Zhang Mingke 

  NAME:  MINGKE ZHANG

  Department of Vegetable Science,

  College of Horticulture

  Northwest A & F University

  Yangling, Shaanxi 712100

  Mobile phone: 18710682892

  Email: zhangmk0904@sina.com.cn

  zhangmk1101@nwsuaf.edu.cn

  RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Chinese cabbage breeding and biotechnology. Mechanisms and regulation of phytonutrient and micronutrient metabolism.

  HIGHER EDUCATION

  1991.9-1995.7Northwest Agriculture University, Bachelor degree in vegetable

  2001.3-2003.7 Northwest A & F University, Master degree in vegetable

  2003.9-2008.12 Northwest A & F University, Doctor degree in vegetable

  2009.2-2011.2 Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoc in molecular biology

  2013.3-2014.3 Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, visiting scholar

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  1995.7-1999.9 Institute of Vegetable and Flower, Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Science

  1999.9 to present Department of Vegetable Science of Horticultural College, Northwest A & F University

  PUBLICATIONS

  Ming Ke Zhang, Mei Ping Zhang,Michael Mazourek,Yaakov Tadmor, Li Li. Regulatory control of carotenoid accumulation in winter squash during storage. Planta, 2014, 240:1063-1074

  Junxiang Zhang, Huixia Li, Mingke Zhang,Maixia Hui,Qi Wang , Li Li , Lugang Zhang. Fine mapping and identification of candidate Br-or gene controlling orange head of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) Mol Breeding ,2013, 32:799-805

  Jing Zhang, Qing-Fei Li, Wei-Wei Huang, Xiao-Yong Xu, Xin-Ling Zhang, Mai-Xia Hui, Ming-Ke Zhang and Lu-Gang Zhang. A Vacuolar Processing Enzyme RsVPE1 Gene of Radish Is Involved in Floral Bud Abortion under Heat Stress. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 13346-13359

  Shaoli Zhang, Lugang Zhang, Mingke Zhang and Maixia Hui. Sequence analysis of β-esterase isoenzymes related to fertility changeover in TsCMS7311 of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis)。African journal of biotechnology, 2010,9(51): 8833-8836