PERSONAL DATA

Name: Tengfei XU

Date of birth:1989

Academic title: Doctor

Institute: College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F university, P. R. China

E-mail: tengfei.xu@nwafu.edu.cn

Address: No.3, Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Education

2018 Ph. D. and postdoc in Science, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Research projects

Project 1 -Molecular mechanisms of light quality controlling grape berry color

Project 2 -Interaction of light and other environment cues on the quality of grape

Project 3 -Advances on Molecular Mechanisms of grape Response to Stress Inquiry

Project 4 -Genetic Improvement of Grape Quality Traits

Project 5-Breeding new grape cultivars

RESEARCH PROJECTS(as project leader)

Project ‘The mechanism of brassinolide regulating anthocyanin synthesis in grape’ founded by Shaanxi Introduction of Abroad Doctor Program

Project ‘CRISPR/CAS9-based genome editing of grape for breeding new shade-tolerance cultivars’ founded by Shaanxi Key Research and Development Program

Project ‘Biological function of VvPIFs regulating shade avoidance in  Vitis vinifera ’ founded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Project ‘Involvement of VvCOP1 in high ambient temperature-repressed anthocyanin biosynthesis in Grape’ founded by National Natural Science Foundation

Project ‘Molecular mechanisms of VvCOP1-mediated grape anthocyanin’ founded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Awards

International Graduate Academy (IGA) Travel Scholarship for attending the ‘International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP 2015)’ conference in Austin, TX, USA.

International Graduate Academy (IGA) Travel Scholarship to attend the ‘Plant Biology Europe EPSO/FESPB 2016 Congress’ conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Scholarships as per the State Law on Graduate Funding (LGFG).

Scholarship under the China State Scholarship Fund (China Scholarship Council), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

PUBLICATIONS

Lu Bian#, Xiaoqiao Zhou#, Jie Wang, Jiahao Fu, Xiaoxuan Jia, Yifei Zhang, Zhixin Zhang, Hamza Ali, Yanchun Fan, Xinyi Hao, Jiangfei Meng, Yan Xu*, Tengfei Xu*. (2026) Systematic profiling of aroma and quality in UV-B treated grapes across fruit development stages. Food Research International, 236:119169.

Lu Bian#, Xince Yu#, Zhixin Zhang, Yi Tong, Liang Zhang, Qian Xu, Jiahao Fu, Qiqi Wang, Wen Zhao, Jie Wang, Hongmei Chen, Jiangfei Meng, Fuchun Zhang*, Yan Xu*, Tengfei Xu*. (2026) Mechanical summer pruning of ‘Syrah’ grapes in arid and semi-arid regions: the impact of canopy thickness on grapes and wine phenolic compounds. Food Chemistry, 509:148640.

Liang Zhang, Yating Liang, Lu Bian, Xiaoqing Tao, Yan Xu, Jinfeng Wang, Fuchun Zhang*, Jiangfei Meng*, Tengfei Xu*. (2025) Exploring mechanical summer pruning patterns of wine grapes in Northwest China: Effects of different canopy thickness on grape berry and wine aroma characteristics. Food Research International, 211:116414.

Shuihuan Guo#, Meng Zhang#, Mingxin Feng, Guipeng Liu, Laurent Torregrosa, Xiaoqing Tao, Ruihua Ren, Yulin Fang, Zhenwen Zhang*, Jiangfei Meng*, Tengfei Xu*. (2024). miR156b-targeted VvSBP8/13 functions downstream of the abscisic acid signal to regulate anthocyanins biosynthesis in grapevine fruit under drought. Horticulture Research, 11(2): uhad293.

Tengfei Xu#, Yurui Guo#, Xiaojian Yuan, Yannan Chu, Xiaowei Wang, Yulei Han, Wenyuan Wang, Yuejin Wang, Rui Song, Yulin Fang, Lujun Wang, Yan Xu*. (2022). Effects of exogenous paclobutrazol and sampling time on the efficiency of in vitro embryo rescue in the breeding of new seedless grape varieties. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 21(6): 2–13.

