The Wheat Breeding Research Group (WBRG) belongs to the Research Center for Plateau Eco-Agriculture at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The Center can be traced back to the Agricultural Research Group in 1971. WBRG has been working on spring wheat breeding since then. It has made great contributions to variety release and extension in spring wheat areas in China. Wheat breeding becomes one of the key research areas of NWIPB, CAS. Since 1980s, the Ping’an Eco-Agriculture Experiment Station, a field work base has been playing an important role in WBRG wheat breeding studies. WBRG currently has 10 permanent staff including 3 senior research fellows and 7 Ph.D. researchers, and 3 Ph.D. students as well. Dr. Dengcai Liu is CAS Hundred Talents Program research fellow.
Achievements
l We released 26 spring wheat varieties.
l Our varieties have been growing in the about 5% of the total spring wheat area of China.
l One of our spring wheat varieties has made a high yield record of 15 tons per ha. in Qinghai, China.
l We have published more than 300 scientific papers and 6 books.
Research interests
l Basic research
High-yielding metabolism
Quality formation metabolism
Drought resistance
Stripe rust resistance
Molecular markers
l Spring Wheat Breeding
New varieties for steamed bread & noodles, and biscuits & cakes
Molecular marker-assisted breeding
l Cultivar extension
Varieties’ extension and growth in adaptable areas
Important Publications
l Dengcai Liu, Lianquan Zhang, Zehong Yan, Xiujin Lan and Youliang Zheng, Stripe rust resistance in Aegilops tauschii and its genetic analysis, Genet Resour Crop Evol(2010) 57:325–328
l Bo Zhang, Haiqing Wang, Pei Wang and Huaigang Zhang, Involvement of nitric oxide synthase-dependent nitric oxide and exogenous nitric oxide in alleviating NaCl induced osmotic and oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana, African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 5 (13), pp. 1713-1721, 4 July, 2010
l Weiwei Xiang, Baolong Liu and Huaigang Zhang, Cloning and characterization of a y-type inactive HMW glutenin subunit gene from riticum durum cultivar youmangbingmai, African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9(7), pp. 967-971, 15 February, 2010
l Liu Yong’an, Dou Quanwen, Chen Zhiguo and Zhao Deyong, Effect of drought on water use efficiency, agronomic traits and yield of spring wheat landraces and modern varieties in Northwest China, African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 5(13), pp. 1598-1608, 4 July, 2010
l Lian-Quan Zhang, Deng-Cai Liu, You-Liang Zheng, Ze-Hong Yan , Shou-Fen Dai, Yun-Fang Li, Qi Jiang, Ya-Qing Ye and Yang Yen, Frequent occurrence of unreduced gametes in Triticum turgidum–Aegilops tauschii hybrids, Euphytica (2010) 172:285–294
l Chun-Jie Wang, Lian-Quan Zhang, Shou-Fen Dai, You-Liang Zheng, Huai-Gang Zhang, Deng-Cai Liu, Formation of unreduced gametes is impeded by homologous chromosome pairing in tetraploid Triticum turgidum 3 Aegilops tauschii hybrids, Euphytica (2010) 175:323–329
l Quan-Wen Dou, Zhi-Guo Chen, Yong-An Liu and Hisashi Tsujimoto, High frequency of karyotype variation revealed by sequential FISH and GISH in plateau perennial grass forage Elymus nutans, Breeding Science Vol. 59 (2009) , No. 5 651-656
l Shun-Zong NING, Qi-Jiao CHEN, Zhong-Wei YUAN, Lian-Quan ZHANG, Ze-Hong YAN, You-Liang ZHENG, Deng-Cai LIU, Characterization of WAP2 gene in Aegilops tauschii and comparison with homoeologous loci in wheat, Journal of Systematics and Evolution47 (6): 543–551 (2009)