-230.
