Zheng Yongqi is a Professor at the Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry.

Research category: Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding

Research field: Conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources; access and benefit sharing of genetic resources; plant genetics and breeding; protection of new plant varieties; biosafety

Key research projects:

• Assessment of genetic diversity and conservation strategy of Asian rosewood species. 2019.

• Development of national platform of forest genetic resources, 2018.

• Collection and assessment of FGR of important forest species, 2022.

• Development of a support system for quality control and tracking of supply chain of seeds and seedlings using blockchain technologies, 2022.

• Inventory of FGR in Qinling Mountains, 2018.

• Pilot inventory of alien invasive plants in northeastern China, 2021.

• Risk analysis based on data from the national inventory of alien invasive speceis, 2022.

• Molecular identification of plant varieties for the protection of new varieties of plants, 2018.

Awards & achievements:

• 1996,Introduction and cultivation of Eucalypts in China, National Science and Technology Advancement Award, 2^ndclass;

• 1995, Provenance selection of Australian Eculyptus in China, Ministry of Forestry Science and Technology Advancement Award, 2^ndclass;

• 1992, Provenance trials of Slash pine and Loblolly pine in China. Ministry of Forestry Science and Technology Advancement Award, 2^ndclass.

Published articles & books:

• Huang Ping*, Li Changhong, Lin Furong, Liu Yu, Zong Yichen, Libin, Zheng Yongqi*, Chromosome level genome assembly and population genetic analysis of a near-threatened rosewood species (Dalbergia cultrata Pierre Graham ex Benth) provide insights into its evolutionary and cold stress responses, Frontiers in Plant Science. 2023-09-21。

• Huang P, Zang F, Li C, Lin F, Zang D, Li B and Zheng Y (2022) The Akebia Genus as a Novel Forest Crop: A Review of Its Genetic Resources, Nutritional Components, Biosynthesis, and Biological Studies. Front. Plant Sci. 13:936571. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.936571

• Li C, Liu Y, Lin F, Zheng Y, Huang P. 2022. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequences of six Dalbergia species and its comparative analysis in the subfamily of Papilionoideae (Fabaceae) PeerJ. 10:e13570. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13570

• Lai, Jiuxin, Furong Lin, Ping Huang, and Yongqi Zheng. 2022. "Accumulation of Anthocyanidins Determines Leaf Color of Liquidambar Formosana as Revealed by Transcriptome Sequencing and Metabolism Analysis" Current Issues in Molecular Biology 44, no. 1: 242-256.https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb44010018

• Fengqi Zang, Yan Ma, Xiaolong Tu, Ping Huang, Qichao Wu, Zhimin Li, Tao Liu, Furong Lin, Surui Pei, Dekui Zang, Xuemei Zhang, Yongqi Zheng* asnd Yunyan Yu2,*. A high-quality pseudochromosome-level genome of wild rugose rose (Rosa rugosa). DNA Research. 20 August 2021.

• Changhong Li, Yongqi Zheng†, Yu Liu, Furong Lin and Ping Huang,Development of genomic SSRs for a subtropical hardwood tree Dalbergia hupeana and assessment of their transferability to other related species. Forests. 2021.06.18.

• Li, Changhong, Zheng, Yongqi*, Huang, Ping. Molecular markers from the chloroplast genome of rose provide a complementary tool for variety discrimination and profiling. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10(1): 0-12188. SCIE.

• Li, Bin; Lin, Furong; Huang, Ping; Guo, Wenying; Zheng, Yongqi*. Development of nuclear SSR and chloroplast genome markers in diverse Liriodendron chinense germplasm based on low-coverage whole genome sequencing. Biological Research, 2020, 53(1): 0-21. SCIE.

• Yu Liu; Ping Huang; Furong Lin; Wenyun Yang; Hannes Gaisberger; Kettle Christopher; Yongqi Zheng*. MaxEnt modelling for predicting the potential distribution of a near threatened rosewood species (Dalbergia cultrata Graham ex Benth). Ecological Engineering, 2019, 141: 105612.

• Sun, Rongxi; Lin, Furong; Huang, Ping; Ye, Xuemin; Lai, Jiuxin;Zheng, Yongqi*. Phylogeographical Structure of Liquidambar formosana Hance Revealed by Chloroplast Phylogeography and Species Distribution Models. Forests, 2019, 10(10): 0-858. SCIE.

• Ping Huang; Furong Lin; Bin Li; Yongqi Zheng*. Hybrid-Transcriptome Sequencing and Associated Metabolite Analysis Reveal Putative Genes Involved in Flower Color Difference in Rose Mutants. Plants, 2019, 8(8): 267-267.

• Li, Nan; Zheng, Yong-Qi*; Ding, Hong-Mei; Li, He-Peng; Peng, Hua-Zheng; Jiang, Bo; Li, Hai-Bo. Development and validation of SSR markers based on transcriptome sequencing of Casuarina equisetifolia. Trees-Structure and Function, 2018, 32(1): 41-49. SCIE.