PERSONAL DATA

Name: Tengfei XU

Date of Birth: January, 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. in Science, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

2011 Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China.

2012 M.S. in Pomology, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, P. R. China.

2010 B.S. in Bioengineering, College of Enology, Northwest A&F University, P. R. China.

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 (01.2021-12.2024)

Project ‘CRISPR/CAS9-based genome editing of grape for breeding new shade-tolerance cultivars’ founded by Shaanxi Key Research and Development Program (01.2020-12.2021)

Project ‘Biological function of VvPIFs regulating shade avoidance in  Vitis vinifera ’ founded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (05.2019-04.2021)

Project ‘Involvement of VvCOP1 in high ambient temperature-repressed anthocyanin biosynthesis in Grape’ founded by National Natural Science Foundation (01.2019-12.2012)

Project ‘Molecular mechanisms of VvCOP1-mediated grape anthocyanin’ founded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (01.2019-12.2021).

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

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.