Fuchun Zhang, Haixia Zhong, Xiaoming Zhou, Mingqi Pan, Juan Xu, Mingbo Liu, Min Wang, Guotian Liu, Tengfei Xu, Yuejin Wang, Xinyu Wu*, Yan Xu*. (2022). Grafting with rootstocks promotes phenolic compound accumulation in grape berry skin during development by integrative multi-omics analysis. Horticulture Research, 9: uhac055.

Tiemei Li#, Xin Cheng, Xiaowei Wang, Guanggui Li, Bianbian Wang, Wenyuan Wang, Na Zhang, Yulei Han, Bolei Jiao, Yuejin Wang, Guotian Liu, Tengfei Xu*, Yan Xu*. (2021). GLYI-4 functions downstream of NAC72 to modulate downy mildew resistance in grapevine. The Plant Journal, 108(2): 394–410.

Tengfei Xu#, Xin Yang#, Meng Zhang, Shuihuan Guo, Wenjing Fu, Bijiang Zhou, Yujia Liu, Xiaowei Wang, Junshe Cai, Yulin Fang, Jiangfei Meng. (2022). Widely targeted metabolite profiling used to reveal the senescence changes in postharvest ‘Red Globe’ (Vitis vinifera) grape berries. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 21(4): 1028–1043.

Heng Yao#, Xuqiao Jin#, Mingxin Feng#, Guoqian Xu, Peng Zhang, Yulin Fang, Tengfei Xu*, Jiangfei Meng*. (2021). Evolution of volatile profile and aroma potential of table grape Hutai-8 during berry ripening. Food Research International, 143: 110330.

Ming-Xin Feng, Xu-Qiao Jin, Heng Yao, Tong-Yao Zhu, Shui-Huan Guo, Shuai Li, Yu-Lu Lei, Zhi-Gan Xing, Xian-Hua Zhao, Teng-Fei Xu*, Jiang-Fei Meng*. (2021). Evolution of volatile profile and aroma potential of 'Gold Finger' table grapes during berry ripening.  J  .   Sci. Food Agric.  doi: 10.1002/jsfa.11357.

Tengfei Xu, Xiaowei Wang, Hui Ma, Li Su, Wenyuan Wang, Jiangfei Meng and Yan Xu. (2021). Functional characterization of VDACs in grape and its putative role in response to pathogen stress.  Front , doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.670505.

Yu-Hang Chen, Yi-Fan Li, Huan Wei, Xiao-Xia Li, Huai-Tang Zheng, Xin-Yi Dong, Teng-Fei Xu*, Jiang-Fei Meng*. (2020). Inhibition efficiency of wood vinegar on grey mould of table grapes.  Food Biosci , 38:100755.

Hui-Zhen Zheng, Huan Wei, Shui-Huan Guo, Xin Yang, Ming-Xin Feng, Xu-Qiao Jin, Yu-Lin Fang, Zhen-Wen Zhang, Teng-Fei Xu*, Jiang-Fei Meng*. (2020). Nitrogen and phosphorus co-starvation inhibits anthocyanin synthesis in the callus of grape berry skin.  Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult,  142:313-325.

Xu T, Yuan J, Hiltbrunner A. (2020). Phytochrome interacting factors in the moss  Physcomitrella patens  regulate light-controlled gene expression.  Physiol. Plant , 169(3):467-479.

Huangzhao Chen; Jun Yang; Xiaoxu Deng; Yujuan Lei; Sha Xie; Shuihuan Guo; Ruihua Ren; Junnan Li; Zhengwen Zhang; Tengfei Xu^#. (2020). Foliar-sprayed manganese sulfate improves flavonoid content in grape berry skin of Cabernet Sauvignon ( Vitis vinifera  L.) growing on alkaline soil and wine chromatic characteristics.  Food Chemistry , 315(1): e126182.

Shuihuan Guo*, Tengfei Xu*, Tianci Shi, Xuqiao Jin, Mingxin Feng, Xianhua Zhao, Zhenwen Zhang, Jiangfei Meng^#. (2019). Cluster bagging promotes melatonin biosynthesis in the berry skins of  Vitis vinifera  cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignan during development and ripening.  Food Chemistry , 305(1): e125502. (*Co-first Author).

