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PROF. ZHANG, Jianhua(張建華) |
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B.Sc., Jiangsu Agri. Coll.; Ph.D., Lancaster
Adjunct Professor
Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University
jzhang@hkbu.edu.hk |
Current Research Interests:
- Plant physiology under environmental stresses
- Crop production under water-limited condition
... ... how can we continue to
expand food production for a growing world population within the
parameters of likely water availability? The inevitable conclusion
is that humankind in the 21st Century will need to bring about a
'Blue Revolution -more crop for every drop' to complement the so
"Green Revolution" of the 20th Century.... ...
By
Norman E. Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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the world population is expected to increase from six billion to
nine billion people by the year 2050, challenging humanity to
develop more efficient ways to harness plants for meeting growing
global needs. Vigorous high-quality scientific research in the plant
sciences will be crucial for the world's future....
...
By Steven J.
McCormick and Robert
Tjian,
Science
editorial, 19 November 2010
Our current work
involves the plant molecular responses to water stress, effectively
across the scales from molecular to agronomy. Specifically my
research field can be defined as:
Plant physiology and molecular biology
under environmental stresses.
Crop production under water-limited
condition.
My early work starting
from 1980s revealed the
mechanism of plant root to shoot communication of soil drying. The
details of this work have been well documented in all the popularly
used textbooks of plant physiology. More recent work has been
involved in the developing water-saving irrigation techniques in
China by applying the knowledge developed earlier in the lab to
crops in the field. Such efforts have led to the several important
awards, such as Times Higher Research Project of the Year Award
(2009 to Bill Davies, my Ph D supervisor), Queen’s Anniversary
Prize (2010 to Lancaster U) and China State Scientific and Technological
Progress Award (2007 to
my team). Our work on rice grain filling in the last ten years has
led to several invited reviews in journals and many invited talks in
conferences. The method we have developed has initiated significant
changes in agricultural practice in China and elsewhere in the
world. Perhaps that is why Nature has explained our work in
details and profiled me as one of ‘Five Crop Researchers Who
Could Change the World’ (Nature
456, 563-568, 2008).
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Associate Editor of
Journal of Experimental Botany
Co-Editor of Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Handling Editor of Chinese Bulletin of Botany
Associate Editor of Plant Physiology Journal
Associate Editor of Cereal Research Communications
Member of Journal Editorial Boards of
Functional Plant Biology (2009-2012)
Acta Agronomica Sinica (2006- )
Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation (2000-)
Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica (2001-) |
Major Research-related Recognition and Awards:
| 2010-12. |
The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (First Class) from
Ministry of Education, China (教育部科技进步一等奖) Rice cultivation methods
for high yield and better use of water and nutrients
水稻高产与水分养分高效利用栽培技术的研究与应用 |
| 2010-12. |
The Natural Science Award (Second Class) from Ministry of Education,
China (教育部自然科学二等奖) Oxidative stress signalling in crops under water
stress干旱条件下作物应答氧化胁迫的信号转导研究 |
| 2009-2. |
President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work.
Hong Kong Baptist University
This award is given to one academic member in the university biennially. |
| 2008-12. |
Profiled by Nature as one of ‘Five Crop Researchers Who
Could Change the World’. Nature 456, 563-568. (http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081203/full/456563a.html) |
| 2007-2. |
The State Scientific and Technological
Progress Award (Second Class) from State Council, China (國家科技進步二等獎)
for “High effective use of water in agriculture in northwest China”
(ref 2006-J-201-2-17-R10) |
| 2008-1. |
The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from
Ministry of Education, China (國家教育部二等獎) for “Mechanisms of rice
quality formation and cultivation technique” (ref 2007-280). |
| 2002-6. |
First Class Award for research project “Water-soil-crop
relationship and its optimum regulation in Yellow Loess Plateau”, by
Yanglin Agricultural Sci-Tech Development and Industry Demonstration Park,
Shaanxi, China (ref 03-1-17-R9). |
| 2006-1. |
The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from
Ministry of Education, China (國家教育部二等獎) for “Study and application
of controlled alternative partial rootzone irrigation and deficit
irrigation in crop production” (ref 2005-245). |
| 2004-3. |
The Science and Technology Award (First Class) from Government of Shaanxi Province, China (陝西省科學一等獎) for “Water-soil-crop
relationship and its optimum regulation in Yellow Loess Plateau”. (ref
03-1-17-R9) |
| 2003-11. |
The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from
Ministry of Education, China (國家教育部二等獎) for “The mechanism and
regulation of rice grain filling” (ref 2003-232). |
| 2003-11. |
Recognised Science and Technology Research Output from Ministry of
Education of China for “Research and application of controlled
alternate partial rootzone irrigation and deficit irrigation” (ref
360-03-22040768-03). |
| 2003-11. |
The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from
Ministry of Education, China (國家教育部二等獎) for “Water-saving
agriculture and sustainable use of water resources” (Ref 2003-251). |
Major External
Research Grants (as Principal Investigator)
| 1992. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Earmarked Research Grant, "Physiological aspects of the survival mechanisms of plants grown in landfill environment". (Co-investigator was Prof. MH Wong, HKBU)
HK$527,000. Nov. 1992-Mar. 1995. (HKBC 180/92M)
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| 1994. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Earmarked Research Grant, "Antitranspiration and anti-growth activities in the xylem stream of plants growing in stressed conditions."
