Li Hao

Ph.D. & Associate Professor

College of Horticulture

Northwest A&F University

No.3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

Email: yuanyilihao123@163.com；lhyy@nwafu.edu.cn

Research interest:

He is mainly engaged in the study of stress resistance regulation and mechanism of cucurbit crops, including the signal transduction mechanism of regulating low temperature, drought, salt stress, fusarium wilt and other stress resistance by agronomic measures or chemical substances; molecular mechanism of stock-scion interaction and breeding of excellent rootstocks; identification and functional analysis of key genes for stress tolerance.

Courses:

Undergraduate courses: General Introduction to Horticultural Plant Cultivation, Horticultural Plant Biotechnology, Vegetable Physiology and Ecology, Edible Fungi Cultivation, Horticultural Skills Operation Training

Graduate courses: Vegetable Physiology and Cultivation

Funding:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Project), 2020-2023, 580,000, hosted;

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Foundation), 2019-2021, 245,000, hosted;

National Key Research and Development Program Subproject, 2018-2022, 520,000, hosted;

Tang Scholar of Northwest A&F University, 2020-2023, 720,000, hosted;

Shaanxi Natural Science Foundation, 2017-2018, 30,000, hosted;

Science and Technology Innovation and Key Project of Shaanxi Province, 2015-2016, 100,000, hosted;

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016-2017, 50,000, hosted;

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2017-2018, 100,000, hosted;

Research Start-up Fund of Northwest A&F University, 2015-2016, 50,000, hosted.

Research Awards

Second Prize of Shennong China Agricultural Science and Technology, 2019, rank 4;

Second Prize of Natural Science Excellent Academic Papers of Shaanxi Province, 2017, rank 1;

Creative Prize of Dabeinong Science and Technology, 2015, rank 8.

Publications:

1. Li H,  Guo YL,  Lan ZX, Xu K, Chang JJ, Ahammed GJ, Ma JX, Wei CH, Zhang X*. 2021. Methyl jasmonate mediates melatonin-induced cold tolerance of grafted watermelon plants. Horticulture Research, 8: 57. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 1, TOP，IF="5.40)

2. Li H, He J, Yang X, Li X, Luo D, Wei CH, Ma JX, Zhang Y, Yang JQ, Zhang X. 2016. Glutathione-dependent induction of local and systemic defense against oxidative stress by exogenous melatonin in cucumber ( Cucumis sativus  L.). Journal of Pineal Research, 60: 206-216. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 1, TOP，IF="14.53)

3. Li H, Wang Y, Wang Z, Guo X, Wang F, Xia XJ, Zhou J, Shi K, Yu JQ, Zhou YH. 2016. Microarray and genetic analysis reveals that csa-miR159b plays a critical role in abscisic acid-mediated heat tolerance in grafted cucumber plants. Plant, Cell & Environment, 39: 1790-1804. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 1, TOP，IF= 6.36)

4. Li H, Liu SS, Yi CY, Wang F, Zhou J, Xia XJ, Shi K, Zhou YH, Yu JQ. 2014. Hydrogen peroxide mediates abscisic acid-induced HSP70 accumulation and heat tolerance in grafted cucumber plants. Plant, Cell & Environment, 37: 2768-2780. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 1, TOP，IF= 6.36)

5. Li H, Chang JJ, Chen HJ, Wang ZY, Gu XR, Wei CH, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Yang JQ, Zhang X. 2017. Exogenous melatonin confers salt stress tolerance to watermelon by improving photosynthesis and redox homeostasis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 295. (IF= 4.30，ESI top 1% of cited papers)

6. Li H, Chang JJ, Zheng JX,  Dong YC,  Liu QY,  Yang XZ,  Wei CH,  Zhang Y,  Ma JX,  Zhang X. 2017. Local melatonin application induces cold tolerance in distant organs of Citrullus lanatus L. via long distance transport. Scientific Reports, 7: 40858. (IF="4.12，ESI top 1% of cited papers)

7. Li H,  Yuan GL,  Zhu CW, Zhao TT, Zhang RM, Wang XL, Yang JQ, Ma JX, Zhang Y, Zhang X*. 2019. Soil fumigation with ammonium bicarbonate or metam sodium under high temperature alleviates continuous cropping-induced Fusarium wilt in watermelon. Scientia Horticulturae, 246: 979-986. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, TOP，IF="2.78)

8. Li H, Yang XZ, Chen HJ, Cui Q, Yuan GL, Han XC, Wei CH, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Zhang X. 2018. Water requirement characteristics and the optimal irrigation schedule for the growth, yield, and fruit quality of watermelon under plastic film mulching. Scientia Horticulturae, 241: 74-82. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, TOP，IF="2.78)

9. Li H,  Guo YL,  Lan ZX, Zhang ZX, Ahammed GJ, Chang JJ, Zhang Y, Wei CH, Zhang X*. 2020. Melatonin antagonizes ABA action to promote seed germination by regulating Ca²⁺ efflux and H₂O₂ accumulation. Plant Science, 303: 110761. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, IF="3.59)

10. Li H, Mo YL, Cui Q, Yang XZ, Guo YL, Wei CH, Yang JQ, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Zhang X. 2019. Transcriptomic and physiological analyses reveal drought adaptation strategies in drought-tolerant and -susceptible watermelon genotypes. Plant Science, 278: 32-43. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, IF="3.59)

