Title:

Professor,

College   of Agriculture,

Guangxi   University

Email: liupq@gxu.edu.cn

Telephone: +86 13397700

STUDY WORK HISTORY

In   1984, he graduated from Guangxi University;

In   1993, he received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School (Chinese Academy of   Agricultural Sciences, CAAS);

In   1993, he joined the Department of Agronomy, Guangxi University, and served as   associate professor and professor successively.

TEACHING AREA

Genetics,   Seed Science and Technology

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Rice,   Molecular Breeding, Genetics of Quality and Resistance Traits

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

His   lab's research mainly focuses on breeding of hybrid rice and the molecular   basis underlying the quality and resistance traits in rice. They recently found   that OsGSTU34, a Bz2-like anthocyanin-related glutathione transferase   transporter and a putative transporter for anthocyanin in rice, is essential   for rice (Oryza sativa L.) organs coloration, and found the effects of   protein on the gelatinization and retrogradation in reconstituted rice flour.   They are exploiting both the traditional breeding tools and molecular tools   to facilitate the breeding rice.

HONORARY AWARD

[1]    In 2021,   Exploration and application of rice broad-spectrum resistance gene Xa23   to bacterial blight disease, Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and   Technology Award, the First Prize.

[2]    In 2022,   Exploration and application of rice broad-spectrum resistance gene Xa23   to bacterial blight disease, Da Bei Nong Technology Award, the First Prize.

[3]    In   2019, Exploration and application of rice broad-spectrum resistance gene Xa23   to bacterial blight disease, Outstanding Science and Technology Innovation   Award (CAAS).

PUBLICATIONS

[1]      Enerand   Mackon, Yongqiang Guo, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yafei Ma,   Yuhang Yao, Dengjie Luo, Xianggui Dai, Neng Zhao, Ying Lu, Tahir Hussain   Jandan, Piqing Liu. OsGSTU34, a Bz2-like anthocyanin-related glutathione   transferase transporter, is essential for rice (Oryza sativa L.)   organs coloration. Phytochemistry 2024, 217: 113896(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113896)

[2]      Guo,   Yafei Ma, Xianggui Dai, Tahir Hussain Jandan, Piqing Liu. Integrative HPLC   profiling and transcriptome analysis revealed insights into anthocyanin accumulation   and key genes at three developmental stages of black rice (Oryza sativa.   L) caryopsis. Frontier in plant science, 2023, 14:1211326(doi:   10.3389/fpls.2023.1211326)

[3]      Enerand   Mackon, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yongqiang Guo, Yafei Ma,   Yuhang Yao, Piqing Liu. Development and application of CRISPR/Cas9 to improve   anthocyanin pigmentation in plants: Opportunities and perspectives. Plant   Science, 2023, 333, 111746( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111746)

[4]      Yafei   Ma , Enerand Mackon, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yitong   Zhao, Qiufeng Li, Xianggui Dai, Yuhang Yao, Xiuzhong Xia, Baoxuan Nong,* and   Piqing Liu.* Combined Analysis of BSA-Seq Based Mapping, RNA-Seq, and Metabolomic   Unraveled Candidate Genes Associated with Panicle Grain Number in Rice (Oryza   sativa L.). Biomolecules 2022, 12, 918.https://doi.org/10.3390/ biom12070918

[5]      Yitong   Zhao, Xianggui Dai, Enerand Mackon, Yafei Ma and Piqing Liu. Impacts of   Protein from High-Protein Rice on Gelatinization and Retrogradation   Properties in High- and Low-Amylose Reconstituted Rice Flour. Agronomy 2022,   12, 1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12061431