HK$ 617,000. Mar. 1995-Sept. 1997. (HKBC 12/94M)
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| 1996. |
Grant from the Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong, “Early senescence of wheat at grain-filling time under water-saving cultivation.”
HK$ 858,000. Oct. 1996-Oct. 1999
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| 2000. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Earmarked Research Grant, "Soil drying in relation to the remobilization of carbon reserve during grain-filling period of rice and wheat "
HK$ 855,500. Nov 2000-Oct 2003. (HKBU 2052/00M)
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| 2001. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Earmarked Research Grant, "Partial rootzone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency"
HK$ 882,000. Dec 2001-Nov 2004. (HKBU 2041/01M)
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| 2002. |
Grant from Hong Kong University Grants Committee,
Area of Excellence for Plant and Fungal Biotechnology, "A novel way to improve rice grain filling".
HK$ 650,000. May 2000-March 2006 |
| 2004. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Earmarked
Research Grant, "Soil drying at the grain-filling stage of rice and wheat:
physiology and its application in crop production" HK$ 748,800.
Jan 2005-Dec
2006. (HKBU 2149/04M)
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2005. |
Grant from Hong Kong University
Grants Committee, Area of Excellence for Plant and Fungal Biotechnology,
" Controlled soil drying to improve rice grain filling and water use
efficiency ". HK$ 200,000. March 2005-March 2006 |
| 2005. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Earmarked Research Grant, "Assessment of irrigation methods and rice cultivars for water-limited cultivation"
HK$ 1,071,914. Jan 2006-Dec 2008. (HKBU 2465/05M)
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2007. |
Grant from Hong Kong University
Grants Committee, Area of Excellence for Plant and Agricultural
Biotechnology, and Hong Kong Baptist University, "Water stress on crop
production: from molecular mechanism to crops in the field". HK$
2,400,000. April 2007-March 2010. (AoE/B-07/99) |
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2007. |
Grant from Hong Kong
Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, "Application of partial rootzone irrigation on cotton production in the
oases of arid area" HK$ 994,406. Jan 2008-Dec 2010. (HKBU 262307) |
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2008. |
Grant from Hong Kong
Research Grant Council, General Research Fund "Regulation of the
sensitivity of stomatal movement to root signal" HK$ 659,980. Jan
2009-Dec 2010. (HKBU 262708) |
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2009. |
Grant from Hong Kong
Research Grant Council, General Research Fund "Regulation
mechanism of grain filling in inferior spikelets of super rice" HK$
1,150,000. Jan 2010-Dec 2011. (HKBU 262809) |
| 2009. |
Grant from Hong Kong Baptist
University Strategic Development Fund "Using functional genomics
technology to study the molecular mechanism of plant adaptation to water
stress and improvement of crop water use efficiency" HK$ 3,650,000.
1 Nov 2009-31 Oct 2012. (SDF 090910P03) |
| 2011. |
Grant from Kadoori Charitable
Foundation: "Partial Rootzone Irrigation (PRI) Water Saving Technique
Training Pilot Project in the arid areas of Gansu Province". RMB
1,030,800. March 2011- Feb 2013. |
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Current Research Grants
(as Co-Investigator):
| 2010. |
Grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Collaborative Research
Fund "Identification of redox-sensitive proteins and
characterization of their functions in regulating the oxidative stress
response in Arabidopsis" HK$ 5,000,000. Nov 2010-Oct 2013.
Project Coordinator: Dr Yiji Xia (HKBU1/CRF/10) |
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