11. Li H, Ahammed GJ, Zhou GN, Xia XJ, Zhou J, Shi K, Yu JQ, Zhou YH. 2016. Unraveling main limiting sites of photosynthesis under below and above ground heat stress in cucumber and the alleviatory role of luffa rootstock. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 746. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, IF= 4.40)

12. Li H, Dong YC, Chang JJ, He J, Chen HJ, Liu QY, Wei CH, Ma JX, Zhang Y, Yang JQ, Zhang X. 2016. High-throughput microRNA and mRNA sequencing reveals that microRNAs may be involved in melatonin-mediated cold tolerance in  Citrullus lanatus  L. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1231.  (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, IF= 4.40)

13. Li H,  Guo YL,  Cui Q, Zhang ZX, Yan X, Ahammed GJ, Yang XJ, Yang JQ, Wei CH, Zhang X*. 2020. Alkanes (C29 and C31)-mediated intracuticular wax accumulation contributes to melatonin- and ABA-induced drought tolerance in watermelon. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 39: 1441-1450. (IF="2.67)

14. Chang JJ, Guo YL, Zhang ZX, Wei CH, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Yang JQ, Zhang X*, Li H*. 2020. CBF-responsive pathway and phytohormones are involved in melatonin-improved photosynthesis and redox homeostasis under aerial cold stress in watermelon. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 42:159. (IF="1.76)

15. Yang XZ#, Li H#, Yang YC, Wang YQ, Mo YL, Zhang RM, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Wei CH, Zhang X*. 2018. Identification and expression analyses of WRKY genes reveal their involvement in growth and abiotic stress response in watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ). PLoS One, 13: e0191308. (IF="2.74)

16. Li H, Wang F, Chen XJ, Shi K, Xia XJ, Considine MJ, Yu JQ, Zhou YH. 2014. The sub/supra-optimal temperature-induced inhibition of photosynthesis and oxidative damage in cucumber leaves are alleviated by grafting onto figleaf gourd/luffa rootstocks. Physiologia Plantarum, 152: 571-584. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 2, IF="4.15)

17. Li H, Wang XM, Chen L, Ahammed GJ, Xia XJ, Shi K, Considine MJ, Yu JQ, Zhou YH. 2013. Growth temperature-induced changes in biomass accumulation, photosynthesis and glutathione redox homeostasis as influenced by hydrogen peroxide in cucumber. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 71: 1-10. (IF="3.72)

18. Integrated Training on Vegetable Production Technology, Northwest A&F University Press, 2017, co-editor (compiling the second chapter)

Other Academic Papers (Part):

1. Wei CH, Chen XE, Wang ZY, Liu QY, Li H, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Yang JQ, Zhang X. 2017. Genetic mapping of the  lobed leaf 1  ( CLLL1 ) gene to a 127.6-kb region in watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus  L.). Plos One, 12: e0180741.

2. Zhang HF, Wei CH, Yang XZ, Chen HJ, Yang YC, Mo YL, Li H, Zhang Y, Ma JX, Yang JQ, Zhang Xian. 2017. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of calciumdependent protein kinase and its related kinase gene families in melon ( Cucumis melo  L.). Plos One, 12: e0176352.

3. Liu S, Li H, Lv XZ, Ahammed GJ, Xia XJ, Zhou J, Shi K, Asami T, Yu JQ, Zhou YH. 2016. Grafting cucumber onto luffa improves drought tolerance by increasing aba biosynthesis and sensitivity. Scientific Reports, 6: 20212.

4. Mo YL, Yang RP, Liu LH, Gu XR, Yang XZ, Wang YQ, Zhang Xian, Li H. 2015. Growth, photosynthesis and adaptive responses of wild and domesticated watermelon genotypes to drought stress and subsequent re-watering. Plant Growth Regulation, 79: 1-13.

5. Mo YL, Wang YQ, Yang RP, Zheng JX, Liu CM, Li H, J Ma JX, Y Zhang Y, Wei CH, Zhang X. 2016. Regulation of plant growth, photosynthesis, antioxidation and osmosis by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in watermelon seedlings under well-watered and drought conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 454.

6. Yang RP, Mo YL, Liu CM, Wang YQ, Ma JX, Zhang Y, Li H, Zhang X. 2016. The effects of cattle manure and garlic rotation on soil under continuous cropping of watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus  L.). Plos One, 11: e0156515.

Patents:

Li Hao, Zhang Xian, Gan Lu, Wang Xinli. A method for inducing physiological species-2 resistance of watermelon fusarium wilt. International patent，2020102086. 2020

Zhang Xian, Mo Yanling, Ma Jianxiang, Zhang Yong, Yang Jianqiang, Li Hao, Liu Lianhong, Yang Ruiping. 2017. Evaluation method of drought resistance of watermelon at seedling stage. National Invention Patent, ZL201510172150.5. 2017.

Varieties:

2017. Nongdatian No. 4. Shaanxi cucurbit registration No. 2016010.

2017. Shannong No. 3. Shaanxi cucurbit registration 2016004号.

2016. Nongdatian No. 7号. Shaanxi cucurbit registration 2015003.

2016. Shannong No. 4. Shaanxi cucurbit registration 2015009.