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Jun ZHAO
Last name : ZHAO
First name : Jun
Entrance year : 2015
Occupation : teaching in University
Company : INNERMONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Birthdate : 1969/05/27
Address : Diary Biotechnology Building 428, Zhaowuda Rd. 306, Saihan District, 010018 Huhhot, Innermongolia / China
Main fields of interest :
  • Crop protection
  • Agronomy
  • Plant physiology
Professional experience : .Nov. 2006 – Now: Working in Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. -We are focusing on Sunflower diseases aspects May 1st, 2015 – August 1st, 2015 Working as a visiting scholar in Lab of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University. Supervisor: Ton Bisseling - Focus on isolation AM fungi from soils of potato May 1st, 2012-Nov. 1st, 2012 Working as a visiting scholar in Texas A&M State Univeristy. Supervisor: Prof. Martin Dickman -Focus on Sclerotia scleortorium pathogenicity mechanism study. Feb. 2nd 2001- Feb.2nd 2002: Studied as a Visiting Scholar in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Science, Wageningen University. Supervisor: Prof. Ton. Bisseling -Focus on Sym2, a gene involved in Nod factor recognition process. Sept.1991 - July 1997: Lecturer of Agronomy Department of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. -Involved in the project to unravel the recognition mechanism between the plant and pathogen.
Education : .Sept. 2002-Sept. 2006 : Studied for PhD degree in Department of Physiological Chemistry and Center of Biomedical Genetics, Medical Center of Utrecht University. Specifity: Physiology Chemistry Sept.1997 - July 2000: Studied for Master degree in the Key Lab of National Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Biology, and China Agricultural University. Specifity: Molecular Genetics Sept.1987 - July 1991: Studied for Bachelor Degree in Agronomy Department of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. Specifity: Plant Protection. Sept.1981 - July 1987: Studied in higher school
Selected publications : . 1. Y. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Gao, G. Zhang, Y. Yu, H. Zhou, W. Chen, and J. Zhao The Colonization Process of Sunflower by a Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Isolate of Verticillium dahliae and its Seed Transmission Plant Disease Sep 2018, Volume 102, Number 9 Pages 1772-1778 2. Yaguang Hou, Ren Na, Min Li, Hongyou Zhou, Lan Jing, Jun Zhao* H2O2 is involved in cAMP-induced inhibition of sclerotia initiation and maturation in the sunflower pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Journal of Plant Pathology (2017),99 (1), 1-10. 3. Zhang Y.Y, Yu Y., Wang K., Li M., Xu D S, and Zhao J. First Report of Sunflower Charcoal Rot Caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in Jilin and Inner Mongolia, China Plant Disease Jul 2016, Volume 100, Number 7,1494 . 4. D. S. Xu, Y. Y. Zhang, J. X. Zhao, and J. Zhao First Report of Broomrape Wilt Caused by Plectosphaerella cucumerina in Inner Mongolia, China Dec 2016, Volume 100, Number 12 5. J. Gao, Y. Y. Zhang, X. J. Zhao K. Wang and J. Zhao 2016 First Report of Potato Wilt Caused by Plectosphaerella cucumerina in Inner Mongolia, China. Plant Disease Dec 2016, Volume 100, Number 12. 6. M. Li, R. Jia , R. Na ,Y. Hou , H. Bu , H. Zhou and J. Zhao 2016 Genetic diversity of Sclerotinia scleortiorum within a single sunflower field in Wenquan, Xinjiang province, China. Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1), 43-53. 7. Y. Y. Zhang, M. Li, Y. Liang, H.Y. Zhou, and J. Zhao 2015 First Report of Sunflower Wilt Caused by Plectosphaerella cucumerina in China Plant Disease Nov 2015, Volume 99, Number 11. 8. Zhiwei Zhang, Fan Yang, Ren Na, Xiaoluo Zhang, Shuqing Yang, Jing Gao, Mingshou Fan,Yan Zhao and Jun Zhao* 2014 AtROP1 Negatively Regulates Potato Resistance to Phytophthora BMC Plant Biology Vol 14:392 9. B. X. Shi, G. H. Chen, Z. J. Zhang, J. J. Hao, L. Jing, H. Y. Zhou, and J. Zhao. 2015 First Report of Race Composition and Distribution of Sunflower Broomrape, Orobanche cumana, in China Plant Disease, Volume 99, Number 2. Page 291 10. Li M, Zhang YY, Wang K, Hou YG, Zhou HY, Jing L, Zhao J. 2016 First Report of Sunflower White Mold Caused by Sclerotinia minor Jagger in Inner Mongolia region, China. Plant Disease Janauary, Volume 100, Number 1 Page 211 11. Ren Na, Zhiwei Zhang, Xiaocong Yu, Xiaoluo Zhang, Fan Yang, Jun Zhao* 2013 ROS and salicylic acid (SA) play roles on the resistance establishment of the potato cultivar Zihuabai to Phytophthora infestans JPDP, 119:5-6.