Name：Fengxia Tian
Gender: Female
Title: Professor
Email：tianwenxiu1984@163.com
1. Education
2006/9–2008/6，Shandong Normal University，biological sciences
2008/9–2013/6，Shandong Agricultural University，Botany, integrated master's and doctoral programs
2. Academic appointments
2013.06-2022.04 College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Lecturer
2022.05-2024.03 College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Associate Professor
2024.04---Present College of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Associate Professor
3. Courses
Undergraduate student: Teaching work for courses such as Biochemistry, Comprehensive Topics in Biochemistry, Biochemistry Experiments, and Plant Physiology Experiments.
4. Research Interest
Physiological and molecular basis of plant stress resistance
5. Funding
(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Project, 32301615, Molecular Mechanism Study on the Regulation of Salt Tolerance in Poplar Trees by Small Molecular Weight Heat Shock Protein Pt21.8ER-sHsp, from January 2024 to December 2026-12, 300,000 RMB, in progress, principal investigator;
(2) Department of Science and Technology of Henan Province, Science and Technology Research, 1721021110108, Study on the Physiological Characteristics and Post harvest Storage of Kiwi Fruit of Huamei No.2 in Xixia, Henan Province, from January 2017 to July 2020, 100,000 RMB, completed, presided over;
(3) Henan Provincial Department of Education, Key Project, 14A180036, Study on the Disease Resistance, Physiology and Molecular Basis of Wheat Stagnant Green Mutant tasg1, from January 2014 to July 2017, 20,000 RMB, completed, presided over;
(4) Henan Provincial Department of Education, Key Project, 19A180004, Study on the Response Mechanism of Pt21.8ER-sHsp Gene in Poplar Trees to Non biological Stress, from January 2019 to December 2020, 50,000 RMB, completed, presided over;
(5) Henan Provincial Department of Education, Key Project, 19A180004, Research and Application of the Molecular Mechanism of the Regulation of Pathogenicity of Rice Black Fungus by the Melanin Synthase Gene Noscd1, from January 2024 to December 2025, 30000 yuan, in progress, presided ove.
6. Selected Publications
(1) Wang, T., Xu, G., Zhou, S., Niu, Q., Zang, J., Yang, T., Tian, F. X.*, Gray blight disease on Euonymus japonicus Caused by Pestalotiopsis disseminata in China. Plant Disease, 2023, 107(4), 1229.
(2) Tian, F. X., Xu, G. L., Zhou, S., Wang, C. X., Pang, F. H., Wang, Y., Wang, W. Physiological and pathological basis of disease resistance for the wheat stay-green mutant Tasg1 to infection by Fusarium graminearum. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2023, 70(4), 66.
(3) Fengxia Tian, Xiao-Li Hu, Tao Yao, Xiaohan Yang, Jin-Gui Chen, Meng-Zhu Lu, Jin Zhang*. Recent advances in the roles of HSFs and HSPs in heat stress response in woody plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12: 704905.
(4) Tian F.X., Chang, E., Li, Y., Sun, P., Hu J.J.*, Zhang, J*.. (2017). Expression and integrated network analyses revealed functional divergence of NHX-type Na+/H+ exchanger genes in poplar. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 2607.
(5) Tian F.X., Wang T., Xie Y.L., Zhang J., Hu J.J.. (2015) Aldehyde dehydrogenase gene superfamily in Populus: organization and expression divergence between paralogous gene pairs. Plos One, 2015, 10: e0124669
(6) Tian F.X., Wang T., Xie Y.L., Zhang J., Hu J.J.. Genome-Wide identification, classification, and expression analysis of 14-3-3 gene family in Populus. Plos One, 2015, 10: e0123225
(7) Tian F.X., Zhang M., WangX., Chen Y.H., Wang W.. Antioxidative defence under drought stress in a wheat stay-green mutant. Biologia Plantrum, 2015, 59: 123-130
(8) Tian F.X., Gong J.F., Zhang J., Feng Y.N., Wang G.K., Wang W.Q., Wang W.. Overexpression of monoubiquitin improves photosynthesis in transgenic tobacco plants following high temperature stress. Plant Science, 2014, 226: 92-100
(9) Tian F.X., Gong J.F., Zhang M., Wang G.K., Li A.X., Wang W.. Enhanced stability of thylakoid membrane proteins and antioxidant competence contribute to drought stress resistance in the tasg1 wheat stay-green mutant. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2013, 64: 1509-1520
(10) Tian F.X., Gong J.F., Wang G.P., Wang G.K., Fan Z.Y., Wang W.. Improved drought resistance in a wheat stay-green mutant tasg1 under field conditions. Biologia Plantrum, 2012, 56: 509-515