Tengfei Xu and Andreas Hiltbrunner. (2017). PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORs from  Physcomitrella patens  are active in Arabidopsis and complement the  pif  quadruple mutant. Plant Signal Behav.  12: e1388975.

Anja Possart*, Tengfei Xu*, Inyup Paik, Sebastian Hanke, Sarah Keim, Helen-Maria Hermann, Luise Wolf, Manuel Hiß, Claude Becker, Enamul Huq, Stefan A. Rensing, and Andreas Hiltbrunner. (2017). Characterization of phytochrome interacting factors from the moss  Physcomitrella Patens  illustrates conservation of phytochrome signaling modules in land plants.  Plant Cell , 29: 310-330. (*Co-first Author).

Shi B, Zhang C, Tian C, Wang J, Wang Q, Xu TF, Xu Y, Ohno C, Sablowski R, Heisler MG, Theres K, Wang Y, Jiao Y. (2016). Two-step regulation of a meristematic cell population acting in shoot branching in Arabidopsis.  PLoS Genet.  12: e1006168.

Teng-Fei Xu, Xiao-Chen Zhao, Yun-Tong Jiao, Jin-Yu Wei, Lan Wang, Yan Xu. (2014). A pathogenesis related protein, VpPR10.1, from  Vitis pseudoreticulata : An insight of its mode of antifungal activity.  PLoS ONO , 9: e95102. (First Author).

Teng-Fei Xu, Jiang Xiang, Feng-Ju Li, Tie-Mei Li, Yi-He Yu, Yue-Jin Wang, Yan Xu. (2013) Screening proteins interacting with VpPR10.1 of Chinese wild grapevine using the yeast-two hybrid system.  Acta Physiol. Plant.  35: 2355-2364.

Xu Y*, Xu TF*, Zhao XC, Zou Y, Li ZQ, Xiang J, Li FJ, Wang YJ. (2012). Co-expression of  VpROMT  gene from Chinese wild  Vitis pseudoreticulata  with  VpSTS  in tobacco plants and its effects on the accumulation of pterostilbene. Protoplasma , 249: 819-833. (*Co-first Author).

Jiang-Fei Meng, Teng-Fei Xu, Fan Hu, Chang-Zheng Song, Li Zhang, Zhen-Wen Zhang. (2015). Melatonin treatment of pre-veraison grape berries to increase size and synchronicity of berries and modify wine aroma components.  Food Chem.  185: 127-134.

Jiang-Fei Meng, Teng-Fei Xu, Zhi-Zhen Wang, Yu-Lin Fang, Zhu-Mei Xi, Zhen-Wen Zhang. (2014). The ameliorative effects of exogenous melatonin on grape cuttings under water-deficient stress: antioxidant metabolites, leaf anatomy, and chloroplast morphology.  J. Pineal. Res.  57: 200-212.

Jiang-Fei Meng*, Teng-Fei Xu*, Min-Yang Qin, Xi-Fu Zhuang, Yu-Lin Fang, Zhen-Wen Zhang. (2013). Phenolic characterization of young wines made from spine grape ( Vitis davidii  Foex) grown in Chongyi County (China).  Food Res. Int.  49: 664-671. (*Co-first Author).

Jiang-Fei Meng*, Teng-Fei Xu*, Chang-Zheng Song, Xiao-Long Li, Tai-Xin Yue, Min-Yang Qin, Yu-Lin Fang, Zhen-Wen Zhang, Zhu-Mei Xi. (2013). Characteristic free aromatic components of nine clones of spine grape ( Vitis davidii  Foex) from Zhongfang County (China).  Food Res. Int.   54: 1795-1800. (*Co-first Author).

Jiang-Fei Meng, Peng-Fei Ning, Teng-Fei Xu, Zhen-Wen Zhang. (2013). Effect of rain-shelter cultivation of  Vitis vinifera  cv. Cabernet Gernischet on the phenolic profile of berry skins and the incidence of grape diseases.  Molecules , 18: 381-397.

Contact information

Address: Northwest A&F University, No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, China,  712100

Office： College of Horticulture No. 418

Email: tengfei.xu@nwafu.edu.cn

Personal Information: https://yyxy.nwafu.edu.cn/english/facultystaff/72c91bda25c448fd9375308e2fb13206.htm